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  • We are three wire fox terriers, one large black cat, assorted hand puppets, a presidential pup and everything dog. We're an animal salon. Everything on our minds is on the table for discussion and display: art, everyday, politics, musings, and especially the inane.

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THE ORIGINAL DOODLES


  • Mac and cheese, Laurel and Hardy, Powell and Loy ...original duos. Here are the posts from the original Mr. Doodles Dog. Gimlet and Nigel (and Joe the Cat) at their four-legged, Peebody Award-winning best.

Bloggers With Fingers

  • The Culinary Sherpas
    Get carried away by the Sherpas and discover an Ali Baba's treasure trove of food, recipes and fresh, sharp, funghi writing.
  • Side Salad
    A Gettysburger address of a blog: off-the-cuff, off-the-bone and meaty. Plus, there's Abraham and Lincoln.
  • The Daily Dave 2.0
    Twice the wit, twice the Dave. But Four Questions? It all adds up.
  • Sarah Says
    Uplighting and insightful commentary on what makes us all tick. Tiger Varga, too.

WAG THE DOG

Categories

DOGS ARE NOT COLOR-BLIND

  • Charleston
    Home of the Bloomsbury artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Also home to Maynard Keynes and Clive Bell.
  • Walter Anderson Museum of Art
    Gulf Coast artist and American Master, Walter Inglis Anderson's art and legacy
  • Keith Haring
    Urban and populist artist Keith Haring's work... visit the Pop Shop!
  • The Tate
    British and international modern and contemporary art ... visit the Bloomsbury archives.
  • Dog Art Today
    Everything dog on a global canvas.

DOGSMITHS

PLACES WE LIKE


  • Pepper's Place An icon among wires. Pepper had the best place of all.


  • Get clickin' and feed some animals.

OTHER PLACES TO WANDER

  • Salon
    News, commentary and graphics you won't find elsewhere. It's like a freshly unearthed bone in the backyard.
  • The Raw Story
    Progressive, Al Franken-ish news.
  • Media Matters
    Grey matter. Media between-the-lines. Some of this will make you even madder.
  • Bits And Pieces
    "Fiber, Words, Data and Dog Hair." That says a lot, but really doesn't cover it. You should visit.
  • Colbert Nation
    Wagging fingers. A facile tongue and biting wit. Stephen Colbert has our dogged admiration. "Oprah, where's my cupcake?"

GOOD & DOG-EARED


  • Cool Cat, Hot Dog. 5 STARS. As out-of-this-wire-world as the imagination and a wire fox terrier (plus cat) can get. Sandy Turner, dog icon.

  • Dear Mrs. Larue. 5 STARS. Like Ike? We love him. Dear Mrs. Larue, you raised him right.

  • Silent Night. 5 STARS. It's not about Santa. A wire fox terrier has the only lines in this book. Thank you, Sandy Turner.

ALTON BROWN ALLEY


  • Dog Bites: Canine Cuisine. Our old standby; we're faithful fidos when it comes to this book.

  • Throw Me A Bone. Make mine a soup bone, crunchy croutons on the side.

  • Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way. Good things come in threes: tenors, Stooges, tries and dog bakeries.

  • Bow Wow Chow. Unispecies cooking and baking. One-size apron fits all?

Help Yourshelf


  • Ebony and Ivory meet Irony.

  • Nigel and Gimlet called it: great book.

  • Gimlet ate up this Scottie and monkey tale. Read her review.

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    Marie Antoinette Moments

    April 14, 2008

    Arcane Archeology

    Alas, poor Yorrick ...
    we drew him well.

    Fox_terriers_digthatdirt

    Gimlet digging herself in deeper. Digital work, circa 2000.

    Before we lose our heads, let us remember ...

    Marie Antoinette did not utter the immortal and royal words "Let them eat cake." Joe the Cat mentions that the French word for cake is gateau and Marie didn't use the phrase, anyway. Joe the Cat does acknowledge that gateau is very close to cat's toe, but he has no proof that the French Revolution is based on cat's toes.

    This is one of GImlet's favorite logos, and yet she stored it away for a dirt-filled day. With the annexation of the side yard, our last little bit of land has now been made available by the new (yet old, coming from a salvage yard) gate. We now have freedom to roam in all but the front yard. When can we convince DoggieDad to put up some form of fencing in the front? The Barkalotboyz, Jake and JH, have their front yard now accessible to their every whim, but we're still waiting. It's time to begin our campaign to "Free the Front Lines."

    Talk about No Man's Land. Without fencing, the entire front yard is No Terrier's Land. We can't stand for that.

    What do you think of Gimlet's logo? Should we turn our paws to merchandise? Drop us a line or leave a comment and let us know.

    As for cake, we're ready for some. It's been one of those days.

    -- The Doodles

    Posted at 10:53 PM in Marie Antoinette Moments | | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)

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    GIMME CREDIT: OUR STAFF


    • NIGEL:Celestial editor, political pundit and nonprofit legal counsel

    • GIMLET: Executive editor, illustrator and expert ratter

    • SAM: Humor columnist and consumer reporter who cuts to the chase

    • JOE THE CAT: Photography chief and catfish mogul

    • SWEENEY: Roving reporter and multimedia journdog with a nose for cupcakes

    • DASH: Wet-nosed former detective turned reporter with a fondness for snappy prose

    • TOM CAT-JONES: Not-at-all unusual, peeping pussycat

    • FOX POPULI: Lyricist and muckraking vlogger

    • FELONIOUS MONKIE: Light-fingered reporter and evolutionary thinker

    • JACK BUNNY: Keen-eyed and long-eared anarchist who loves to dangle carrots

    • ORSON OWELLES: Wise old food critic and keeper of Julia Child's flame-retardant mitts

    • FALA: Psychic, human communicator and WWII aficianado

    CLASSIC WIRE WHODUNIT


    • The Thin Man. Off the Charts. Sleuths Nick and Nora Charalambides and their female schnauzer, Asta ... Don't recognize it? OK. Sleuths Nick and Nora Charles and their male wire fox terrier, Asta... That better? Have some martinis and it will all be fine.

    Taking Artistic Dog License


    • Best in Show: The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today. Five licks. Piero della Francesca, Titian, George Stubbs, Tiepolo, Landseer, Gainsborough, Wardle... You'll see something that would go well over the couch.

    • A Dog's Life in Art and Literature. Five pots of paint. Dogs, dogs and more dogs. Paintings and stories artfully and masterfully told. Paws and tails up.

    • Happy Birthday Coco. A quietly elegant and artful illustrated narrative about a wire fox terrier's life. We meet her as she turns one.

    • James Thurber: The Dog Department. FIVE STARS. No one knew dogs like Thurber. Here, his hounds, scotties and talking poodles have their say. Our favorite? The infamous airedale Muggs, subject of "The Dog Who Bit People."

    • Art Dog. FIVE STARS. Portrait of the artist as a young security dog. The artful antics of Arthur Dog will have you van Goghing.

    Political Animals


    • The True Story of Fala. Universal Gem. By Margaret Suckley and Alice Dalgliesh. FDR read and approved of his scottish terrier's tell-all. Liberal use of terrier wisdom and antics inside.

    • Letters from the Campaign Trail: Larue for Mayor. Super Nova. We like Ike, enough to think of him as ... mayor? Get out those campaign leashes.

    HOW MUCH IS THAT YOU KNOW IN THE WINDOW?


    • Nuts about Miss Nutty Girl. Wonderful treats, art ... she has three schnauzers and two bigger dogs. All are rescue. Be a nut and visit.

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