I found this article while getting caught up in someone's blogroll this morning. It is a good read. The dog thing is funny for me. I love my dogs- yet they are a tool that I use to get around. Much of the time I prefer that people leave them and me alone because, like you, I am trying to get milk after a long day, go to the ATM, go to work or what have you. I often feel like my dog is public property and since my dog functions as my eyes- that public ownership than extends to me. I would like to come up with a good response for the person who pets, feeds or solicits the attention of my dog while it is working and than says, "I know I'm not supposed to, but I'm a dog lover..." I have been contemplating saying, "Oh, I understand, you must think you are so special that the rules don't apply to you?" Truth is that I don't have the nerve to respond like that because I fare so much better when I am sweet and compliant.
I particularly relate to the following comments:
"Every few hours I run up against people who feel free to remind me that I'm their inferior and that I should conform to whatever they've decided "people like [me]" are supposed to be like. Every few hours I run up against people who are so convinced that this is true that they are mystified that I'm not grateful for the experience."
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/departments/closerlook/000713.html
What do you think?
"Without models, it's hard to work; without a context, difficult to
evaluate; without peers, nearly impossible to speak." -- Joanna Russ
World Baseball Classic: Schedule
I am happy to say that I have a new obsession for the month of March, the World Baseball Classic. Today the Netherlands upset the Dominican Republic and the USA squeaked out a 6 to 5 win over Canada. I love competition and these are some of the best baseball players in the world. In 2006 it was fun watching Cuba and Japan. Japan still looks good this time around- they are my favorite team in the Classic at this point- though Mexico could be a sleeper- we'll see. The 16 teams are broken into 4 pools and the top two teams from each pool advance. Japan will advance at this point. It is unclear if either Korea or China will advance from pool A. Today, Japan murcied Korea- the 2008 Beijing gold medal winning team!
In Pool B Mexico and Cuba are the strongest teams. From Pool C Canada, USA and Venezuela could play some good, high level games. In pool D The Dominican Republic was the clear front runner until they lost to Netherlands today. Maybe it was a bad game, but hopefully it won't cost them later. DR still has to get through Puerto Rico to advance.
What a fun past time!
