Nilly, your profile email kind of isn't, according to mine.

Email my profile addy so I can email you back about Secret Santa, please?

My family Thanksgiving is going to be on the Saturday... I am so disappointed as it is my favorite holiday!

I knew that the AKC had a poll on it's website so that we could help the Obamas choose a dog for their family. I had not known that they had actually searched out some available pups in the breed chosen (poodle):

The Poodle Club of America (PCA) consists of responsible breeders and individuals devoted to Poodle Rescue. They are the ideal resource for the Obamas as they conduct their search.

With the PCA's help, the AKC located potential Poodles for consideration as Obama's new canine cabinet member. Among the eligible candidates:

AKC Delegate Mary Ellen Fishler of Halcyon/Camelot Miniature Poodles has a 7- week-old litter of Miniature Poodles available in Gaithersburg, MD, just outside of Washington, D.C. Contact: PoodleClubOfAmerica@yahoo.com
Six-week-old Toy Poodle puppies rescued by Flora's Pet Project/Poodle Rescue Connecticut will be available for new homes in early January. They can be adopted by contacting Marianne Smith, President, Flora's Pet Project at flora@floraspetproject.org. Click here to see a photo of these dogs.
Rescue dog "Ollie" is a 2 year old Toy Poodle (photo to the right). He is housetrained, neutered, vetted, vaccinated and is on flea, tick and heartworm preventative. Ollie can be adopted by contacting Poodle Club of America Rescue Chair Sally Poindexter at PoodleClubOfAmerica@yahoo.com

The other breeds voted upon were Bichon Frise, Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Chinese Crested and the Miniature Schnauzer.

Wow, the Obama's dog really has been vetted better than Sarah Palin.

Warning: It's craptacularly cold here already. But, on the positive side, for the first time in 20 months, there are no political ads! It should be glorious until someone declares a 2012 bid in six months.

Monique, where do you live?

I had a nightmare last night that I was fired and have been a stress case all day. I'd be so fucked.

oy, lisah! I know exactly how you are feeling! peace and job~ma to you.

msbelle, hope he finds a good channel for that.

I only note this because it strikes me as funny: I had a nightmare: collapsing ceiling and water damaged walls,and WTF is up with that theme? It's quite recurrent and is as traumatic as my basement dreams, which are bad. Waking up screaming obscenities in a panic bad. It then morphed into an embarrassment dream. See, I was going to some workshop at a friend's church (uh?) and couldn't figure out where in the building to go, but then this guy arrived and kindly showed me where, except I was all gauche and socially inept and felt stupid. The guy? Obama.

The radio must've come on during that one. Politicians usually, thankfully, stay out of my dreams. I tend to stick to reinventing current events. Which is its own trauma, but one I'm used to.

I really hope they stick to their plans and get a shelter or a rescue dog.

Me, too.

Aren't poodle mixes often good for allergic people, too? I thought that was one of the reasons a high school friend of mine had a cockapoo.

They can be - it depends on the dog. I should say that the reason that the Australian organization (or whatever) that pioneered the "labradoodle" project stopped was because they could not get the cross to breed "true" for hair rather than regular dog coat.

You can find purebred dogs at the shelter or through rescue.

(Ed. to clarify.)