Has anyone seen Cal lately?

Any kid growning up in Southern California in the 70s will remember Cal Worthington & his dog Spot. He was a car dealer who made a lot of commercials with "his dog spot". But Spot was always a different animal: tiger, elephant, goat, even a whale.
He had a fiercely catchy tune "Go See Cal, Go See Cal, Go See Cal!" My version of his jingle would get stuck in my head for days on end. I found out much later on that I wasn't the only one who didn't quite understand what he was saying. Apparently, quite a few of us kids thought he was saying "Pussy Cow Pussy cow Pussy Cow".

If you need a car or truck PUSSY COW, If you wanna save a buck PUSSY COW!

He was great, even if I didn't know what the heck he was saying. I have seen his commercials within the past couple years. I have no idea if Cal is alive or not because in the commercials he still wears these 70's polyester cowboy-esque suits. It quite possible that he has gone to the big dealership in the sky and they are now superimposing him onto their current car lots.

I did a little bit of searching and found an archive of his old commercials. www.mydogspot.com There is even a 2 1/2 minute version of the Go See Cal song.

Does anyone know if Cal is still selling cars? I considered calling up
one of his dealerships and asking but what if they tell me he's dead, it could ruin my whole weekend. : O

Eh, he wasn't into it...

Do you remember when you were a kid and your parents tried to get you into a sport or activity you just didn’t want to do? For me it was ballet, it was boring and I was supposed to bow down to my instructor at the end. Yeah right…he should have been happy I showed up at all. I could have been riding my bike around looking for mud puddles with tadpoles in them! And it always creeped me out that he wore these skintight pastel lycra pants with a matching tank top. I was 10, I didn’t need to see his package bouncing around.
Ok…way off topic. Sort of…
Yesterday we found out that Elvis is not interested in being a Weiner Dog Racer. Unfortunately so did the rest of San Diego since we were on tv. I will post video or at least stills as soon as I figure out how. Even though it didn’t go as planned it was still a lot of fun. The dog that won was from Los Angeles. It was brought down by a lady who was REALLY REALLY into it. She had her wienerschnitzel shirt on yellow pom poms & a red hat, she was chock full of wiener dog flare. She was a very nice lady, but she crossed the line I fear I may cross someday if I’m not careful. On this side you have the normal dog owners, on her side you have the crazy dog ladies. Don promises he will keep me on the normal side. Her dog won the faux tv race while wearing a brightly colored ruffled dress & matching nail polish. She told me her dog had also won past preliminary races. I’m looking forward to seeing her racing apparel on Saturday. Haa ha : )

I do have to bitch (pun intended) about one thing. Some lady brought a dog that was in heat, and then bitched about Elvis sniffing her. I had to assure her that Elvis has been fixed & couldn’t do any “damage”. Stupid lady! What the hell! She just HAD to get her face on tv & chat up the anchorman. At least pick your dog up if your quest for local tv fame is so fierce!

But anywhoooo, it was a good time.

Anyone know of a good free mpeg video editor?

Elvis learned something new this morning

Elvis believed he could walk on the lily pads in the pond. Unfortunately, he was incorrect and went for a surprise swim. Silly dog. We learned something too,
1 - that Elvis can swim
2 - the pond has an awful lot of sediment and should be dredged. It was all over him...yuk

Elvis is ready for his close up

Elvis has just been invited to be on a local morning news show next week. STAR POWER baby, oh yeah, he's got it!

Wiener Dog Races

Today I entered Elvis in the Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals Prelims. Here is the future champion striking a winning pose.

Linus will be working as Elvis’s personal commentator on the sidelines. He is ready & waiting with his microphone (erm…bone).


Seriously, this is going to be hysterical! I don’t care it Elvis wins or even makes it to the finish line. I just want to see all the wieners running. But don’t get me wrong, for a dog who has a chest that is only an inch & a half off the ground I think he’s wicked fast. I’m going to have to get video of this one.

GO ELVIS GO!!!

BTW – the races are Aug 20th.

Just look for the dead plastic plants

Mmmmm yummy, I’m eating my leftovers from last nights dinner at Mandarin House on 5th Ave. It is hands down the best place for Chinese food in San Diego. Being a native, and having lived here most of my life I consider myself and authority on these things : )
As soon as you walk in the owner greets you (and remembers you if you have been there before). The drinks are stellar, yes STELLAR! I only recommend the Volcano or the Scorpion if you are there with at least one other person. They are served in a giant tiki bowl, the Volcano arrives on fire. You get extra long straws so you can sit back and get drunk in the comfort of your booth. We got Don’s mom toasted a couple weeks ago…good fun! And as stated earlier, the food is fantastic. So why isn’t Mandarin House completely packed every night? Well, because people like me who know about the place are very tight lipped about it. Everyone else thinks it is a restaurant that probably closed down in the 70s and has been vacant ever since. Well it’s not. And yes I do fear that the yuppie scum that took over the Gaslamp and Little Italy will find out but they are probably too busy working out at the gym or whatever to bother reading my blog. So for the 3 of you who actually do read my blog, I give Mandarin House 6 out of 5 stars.

Good food is here

I bet you never thought it was possible to kill a plastic plant

It’s been a few days since I last posted, I can’t say I have much to write about. Things are starting to pick up at work, the busy season is on its way. I’ve also been working the kinks out of a new business venture I’ve started. It’s slow going but I can’t sell anything I don’t feel I can stand behind 100%. I’m not a good salesperson, I can’t lie to people so I’d better like what I’m selling if I want to sell it, know what I mean? The few customers who have seen my stuff already seem to love it so in the end I think it will be worth the wait. The dogs are doing great. Although Elvis is having trouble understanding that the poops go outside, not inside. He’s lucky he is so cute… Linus is such a little angel, he doesn’t even mind when Elvis eats his leftovers.

Oh, yeah...& the dogs won the couch battle.
Scoreboard Dogs 1 - Humans 0