Lately I've been putting Otis images up on Flickr rather than here because, well, it's about 20 times faster and easier.

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...Maniacal screaming echoing throughout the neighborhood as blood vessels burst everywhere inside Otis.

Photographer unknown. One of those things you get forwarded so maybe y'all have seen this one. Cute, nonetheless.

One of the dogs I fell in love with on the hunt for what turned out to be Otis. Dozer was in the worst pound I've ever seen, in Longview, WA in the very back cell in what must have been death row. Someone had cut his ears all the way off with what appeared to be rusty scissors. He had been in there for months and was going crazy, chewing himself, losing hair, very thin. By the time I met him he was a LOT worse than in this photo. I don't like to preach about what others should do, but I have to say here that every time someone buys or breeds another dog and forgoes adopting one in need of a home, another dog like this, or like Otis, gets put to sleep.

There is a serious issue at hand in the world today, people, that Otis would like to draw your attention to. Our friend, the great celebrity satire artist 14, is being threatened by none other than Paris Hilton's legal team for alleged defamation of character (I know, "Uh, what?", and since when do people take celebrity cartoons as The Truth, and like this information is... new or shocking(?)) and for insinuating that Ms. Hilton has "loathesome diseases". Hee hee. Read all about it here. (Scroll down to the post called "The Simpleton Life, starring Paris and Nicole".) Apparently Conan Obrien even talked about this whole thing on TV last night... Enjoy!



** For an extra bonus totally guaranteed good time, while you're at Paris's lawyers' site, run your cursor over "our lighter side"*** So hot.

photo by Ian Lucero

I'm not so sure about grown up Pugs, but the baby ones are pretty cute. This one belonged to some guy at an art opening- my friend Erin and I had a hard time not stealing it.

Abigail is cute and insane. She belongs to my friend 14, who cranks out amazing celebrity oriented art over at the Gallery of the Absurd. Abigail knows how to hump a mean pillow, as evidenced here in a painting I made to commemorate one such occasion. Get it, Abigail!

"Spectator Sport", by Wesley Anderegg (an artist who I shared a show with a few years ago)
His stuff is super cool.



The Art of Wesley Anderegg

Felix is my mom's new dog. He is a ... a.... a... (whisper) ... miniature poodle. I shudder just saying it. Yes. Welcome to the POODLE TERROR. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.