Pop Culture Frenzy, Round 90

 Welcome once again to Pop Culture Frenzy.   Eight days till Christmas, it's forty some degrees outside and raining.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.  What say you? 

Cyndi?

The White Christmas trope is so full of aggression,

 it makes me physically ill.  It is loaded with intolerance, exclusion,

 white privilege and white supremacy.

   Cyndi is a bimbo loaded with leftist cliches and moronic sanctimony.  

She should get implants.

  Cyndi's Pebbles hairdo screams Neanderthal.

 Can't we all just get along?

   You are all evil.

 Uh huh.  I don't particularly like snow.  

Many humans seem to find it pretty 

when they aren't complaining about driving in it.

   I like a good snowball fight.

 Of course you do.  You are full of hostility toward 

anyone who isn't exactly like you.

 Not really.  She throws a lot of snowballs at me.

 I like the way my pee melts a tunnel in the snow.

 You are a dirty dog.

Thank you.

I like snow.  

Christmas is about Jesus our brother kind and good.  

Thank you, Molly.  

Merry Christmas everyone.

Big Anniversary Gift this Year

The Handsome One and I continue to celebrate our anniversary with a gift for us.  This year we went EXPENSIVE, not because we are flamboyant or because it's our 29th.  Necessity stepped in.

  

See, the furnace was making strange noises.  We consulted a Heating and Cooling guy who assured us that the old furnace was about to blow.

 

 Well, he didn't express it quite so dramatically.  He did tell us that it was IMPORTANT that we get a carbon monoxide detector because the likelihood that the ailing furnace would try to kill us was real.

Some members of the household were unconcerned.

Others took it less well.  Indeed, for some, stress set in.  Even to the point of frequent checks on CO levels.  Just because the CO detector gadget kept reading zero, didn't mean it would remain zero. 

Clearly, this was a Canary in the Mineshaft scenario.  With a wait of some three weeks before the new furnace was to be installed, hyper vigilance set in.  Someone even turned the furnace down to 59 so it would run less.

Finally, the big day came.  It took several hours to install.  The installer guy said the new furnace would be quieter.  Technically, that is true.  However, there is a distinct and high-pitched hum present in the quiet.

The jury is still out on whether the new high-pitched hum is less pleasant than that three weeklong high pitch of somebody's I'm Afraid of the Furnace whine.

Breed Profile: Pumi

 The Pumi is a small/medium sized herding dog from Hungary.

In the 17th-18th centuries, the Pumi was likely developed by crossing Pulis, Pomeranians (and other spitz), Briards and assorted terriers.

The Pumi was originally used as a drover of cattle.  His work ethic gained him other jobs around the farm- herder, hunter, vermin killer and guard.  The Pumi herds/droves by close contact, rapid movement, barking and nipping.

Ever the active dog, the Pumi is also known to participate in obedience, dancing and agility...

Lifespan:  12-14 years

Height:  15-19 inches at the shoulder

Weight:  18-33 pounds

The coat is curly and grows constantly, similar to a Poodle coat. It must be trimmed every 2-4 months.  Coat colors: black, white, cream, red, grey

The Pumi personality is affectionate, independent, lively, bold, expressive, suspicious of strangers, intelligent, highly inclined to bark and possesses a playfulness that is maintained into adulthood.