Month: December 2006

Blind Pig Drawings: An Introduction

I know, I know. I should be working. But one has to prioritize: make a living, or write about pigs. The choice is clear. A hundred years ago, before people could avoid reality by playing on the Internet, a favorite pastime was putting together a pig book. I don’t think I’m making this up, the way my friend made up that there used to be sugar in toothpaste. You’d sit in your dark Victorian parlor […]

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Pup 17: Cha-Cha Charlie

December 3–6, 2006 This dog’s given name, “Cha-Cha Charlie,” is beneath my dignity. I call him “Dog.” Dog is what they call a “puggle.” Designer dogs — hybrids of papered breeds — are a big deal these days: cockapoos and labradoodles and shepradors, bogles and beabulls and bockers and basstons. I’m not kidding. Dog, as you might imagine, is half pug, half beagle. At three-and-a-half-months old, Dog is small enough that his head can fit […]

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