Things I know, things I don’t

(1) I don’t know why our dog, Serena, likes to lie directly in the hot sun when it’s over 90 degrees. Every afternoon, about 2:00, I let her out when I go to get the mail. She walks up to an area of brown cut grass under a bird feeder and plops down.

When I get back from the mailbox and call her, she just stares at me. Sometimes I have to drag her by the collar to get her to come inside. She seems to love being hot, notwithstanding being covered with fur. Does anyone have an explanation?

Dog web sites I perused say that dogs may dig a hole in hot weather to stay cool, but I couldn’t find any other examples of hot dogs who like to cook in the sun.

(2) I now know that homeopathy is a crock, something I’ve always suspected. A report in the Lancet medical journal reviewed 110 trials of homeopathy and conventional medicine (allopathy).

Sophisticated statistical analyses showed "no convincing evidence that homeopathy was superior to placebo, whereas for conventional medicine an important effect remained." Some alternative health care works, some doesn’t—like homeopathy.

(3) In one sense, I don’t know how it is possible for a man to be married to an absolute babe and still not be satisfied with her. Also, I do know, because it is the human condition to always want more than you have, no matter how good it is.

Consider the case of baseball star Jose Canseco, who used to be married to the knock-out Jessica Canseco. Jessica is featured in this month’s Playboy. As the saying goes, it’s hard to imagine that any (heterosexual) man would kick her out of bed. But Jose did, so to speak, having numerous affairs. He even spurned Jessica after she gave him a threesome with her and a female friend.

Moral: fantasies aren’t reality. Billy Bob Thornton reportedly said that sex with Angelina Jolie wasn’t so hot. Of course, nothing as insignificant as reality is going to come between me and my own Angelina fantasies.

(4) I now know that bouncing can be a fascinating job, thanks to the blog Clublife, billed as “An online narrative of the life of a bouncer at two of New York's most popular nightclubs.” Take a read and peek into a lifestyle far removed from our own life in the slow lane.

Comments

[Laura Griffiths]

In regards to homeopathy, I have to say that it works for some, but not for others and depending on which ones you try, you may have to go through a crap load to find the one that works for you. I have tried just such a load and have found one that works for ME every fart-knocking time, hands down, no question about it- it NEVER fails me, ever. I've also found one that works for my step son that seems to work for him every single time too. So, I don't know what to say about all this hoopla, my husband told me the same thing about homeopathy, but, what am I to do if the one I use for a particular ailment works every time, works every time? I've tried a gazillion that didn't do jack, but, the one that does work, works.

[Eric]

Regarding the "hot dog" comment. I also have a dog who enjoys lying in the hot sun. His name is Bilbo (named after that lovable hobitt). I see your dog is light colored. So is Bilbo. His brother Baku (not named for a lovable hobitt) is black and does not enjoy the sun. Bilbo will lay out in it until he is extremely hot, then come in and seek out the coolest, darkest room in the house (generally a bathroom). I think he's just weird.

And speaking of weird, it is genetically ingrained in every man to want to spread his seed (an evolutionary adaptation, or at least I like to blame it on that) but to refuse a threesome? That defies logic! Bring on Jessica and Angelina!