A list of sorts
1. Several people have written to express their frustration over the fee to get into SXSW to see my panel next week (I totally understand), so right now I'm trying to arrange a meet-up somewhere in downtown Austin, probably at a coffee shop, for Saturday morning (March 8th). Once I know the specific details I let you know the when and the where.
2. Coco pooped in the car yesterday. In the car. While we were driving.
3. I have a manuscript due in about a week. There's this quote I heard once, I don't remember who said it, but it was a writer, and when asked about her favorite part of writing a book she said something like, "When it was over." THOSE ARE THE TRUEST WORDS EVER UTTERED.
4. It's a little late in the month to address the masthead at the top of the page, but I feel I need to calm any lingering fears over whether or not Chuck is dead. He is not. He is alive and moody. The masthead was designed to celebrate the 7th birthday of this website, and that cursive font was a bad choice because some people thought it said ADIEU when in fact it says BODIED, and when set against Chuck's head it looked very much like a tombstone, or at least I was told so. Sorry for the confusion, I'll try harder next time to be clearer about my message. Also, yes, I know you're not supposed to give grapes to dogs, I promise he didn't eat any, although he wasn't interested in them anyway as they weren't made out of cow.
5. It's a tradition around here to open comments on the birthday of the website, so I thought I'd mix things up a bit this year and turn it into a contest. What should my March tagline be? Winner, as chosen by the official panel of judges (me), gets a $50 iTunes gift card.
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koz said:
I survived the first (X) months with Coco and all I got was a carpet full of poop.
02.29.08 - 12:02 PM / 1Ulla Lauridsen said:
As ever. Whaddityathink?
02.29.08 - 12:03 PM / 2kate said:
How about "Dooce: I drink your milkshake! I DRINK IT UP!"
02.29.08 - 12:03 PM / 3Maria said:
How about: With all the best intentions
02.29.08 - 12:04 PM / 4marcilambert said:
"serving up country ribs daily"
02.29.08 - 12:04 PM / 5Anonymous said:
You should really have a meet up sometime here in Salt Lake. I know there's got to be tons of locals out there who would love to meet you!
02.29.08 - 12:04 PM / 6kate said:
Oh, and you could add a pic of Chuck balancing a milkshake on his head.
02.29.08 - 12:04 PM / 7Ciara said:
March tagline should be: Let me tell you what's reaalllly in that coco butter...
02.29.08 - 12:06 PM / 8dooce said:
I'm actually going to do some local SLC book signings when the fatherhood anthology comes out in April or May. Stay tuned for the details!
02.29.08 - 12:06 PM / 9Christina said:
If it smells like poop, thats because it is.
02.29.08 - 12:07 PM / 10lesaleigh said:
My suggestion for March's tagline is my mantra through the end of each miserable winter: "The average high temperature in March is 58 degrees." (That is according to Weather.com, for Louisville, KY.) With my last round of law school finals coming up, the dream of warmer weather is just about the only thing getting me by. Good luck with the small dog, your tenacity and patience are far stronger than my own!
02.29.08 - 12:07 PM / 11Rachel E. said:
"In Like a Lion, Out Like Chuck"
02.29.08 - 12:07 PM / 12Jordan said:
Dooce: Ignoring your unsolicited advice since 2001
02.29.08 - 12:07 PM / 13Anonymous said:
A picture of you getting hit in the head with a brick labeled life. No, not actually getting hit in the head. You know what I mean.
02.29.08 - 12:08 PM / 14RK said:
When I was younger, I threw strawberry jam on people I didn't like.
02.29.08 - 12:08 PM / 15Deb Mct Master said:
Kay, how about this, Marching poop monster coming soon to your living room...
02.29.08 - 12:09 PM / 16Heather said:
My dog pooped in the car once while driving home from the dog park. She was about 4 months old. My husband thought it was hilarious, but that was most likely because he was not in the car to experience it.
"Pooping anywhere other than in the car is unthinkable"
02.29.08 - 12:09 PM / 17Betsey said:
You should make the masthead include something about the ides of march and feature Chuck wearing a grimreaper hood and possibly also include something with a sicle (sp?) and flowers to address spring and growth. That would be cool.
02.29.08 - 12:09 PM / 18Kiala said:
How about
Dooce: Funnier than Face of the Cookie
or
Dooce: Only Poops in Your Car Every Other Day
02.29.08 - 12:09 PM / 19Anonymous said:
'It's my website and I'll write what I want to".
02.29.08 - 12:10 PM / 20Esther said:
Yay, I'm going to be there. Maybe I won't be shy and I'll come say hi.
02.29.08 - 12:10 PM / 21Anonymous said:
Um, "Drink your milkshake" is played out. 3 months ago wants their joke back.
Were people that dumb re: thinking Chuck was dead? And they have enough time on their hands to email you about it? I heard that Paul was dead bc he was barefoot on Abbey Road. Chuck is a dog; He's always barefoot! OMG! Is Chuck the living dead?
02.29.08 - 12:10 PM / 22BD said:
pic of Coco (its her turn to star on the masthead) with the tagline "a great website...for me to poop on."
02.29.08 - 12:10 PM / 23Juliness said:
What really made me laugh was the story of the guy in the karaokae bar who, after asking if people knew you and being rewarded by blank stares - said, "Don't you people go on the internet?"
Now that's a tagline.
02.29.08 - 12:11 PM / 24Amanda said:
Yours for the bargain price of four livers and half a kidney.
02.29.08 - 12:11 PM / 25Katrina said:
How about
Old and moldy, but still worth the read.
Not to suggest that you or anyone in your family is old or moldly, but merely that 7 is a long ass time for a website to be around :P
02.29.08 - 12:11 PM / 27Josh said:
No great tag lines for you, but a few great Austin coffee shops for you...
Progress
Little City
Dominican Joe's
Hope SXSW goes well!
02.29.08 - 12:11 PM / 28Anonymous said:
Dooce: With a hint of "eau de dog poo" scent
02.29.08 - 12:12 PM / 29Shelly said:
Coco-Cabana!
02.29.08 - 12:12 PM / 30c3str said:
"From constipation to perpetual puppy pooping with regular stops in between."
"Poop: from one extreme, to the other."
Or something even more witty that bridges the gap between chronic constipation and perpetual puppy pooping.
02.29.08 - 12:12 PM / 31