Scooter Chronicles

Greyhound – Leave the Adopting to Us?
Marcia and I have contemplated for a while about adopting a greyhound. It was renewed this weekend when we went to Border’s. About two or three times a year you will run into people promoting the idea of adopting them at stores, though usually pet supply stores.

The one thing that makes this attractive is the fact that greyhounds are good apartment / condo dogs. Even though they run very fast at the tracks, they need little exercise. A couple of short walks a week is all to keep them happy. They are affectionate, easy going, and loyal, but lazy. Which about best describes Molson, our golden retriever.

The only issues facing us are the baby and Molson. The baby issue is money, not the dog getting along with him. Greyhounds are very good and very gentle with kids. But can we handle a baby’s expense and another dog to feed and take care of. Also, how would Molson react. He seems to enjoy being around dogs. But what about another living with him. We have an out though. The adoption group will always take back a dog that doesn’t fit into a particular home.

Eggs is Eggs
So this past Saturday Marcia made breakfast. Pancakes, sausage, and scrambled eggs. And I hate some of the eggs. And it is the third time in two weeks that I have had scrambled eggs for breakfast.

For those that know me, NO the world is not ending. But my coat is really looking nice and shiny these days.

Movie Remakes
Got to thinking about this after watching “Flight of the Phoenix” last night. Why does Hollywood do them? Is it really just a matter that some filmmaker feels that he can do a better job, so talks the studio into saying yes? (Or that filmmaker does it on his own.) A good for instance is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Sure the new movie keeps more to the book. But the first was a cult classic. Why redo it?

Is it because there not enough good scripts floating around? Heck, it is bad enough when a movie is made based on a book and (usually) doesn’t come close to capturing the magic. But why redo a movie?

I offer no answers. I don’t know. All I know is that it is rather disturbing to find out after watching a movie that it was a remake. When I looked up “Flight of the Phoenix”, I was surprised to see that it was. About three months after watching “The Italian Job” with Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron, I was told that it was a remake. And Karen informed me on her comments about “Alfie” that it too was a remake.

Maybe Hollywood should concentrate on making lousy movies based on good books. At least it would be something more original then remaking a movie.

Scratch that. Last thing I need to see is Tom Cruise playing Ammar in a bad movie version of “The Lions of Al-Rassan”.