David's stuff

As you can see, Dusty (my sisters dog on the right) has found a new friend. It appears that her roomate has adopted a new dog whose name currently escapes me since only Libby got the email with the pictures! She's quite a cutie and it looks as though he and Dusty are enjoying themselves.   Update: her name is Panda!

Yesterday, I celebrated my 25th birthday (a quarter century!) including a tasty dinner at Red Robin. Libby suprised me with some floor cushions, a new CD for our alarm clock, and a cookbook in addition to the Sirius Satellite Radio I requested!

We believe that we've found a good home for Marshall. They're a young married couple with a young female dog who loves everyone. The family fosters dogs for Dachshund Rescue of North America. Their dog named Lillian is a real angel.

In all seriousness, we've decided to adopt charming Mr. Marshall. We know that he'll be happy with us. Lillian and he have become the best of friends since he came to stay with us. We don't think he should ever leave. Libby's already started planning an order to shower him with collars, leashes, harnesses, and toys.

There are some interesting sites detailing election projections:

http://www.electoral-vote.com
http://www.race2004.net/
http://election.princeton.edu/

After a bout of sickness this weekend, I'm feeling better, but enough about me.

We have heard that Libby's grandma is doing well after her knee-replacement surgery and this brings us great joy! We wish her the speediest of recovery.

Libby's hard at work on her homework this evening, and I'm doing a bit of tweaking of the DRNA website.

We spent most of yesterday at the Kernersville adoptathon. We had lots of people interested in Beanie than anyone else, and not too many "qualified" adopters.

We then went to the Dachshund Meetup and had a wonderful chat with some other dog parents at the dog park.

Finally, the people who adopted Teddy and Andy came down to pick up Peanut!

All the photos can be seen here, but there was a large smudge on the camera and lots of the pictures have a blurry spot right down the middle

Just a warning to anyone running Help Center Live that there are some known security problems which caused a compromise of a system for which I'm responsible. It appears as though the goal was spamming and IP spoofing. These problems appear to be centered around "pipe.php" and can apparently be avoided, but no more Help Center Live for me.

Google has launched an SMS service for getting prices, directions, and definitions when on the go!

We drove up to Manassas, VA this weekend for the Mid-atlantic Dachshund Picnic. An event similar in nature to the North Carolina Wiener Roast including many of the same people and events, but it allows Dachshund fanatics to celebrate more than just once per year! Lily participated in several events, but the competition was stiffer and the judging was questionable. She came in second in the bobbing for wieners contest, though we feel that the judges extra "treats" between rounds were meant to jeapordize her stamina by filling up her stomach with hot dogs. She also didn't make it out of her first heat and came in second place. Lily, Cody, and Marshall also greatly enjoyed the event and spent the day lounging in their x-pen. We greatly enjoyed seeing many of our former fosters and adopters including Leah, Teddy & Andy, Samantha, Willie, and Hannah.

On Sunday we drove back to Carborro just in time for the Dachshund Day at Weaver Street, where a local fanatic holds a gathering for all local dachshund friends!