The Bandit! Journal

Bandit! wishes everyone a fun-filled, wild & crazy Tool Day! Bandit!'s staff has been celebrating Tool Day for over three dog generations. The idea for this bacchanalia of hardware came to Bandit!'s guy one cold winter when he was particularly broke and noticed that Valentine's Day required shelling out bucks he didn't have, to buy something he didn't understand that was going to wilt and get tossed in a week anyway. And he decided he wasn't going to take it anymore! Most holidays that require gift giving have, more or less, a parity between the sexes. Guys and girls can both expect to both give and receive gifts. But, not on Valentine's Day. Oh no! That's definitely rigged in favor of the ladies. Guys are held hostage by ruthless florists who can charge outrageous prices for flowers that nobody really needs anyway. But guys have to shell out serious bucks for flowers - or else. And there's that whole language of flowers stuff that guys just don't stand a chance of ever comprehending. I mean, most guys can figure out that red roses stand for love, black roses symbolize death and that you, never, ever give a white rose to any girl with whom you would like to have sex. (Is that redundant?). But what does a pink rose or a green rose mean? What would you be saying if you gave her a bouquet with six red roses, two pink roses and four orange roses?

Bandit!'s view from his front yard. This morning: Last week:

About 'This Is MY rope?' GIVE. ME. MY. ROPE!


Fortunately, fighting for my rope is so easy, I can do it blindfolded:

This window needs a good sliming - I can still see out of it.

Sort of a slow weekend here on Rogers Hill, so we're bringing you a 'Best of Bandit!' Photo

Winter is Bandit!'s favorite time of year. He's well insulated and mostly snow-proof. He loves snow - especially fresh powder. After good dog-deep snow storm, he'll spend hours plowing through the snow, bounding through the snow, digging through the snow, rolling through the snow, pushing his people through the snow.... For some recreation this afternoon, we decided to go hunting for one of the Bavarian Husky's favorite foods - snow cookies. Wild snow cookies are much more fun than regular cookies you find in kitchens.