I decided that I would share a few pictures from my dog’s trip to the vet today.

This is my dog in the car before we left. He was eagerly looking out the window, but he didn’t realize that we hadn’t left the house yet, so he ended up eagerly staring at the garage wall.

When we got to the vet’s office, we had to put a muzzle on him so he wouldn’t bite anyone. Unfortu­nately, he doesn’t have a long pointed nose like most other dogs, so we had to put a cat muzzle on him. Which ended up not working very well.

This is where the vet checked him. As you can see, he was shedding a lot of fur, so the entire counter was covered in a thin layer of dog hair. Also, the vet decided that the muzzle was serving no purpose, so she took that off.

While the vet was off doing tests on some gunk she found in his ear to check for infections, he sat on my lap and started staring at the doorknob.

After his check-up was over, he returned home and jumped up my recliner to take a long, relaxing nap.

Quote of the Day

I came across this when I was reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and decided to share it:

“Consider … the following puzzle. I give you a large piece of paper, and I ask you to fold it over once, and then take that folded paper and fold it over again, and then again, … until you have refolded the original paper 50 times. How tall do you think the final stack is going to be? … the real answer is that the height of the stack would approximately be the distance to the sun. And if you folded it over one more time, the stack would be as high as the distance to the sun and back.“

Thank you for letting us know that if you double the distance it takes from Point A to Point B, you can also make it from Point B back to Point A. Because that wasn’t obvious at all.

What I’m Watching

Earlier today, I watched Brüno, a movie produced in a documentary style featuring Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno, the main character. I initially chose to watch this movie because of how funny Borat turned out, and because I heard there was some controversy over a scene that Baron Cohen used regarding a Middle Eastern man falsely depicted as a terrorist lord, and I was interested to see what role that scene played in the movie as a whole.

Brüno is about a homosexual Austrian man who was involved in fashion until he was released from his position due to his unconventional and undesirable behavior and attitude. In search of fame, he moves to California in the United States to produce a television show he hopes will become popular and make him famous. His wishes don’t come true, however, and now he sees a negative future ahead of him. The remainder of the film follows Brüno as he strives to climb to the top with the little that he has.

Although the movie was overall comedic, I thought it focused too much on Brüno’s homosexuality; in my opinion, centralizing a movie’s theme around homosexuality isn’t very appealing, and leads to some intriguing scenes when it comes to illustrating Brüno’s personality and hobbies. I don’t have a strong general opinion on if I want to recommend or not recommend this movie, but if you’re into sex jokes, this is the movie for you.