Day After Thanksgiving
It's the day after Thanksgiving - it used to be called "Black Friday," but Luky says retailers are trying to get that term changed to "Green Friday," just to avoid the negative connotation attendant to "black"-anything. Of course, Luky has almost zero interest in the term or the day since he does not consider himself a mall shopper at all. He does suggest that the whole Black versus Green thing has to be solely retailer inspired since, clearly, the consumer purchaser is the party actually suffering all the cost and would not likely be trying to rename the day simply to make it sound nicer.
There's a new day and title, according to Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)], "Cyber Monday," has been promoted by online retailers to recognize the Monday following Thanksgiving because, according to them, that day has seen a statistically significant increase in online shopping activity. Luky looks off to the side when I mention that - it's a dead giveaway that not only is it true, but he's been participating in the ritual himself! He doesn't want to admit it, I'm sure. Some months back he swore he was not going to make any online purchases until his original wolf pack gets its e-commerce site up. Yeah, right!!!
He wrote two posts yesterday - or coaxed me into taking his dictation as is usually the case - but it was a big day. This entire morning has been for napping punctuated by the twitching amidst wolf dreams as a result of yesterday's strenuous busyness. Thanksgiving Day started with a long walk (more than an hour) in the Piedmont Park [www.piedmontpark.org], which has a super-special off-leash dog section [http://www.piedmontpark.org/do/dogpark.html]. We met and made new friends, as always. Then, after the walk we immediately sped into errand-running . . . Luky was backseat driving as usual (he's brilliant but he's never figured out that the best way to offer directions is NOT with your head out the window - he might as well be talking to drivers in other cars). We stopped by Kiki's house. We went to the grocery. We shared a Baby Ruth candy bar. It was a very big day.
And if that weren't enough, he was invited to join us at Thanksgiving dinner with friends in Buckhead. Luky was a superior guest, minding his manners, going easy on the wine and hor d'oeuvres. He was the hit of the evening, as usual.
We're all moving pretty slow today. Too much good food! Luky thinks he represented Malamutes well and probably inspired a few people to adopt some of his brethren down the road. I don't want to heap on the flattery, but he's probably right.
So, it's Friday . . . Black, Green, Red . . . who cares? Time to get back to work!
There's a new day and title, according to Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)], "Cyber Monday," has been promoted by online retailers to recognize the Monday following Thanksgiving because, according to them, that day has seen a statistically significant increase in online shopping activity. Luky looks off to the side when I mention that - it's a dead giveaway that not only is it true, but he's been participating in the ritual himself! He doesn't want to admit it, I'm sure. Some months back he swore he was not going to make any online purchases until his original wolf pack gets its e-commerce site up. Yeah, right!!!
He wrote two posts yesterday - or coaxed me into taking his dictation as is usually the case - but it was a big day. This entire morning has been for napping punctuated by the twitching amidst wolf dreams as a result of yesterday's strenuous busyness. Thanksgiving Day started with a long walk (more than an hour) in the Piedmont Park [www.piedmontpark.org], which has a super-special off-leash dog section [http://www.piedmontpark.org/do/dogpark.html]. We met and made new friends, as always. Then, after the walk we immediately sped into errand-running . . . Luky was backseat driving as usual (he's brilliant but he's never figured out that the best way to offer directions is NOT with your head out the window - he might as well be talking to drivers in other cars). We stopped by Kiki's house. We went to the grocery. We shared a Baby Ruth candy bar. It was a very big day.
And if that weren't enough, he was invited to join us at Thanksgiving dinner with friends in Buckhead. Luky was a superior guest, minding his manners, going easy on the wine and hor d'oeuvres. He was the hit of the evening, as usual.
We're all moving pretty slow today. Too much good food! Luky thinks he represented Malamutes well and probably inspired a few people to adopt some of his brethren down the road. I don't want to heap on the flattery, but he's probably right.
So, it's Friday . . . Black, Green, Red . . . who cares? Time to get back to work!
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