Neanderpundit

Involving several 16+ hour days. But satisfying as hell- I got a lot done.

I built up a bit of a sleep debt, though, and that has lasted until- well, about now. So now I’m apparently done sleeping. Yay me. Did manage to accumulate some poison ivy last weekend, and am attempting to keep from scratching myself with a weedwhacker.

Ah, well, got to get back to the Pratchett anyway, and this is a good time. I’m at “Making Money”, and as soon as I’m done, I’m gonna go back and reread the Color Of Magic again.

is Towel day. Do you know where your towel is?

on this post, with an awesome picture, wherein The Armorer opines “Puppies are part of our tribe.”. My comment:

There are those who think that it is the Opposable thumb that gave us tools and therefore the ability to become civilized. But other animals have opposable thumbs, and they didn’t come to rule the planet. It is my opinion that early Man was able to hunt more effectively because he cooperated with Dogs. The dogs speed and senses gave it an edge, and mans tools gave him the ability to take down larger creatures than the dogs would.

I don’t think man- as we know him- exists without Dog. I think Dog is a gift given to us by the Creator to pry our lazy asses out of the trees and do something. With a readily available source of protein you could spend a very small portion of your day getting fed, and the rest of the day doing- well, something else.

I pet every dog that will let me. My species owes them a great deal.