Brutus, Space Raper Extraordinaire or I Think I Smell Poo!

My Alaskan Malamute, Brutus and brown striped tabby, Séamus O’Reilly

Brutus, or Brutus The Destroyer, as he is sometimes called, is my adopted 16 month old Alaskan Malamute. When I adopted Brutus, I had never owned a dog, much less an extremely smart and independent one. I had taken in a dog many years earlier, Tyrone, who had apparently been trained to be a racist attack dog. Tyrone stayed three days and was given back to the less-than-bright “person” who, for some reason, mistakenly thought I would want a klu klux klan dog in my home, with my then infant daughter. Just try to explain to your asian-american neighbor, why your dog is eating the nice mexican man, who is just trying to get to his car.

So here I am with this giant, wonderful, untrained, love-bucket of a dog, and I am absolutely crazy about him. I’ve always loved northern breeds, they just look, to me, the way a real dog should look–like a wolf. Unfortunately my love for this dog has somewhat spoiled him as I’m always petting and playing with him. I think his previous owner, who I know loved him as much as I do, spoiled him as well, and as a result Brutus has become quite the raper of space. At well over 110 lbs. you have to be a real dog lover or really want to see me, to come over to my place, right now.

What really amazes me about the Alaskan Malamute, at least with Brutus, is his inability to become riled by any other dog we have come across while walking in a city full of dogs. I am not sure if his extremely playful and easy going temperament is wholly due to his breed or because he personally is a real goofball. One thing I know for sure, Alaskan Malamutes are extremely loving, they love their family and also, all strangers on the street.

I wonder if Alaskan Malamutes can sense bad people from good, whatsoever. I wouldn’t be concerned about his good nature around bad people, if it were not for the fact that sometimes bad people walk down the same streets at the same time as we do, especially as the weather gets warmer. I didn’t adopt Brutus to be a watchdog or a protector, so I’m ok with his overt friendliness, he’s exactly what I wanted, a big loving dog, who is just happy to be with you!

WordPress 2.5

I have to say, that I am really enjoying WordPress 2.5. It’s like a new world for those of us who were using really outdated WP versions. One thing I DO miss is the ability to add a music signature, using the Firefox add-on, FoxyTunes. Ultimately it’s a non-essential, though. The new Dashboard is just terrific compared to 2.0.x, it’s clean and smooth, and makes blogging more efficient and fun than it was before!

I’m even beginning to like this theme, I wish it had a larger header though. It doesn’t seem to have support for widgets, but it’s clean! Most of the widgets I would’ve added are incorporated into the theme already, such as the calendar and search field. The three widgets I WISH were incorporated into the theme are: flickr and the tag and categories clouds.

Hello world!

Well, I haven’t decided if this will be my temporary home, until I find a new host, or if I will just settle here. StartLogic, my host for 3 more weeks, doesn’t seem to support WordPress 2.5, which is pretty frustrating, as I’ve wasted much time trying to upgrade/backing up my WordPress 2.0.4 blog.

In the meantime I will move my previous posts here, one by one, as WordPress 2.0.4 doesn’t seem to allow exporting of anything.

Hey! Maybe I will actually find a theme I like in the meantime, as I am not completely into the one I’m using now. More on that later.

StartLogic and WordPress 2.5

I installed the new WordPress 2.5 today, at least I thought I did. Everything works, but:

Day One – No change, whatsoever. Emptied my Firefox cache, where is this upgraded and super new version, that I just gave a good hour of my life backing up the old version for? Something is terribly, terribly wrong. It still appears I’m in WordPress 2.0.3 …nifty!