No, puppies are better than cable

Have you seen the new "Cable is better than puppies" commercial? Talk about irritating. If you haven't seen it, click here.

How could anyone slander puppies so?

I mean, come on! I've not had a puppy since I was a kid, but based on my experiences with cable, I would think puppies can outdo cable more often than cable can outdo puppies.

#1- Puppies are cute all the time. That's right, they're reliable. Sure, they might piddle on your shoe or chew up a beloved sock, but then they give you that look. You know it, it's the puppy look. So they're reliably cute. Puppies don't call you up and say, "Hey, um, we'll be cute sometime today between 9am and 5pm, so please be around to let us in when we show up all cute n stuff."

#2- When puppies are in your house, they don't bend over in front of the TV and show buttcrack.

#3- Puppies don't turn off randomly during thunderstorms, or even during regular sunny days.

Hmm. Now I'm stumped. Maybe the cable companies are on to something. I mean, cable guys don't take random surprise poos around your house. Cable guys don't wake you up at 3am because they're hungry or because they have to go outside. Cable guys don't bark incessantly. But then again, you can't train a cable guy to grab the newspaper on his way into the house, or sit lovingly at your side while you read a book in your recliner by the fireplace.

So, I call a truce. Cable and puppies are both equally good and bad. I mean, puppies can't give me the Red Sox score when I ask, but then cable won't roll over and look cute. I'm just glad cable guys won't pee on the carpet if I leave them inside for too long.

Florida

A longer post will be coming soon, but for now, just a short update to say that I have not disappeared from the face of the planet. Rather, I was in Florida for the past week doing Hurricane Charley coverage.

Some good and sad stories to come. So, sit back, grab a can of Ensure, and relax.