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Found this while surfing the web aimlessly. Makes me laugh EVERY TIME!!

Say What?????

Read the article first, then come back for commentary. Don't worry, I'll wait.

What? Too lazy to click the link? Okay fine, I'll copy and paste it.

Largest Animal Shelter in U.S. Will House 2 Dogs Trained to Have Sex With Women

OKLAHOMA CITY — The nation's largest animal sanctuary has agreed to accept two dogs that authorities say were trained to have sex with women.

A mixed breed and a Labrador, formerly owned by Diane Sue Whalen of Tulsa County, have been accepted by the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, said Barbara Williamson, spokeswoman for the animal sanctuary.

The dogs — named Lucky and Buddy — will be taken to the no-kill sanctuary next month.

Whalen, 54, and Donald Roy Seigfried, 55, were charged with felony crimes against nature after Whalen's adult son found more than 150 tapes of his mother performing sex acts with her dogs and a blue heeler owned by Seigfried. Seigfried was accused of filming the acts.

The dogs were placed in the Tulsa Animal Shelter following the arrests. While Whalen relinquished custody of her dogs, Seigfried is fighting for ownership of the blue heeler, named Merlin.

Earlier this month, a judge ordered that the dogs be examined by a veterinarian and found suitable for adoption before being placed in homes. Both of Whalen's dogs have been deemed adoptable.

The dogs were neutered at a Tulsa veterinary clinic. Jamee Suarez, president and founder of the Oklahoma Alliance for Animals, said the dogs are healthy and are recovering from their surgeries.

The Oklahoma Alliance for Animals is a nonprofit organization that works with the Tulsa County sheriff's office on cases involving animal cruelty.

Volunteers for the organization will drive the dogs more than 1,000 miles to the animal sanctuary in Utah. Once there, the dogs will become candidates for adoption.

"Each dog (at the sanctuary) is treated as an individual," said Williamson, the sanctuary spokeswoman. "We felt we could help these dogs."

A deputy who investigated the case had recommended that the dogs be euthanized and wrote in court affidavits that they had been trained to rape.

Williamson said euthanizing the dogs would have been "the easy thing to do."

"These dogs are totally victims," she said.

The sanctuary has room for 2,000 animals, mostly dogs and cats. Williamson said there are that many "urgent pleas" every month asking the shelter to take in animals.

Animals that are not adopted live permanently at the sanctuary.

(Taken from the Fox News website)

Okay. Where to begin?

It's not the fact that these dogs were mistreated.

It's not even the fact that they were trained to ...... well, you know what.

The thing that struck me as...uh...kinda weird is how the son of one of the alleged criminals found 150 tapes of his mother engaging in sex acts with the two dogs.

I mean, what do you say at a time like that? "Uhh, nice photos, Mom"?

I kinda feel bad for the son mentioned in the article. Finding those tapes of your Mom would just be.....weird.

Some Observations

1) The campaign to save our local Starbucks is well underway - I had come up with the name S.O.S. (Save Our Starbucks) but it would appear that this name is pretty prevalent all over the internet. In fact, another local blogger already used it in a post about (surprise surprise) saving our Starbucks. As did yet another local blogger. One of the baristas suggested to me that, besides the usual of contacting the corporate website, etc etc, it might be useful to check out www.mystarbucksidea.com, and leave a comment there. I did, and I also searched for other comments along the same idea of keeping ou Starbucks alive. There were several already posted. You can check out that link, but you may have to create an account there.
I prefer Starbucks to our other local coffee house, Paris Coffee. For one thing, *$ has better tasting sugar free syrups. But even moreso, the employees at *$ here are great. Excellent service, friendly, and very free with advice on how to improve your drink. For example, I usually order a triple grande skinny cinnamon dolce. Why three shots of espresso? I like the darker flavor it gives the drink, and the caffeine boost is good, too. :) One day, the girl in the drive through suggested adding one packet of Splenda - it enhances the dark flavor and takes most of the bitterness out.

2) I have a new variety of apple I like. Years ago, it was Granny Smith all the way. Always sour, usually crispy. Then came Braeburn - a much sweeter taste, but sometimes mealy. The came Gala - another sweeter variety. Today I saw a new one - Jazz. Sweet tasting with a perfect hint of sour. And the three that I've eaten so far were all super crispy.

3) The peaches on sale at Krogers are just as good if not better than what you might find at the Farmer's Market.


That's it for now.