Adventures With Rex

Adventures with Rex

July 1, 2010

Rex and I had been fighting for a few days. You know, petty little things that build up and go unresolved. My not washing his food bowl twice a day, not changing his water as soon as His Majesty would require, buying cheap dog food. On his part, chewing up a sofa pillow as a [...]

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Adventures with Rex:What’s It All About, Alpha?

June 1, 2010

“Rex, I have finally figured out what is wrong with us. Between you and me. Us.” Rex did not seem to have the slightest interest in what I was saying. His attention was fixed on a pill bug as we sat on the back porch. Of course I must allow that he, being a dog, [...]

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Adventures With Rex: The Running of the Dachshunds

May 1, 2010

I was sipping coffee with my friends, “taking the waters” as we do every morning at East Village Coffee Lounge. I had been relating the story of an old girlfriend, who had either a large pink mole or a third nipple on her chest. I never felt comfortable bringing up the subject with her, and [...]

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Adventures With Rex: The Census Taker

April 1, 2010

It was a quiet Saturday morning for Rexie and me. A knock at the door interrupted my new video of “Eskimo Girls Gone Wild,” so I got up and answered the door. A man with a briefcase and a badge around his neck peered in through the screen door. “Yes?” I said. “What are you [...]

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Adventures With Rex: Father Rex

March 1, 2010

I had noticed a growing angst within, and felt the need of a therapist. But alas, and to no great surprise, my insurance did not cover psychotherapy. As I waded through the coverage limitations, I came to the conclusion that my health insurance covered only boils, ringworm, hangnails, and psoriasis—and only if they weren’t pre-existing [...]

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Adventures with Rex ~ A Valentine for Millie (repeat)

February 1, 2010

Editor’s note: Because of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning this popular Rex story from a few years back. “Rex, it’s time to think about a Valentine’s gift for Millie. She’s your main squeeze, so we have to get an appropriate gift for her. Last year’s Valentine was a dud, if you recall. We got her a [...]

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Adventures with Rex – Rex’s Big Date

January 1, 2010

I had signed up for an Internet dating service. My dating activities were non-existent; I had tried meeting girls in all the usual places—Costco tire store, the West Coast Hubcap Convention, San Jose Jell-O Wrestling Nights, tool rental yards, and even a hip boot fashion show. Oh, Rex has had a gal for years. Millie [...]

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Adventures with Rex – Death Valley Days

December 13, 2009

Death Valley Days Rex and I were on our way home from our annual camping trip to Death Valley. This year he got to chase wild burrows through the sage, and I think he fell in love with a teacup poodle at the Furnace Creek General Store. He woofed at the pup fish in Salt [...]

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Adventures With Rex – Gopher Broke

November 8, 2009

Rex and I were out for a walk around the block. We came upon my neighbor, Jay Throckmorton, walking across his front yard. He had a coil of wire slung over his shoulder and under his arm. He appeared to be on a mission. “Mornin’, Jay.” “Mornin’, Tom. Mornin’, Rexie.” “Ah, Jay, what you up [...]

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Adventures with Rex

October 25, 2009

Pillow Talk I awoke on my back in bed that Saturday morning with an eight-pound weight on my chest. As my eyes came into focus, I noticed Rex perched on my sternum. He struck a regal Sphinx pose: parallel legs outstretched in front, stoic look on the face, and a casual wagging tail. (Historic note—the [...]

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Adventures with Rex – That Look

September 7, 2009

Rex had that look in his eyes. I had seen that look before—it was the look that he had done something bad and knew he was going to get caught. “Reeeeeeeeeexxx, what did you do? What are you up to? What’s going on? Why that look?” I had decided to give him four questions, allowing [...]

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Adventures with Rex

August 4, 2009

Rememories I had been lying on the couch listening to my pirated CD of Abba Sings the Blues. It was a dreary Saturday morning, and I was feeling a little sorry for myself. The doggy door in the back door made that familiar swooshing sound, and soon my little comrade sauntered into the living room, [...]

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Adventures with Rex – June 09

June 1, 2009

BIG Puddy Tat It was a Sunday morning. Rex was lying on the couch, paralyzed in fear. He was rigid as rebar and panting in shallow, measured breaths. His eyes bugged out like bloodshot grapes as he cautiously, slowly scanned the living room for any signs of mountain lions. “Rex, Rex, Rex. It’ll be okay. [...]

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Adventures with Rex – May 09

May 1, 2009

VALENTINE’S FOR MILLIE “Rex, it’s time to think about a Valentine’s gift for Millie. She’s your main squeeze, so we have to get an appropriate gift for her. Last year’s Valentine was a dud, if you recall. We got her a cow bone to gnaw on, remember? Half a femur, I believe. She felt the [...]

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Adventures With Rex – In the Stretch April 09

April 1, 2009

I took Rex down to Point Piños in Pacific Grove. We stayed in the car for a while-he woofing at seagulls and me woofing at the girls doing yoga in Spandex on the sand in front of me. The gulls and the girls finally disappeared, and we ventured down to the waves. A Canada goose [...]

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Adventures With Rex – The Rare Oingo Bongo Fruit Bat

March 1, 2009

Rex and I had been watching a PBS special on TV. The program was about bats; I have always liked them and found them fascinating to observe.

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Adventures with Rex – Feb 09

February 2, 2009

A Heart Torn Asunder I had just finished watching a PBS special, Raging Torrents of Black and White: When Good Pandas Go Bad, and noticed Rex was sitting in the kitchen looking at his empty food bowl. “Oh, rats, Rex, we used the last of your food this morning. Let’s hop on down to Ocean [...]

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