Now that my wife and I own a dog, we have the pleasure of walking him, and picking up his deuces. One day recently I was out walking Hooper on his pee track (the short circuit around the public walkways in front of my condo) and he dropped a deuce on me, unsuspectingly. I had no poop bag. lesson learned. But I can tell you this, I went back in the house, got a bag and hunted Hooper’s package down like the minefield clearers of Bosnia. Because I really have always hated people who leave their dog’s crap in ball fields and on lawns. I don’t want to be that guy. And so you can imagine my disgust last night when, as I roamed the ballfield alone, Hooper having long since given up on any and all formal training for the evening and scampering around at the other end of the park, I came across a pile. Now, this ballfield had a bunch of kids playing baseball in it just yesterday, it’s not like no one’s ever in here. I think it’s pretty damned lame to leave your dog’s crap in a public park, and I worry that one day Hooper’s gonna drop one on a neighbor’s lawn and I’m gonna get yelled at because of the assumption that I’d just leave it there. This fear is neatly summarized in a very entertaining tale at Rachel Lucas’ website, which my friend from work told me about. Thought I’d share. The gal’s got spunk.

Read: To Poop or not to Poop

Brenda & I went to see a play last night at the Denver Center. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but this is the first straight play I’ve seen since moving to Boulder; it was worth the wait.

Our friends Deirdre and Evan bought us tickets for Christmas, and it was the foundation of a great evening. The play was “Our House”, a world premiere commentary on the ever-more blurred line between network news, so-called reality television, and entertainment. Presented in the round in the Space Theatre, it was a great evening that had us laughing and thinking. I miss the thriving theatre scene back east, but then again we could never afford to go to the theatre very often anyway. But the Denver Center Theatre Company is definitely mounting some great productions and we plan to support them more.