care for cairns

if you've never seen a cairn terrier, do yourself a goddamn favor and go find one. they are unbelievably cute little bear dogs that are stocky and jumpy and closely resemble the norwich. i want one... or at least to always be near one. and according to our favorite book The Care and Handling of Dogs:

The Cairn Terrier is a spicy, wide-awake chap, most lovable to those who are his and equally distant to those who are not. In short, he is typically Scotch throughout.

hmmm... interesting comparison to the scots. in fact, this guy makes quite a few comparisons in these pages that makes me think he's not so fond of the undecipherable folks.

in other news, i'm going for the record of how many schools one can teach at at the same time. i'm at three thanks to an offer today to teach an anatomy and physiology class at the community college of vermont. THREE. two catholics and one not-so-much. i guess i need one more secular boy to balance things out.