{"id":3263,"date":"2014-10-12T20:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T02:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2014-10-12T20:42:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T02:42:23","slug":"shirts-dogs-and-dogs-in-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3263","title":{"rendered":"Shirts, Dogs, and Dogs in Shirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Halloween_Party_Group___500_wide.jpg\" height=\"215\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Front Range Bichon Frise Club held its (now expected to be) annual halloween party this past Saturday. Picture a dozen bichons in funny outfits tearing around club president Lindsay Van Keuren&#8217;s back yard on what could well be the last nice day this year. Carol cut a Party City grass skirt in half, and wrapped half around QBit and half around Aero. She did the same with a Party City lei and both again got half. It was a pretty effective costume, because QBit and Aero are aces at dancing on their hind legs waving their front paws in the air. The video I posted on Facebook prompted Dennis Harris to declare them the Duntemann Hula Hounds, which in turn reminded me that Marty Robbins had a song called &#8220;Lovely Hula Hands&#8221; back in the time that even time forgot. So could I write &#8220;Lovely Hula Hounds?&#8221; Sure. Will I? Maybe. I have to finish my filk of &#8220;YMCA&#8221; first. Sub in &#8220;bichon frise&#8221; for &#8220;YMCA&#8221; and you&#8217;ll see where I&#8217;m going with it.<\/p>\n<p><img src= \"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dash_In_Costume___500_wide.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dash doesn&#8217;t dance on his hind legs, and in fact what he mostly does is get in trouble. So Carol bought a very appropriate costume for him that was basically a Depression-style prisoner outfit, complete with number, printed on a little T-shirt, plus a black and white hat to match. He got the award for &#8220;Scariest Costume,&#8221; which is itself a little scary.<\/p>\n<p><img src= \"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Green_Long_Sleeve___350_wide.jpg\" style= \"HEIGHT: 467px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; WIDTH: 350px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; MARGIN: 0px 8px 0px 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR:\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Green Long Sleeve - 350 wide.jpg\" width= \"350\" \/>Speaking of shirts&#8230;I discovered a wonderful source of everyday shirts a year or so ago: the US military. I bought a couple of used Army dress green shirts on eBay, and later found a couple of Air Force dress blue shirts, one of which I was wearing in the photos above. I found a few more at <a href= \"http:\/\/glennsarmysurplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn&#8217;s Army Surplus<\/a> here in the Springs, and my friend Lt. Col. Powl Smith gave me a few more when he retired from the Army recently. The shirts have two pockets, which is a requirement for my everyday attire. They&#8217;re rugged, and can be had in both long-sleeve and short-sleeve designs. Best of all, you can toss them in the wash, put them in the dryer for ten minutes, and they&#8217;ll hang up without a wrinkle. Yeah, they&#8217;re polyester blends. For me this is a feature, not a bug. I paid $15 each for the new ones, and about $5 for the used ones. So far, no regrets.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been quiet recently in part because I&#8217;ve been studying. The desktop database development world has a shed a few skins since I learned it, and I&#8217;m going to have to learn it mostly all over again. But if I do that, I might as well take notes, so I can teach it to everybody else. <em>Lazarus Database Development From Square One<\/em>, anybody?<\/p>\n<p>Could happen. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Front Range Bichon Frise Club held its (now expected to be) annual halloween party this past Saturday. Picture a dozen bichons in funny outfits tearing around club president Lindsay Van Keuren&#8217;s back yard on what could well be the last nice day this year. 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