Who hasn’t heard of the Empire State Building? It was built in 1931, King Kong climbed it in 1933, the Stay Puft Marshmellow man covered it in 1984, and the Muppets visited it that same year. The building has appeared in over 90 movies and was once known as the world’s tallest building until it [...]
Archive > September 2007
Dumped
While in London in 2003 we ran across this dumped and vandalized vehicle in Camden Town during one of our walks through the neighbourhood. Vehicle dumping is a huge problem in the UK; mostly because it costs people money to scrap their vehicles and rather than pay the fees vehicle owners simply leave their unwanted [...]
Pogo and the Monster Hunter
Pogo is a nickname I earned many many years go when I was out mountain biking with the boys. During a particularly nasty wipe out I landed on my head and bounced before landing inches from the edge of a cliff. Once everyone recovered from the what ifs the nickname Pogo was born. This really [...]
Lost and Found
In the dog world, apparently our house is advertised as being a fun and safe place to hang out. We have loads of tasty treats, chicken/lamb water that flows in an endless river into drinking bowls, t-bone steak bones for chewing and two very playful friends to hang out with. I say this because it [...]
Pumpkin
It’s a story that hasn’t seen much press time in North America but it eating up the headlines in Australia and in China. It started in Australia when a Chinese toddler was found abandoned at a Melbourne Train station. The little girl wouldn’t talk and was subsequently named Pumpkin after the “Pumpkin Patch” brand of [...]
