<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:15:59.976-04:00</updated><category term='Elvis the Karate Dog Saves The Day'/><category term='www.eatbiscuits.com'/><category term='The White House Dogs'/><category term='eatbiscuits.com'/><category term='Life is Short. Eat Biscuits'/><title type='text'>The Zen of Dog</title><subtitle type='html'>From the author of LIFE IS SHORT. EAT BISCUITS! (Santa Monica Press) and LETTERS TO A YOUNG PUPPY. Visit the dog Zen/humor web site at www.eatbiscuits.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-6850786476821600511</id><published>2009-05-07T10:20:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T10:23:01.370-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Life is Short. Eat Biscuits!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SgLuOb7CidI/AAAAAAAAABM/KCQA8yS2e28/s1600-h/Book+Cover_LISEB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333086840541055442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SgLuOb7CidI/AAAAAAAAABM/KCQA8yS2e28/s320/Book+Cover_LISEB.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891661418/ref=olp_product_details/176-3532519-5388737?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;me=&amp;amp;seller="&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;to see excerpts and buy the book at &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891661418/ref=olp_product_details/176-3532519-5388737?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;me=&amp;amp;seller="&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-6850786476821600511?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/6850786476821600511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=6850786476821600511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/6850786476821600511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/6850786476821600511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2009/05/life-is-short-eat-biscuits.html' title='Life is Short. Eat Biscuits!'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SgLuOb7CidI/AAAAAAAAABM/KCQA8yS2e28/s72-c/Book+Cover_LISEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-5531472416695091679</id><published>2008-08-20T10:20:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T10:25:51.446-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elvis the Karate Dog Saves The Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='www.eatbiscuits.com'/><title type='text'>Free Elvis The Karate Dog Wordplay Page for Kids</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SKwpPlolb8I/AAAAAAAAAA8/AlVHPnZFC34/s1600-h/Elvis_front_text.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236605814502158274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SKwpPlolb8I/AAAAAAAAAA8/AlVHPnZFC34/s320/Elvis_front_text.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Hey, kids, do you like dogs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenswebdaily.com/wordplay_web/"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for a free Elvis the Karate Dog wordplay page.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-5531472416695091679?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/5531472416695091679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=5531472416695091679' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/5531472416695091679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/5531472416695091679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2008/08/free-elvis-karate-dog-wordplay-page-for.html' title='Free Elvis The Karate Dog Wordplay Page for Kids'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SKwpPlolb8I/AAAAAAAAAA8/AlVHPnZFC34/s72-c/Elvis_front_text.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-2375485988947032667</id><published>2008-07-10T15:22:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T10:19:50.126-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elvis the Karate Dog Saves The Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='www.eatbiscuits.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life is Short. Eat Biscuits'/><title type='text'>Free Elvis The Karate Dog Coloring Page</title><content type='html'>Free ELVIS THE KARATE DOG SAVES THE DAY coloring page, compliments of &lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com/"&gt;http://www.eatbiscuits.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenswebdaily.com/colorpage_web/"&gt;Click here to print and color&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SHZiOnBIqvI/AAAAAAAAAAk/JYyAZJaTF5Y/s1600-h/Elvis+coloring.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221468821114104562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SHZiOnBIqvI/AAAAAAAAAAk/JYyAZJaTF5Y/s320/Elvis+coloring.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SHZhweJWyhI/AAAAAAAAAAc/iF-HI7NxOIc/s1600-h/Elvis+coloring.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-2375485988947032667?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/2375485988947032667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=2375485988947032667' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/2375485988947032667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/2375485988947032667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-elvis-karate-dog-coloring-page.html' title='Free Elvis The Karate Dog Coloring Page'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/SHZiOnBIqvI/AAAAAAAAAAk/JYyAZJaTF5Y/s72-c/Elvis+coloring.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-7818377425875462379</id><published>2007-11-05T18:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T18:56:20.195-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life is Short. Eat Biscuits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eatbiscuits.com'/><title type='text'>Ian the Superdog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/Ry-tdhGteYI/AAAAAAAAAAU/4yIWkArdyvE/s1600-h/Trick+or+Treak.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129509223212611970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/Ry-tdhGteYI/AAAAAAAAAAU/4yIWkArdyvE/s320/Trick+or+Treak.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-7818377425875462379?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/7818377425875462379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=7818377425875462379' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/7818377425875462379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/7818377425875462379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2007/11/ian-superdog.html' title='Ian the Superdog'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/Ry-tdhGteYI/AAAAAAAAAAU/4yIWkArdyvE/s72-c/Trick+or+Treak.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-1580437543412176070</id><published>2007-04-29T19:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-29T19:25:59.715-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The White House Dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life is Short. Eat Biscuits'/><title type='text'>White House Dogs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/RjUpAiKkc7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/6MWwu6fwr3w/s1600-h/FirstDogs_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058994845568496562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/RjUpAiKkc7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/6MWwu6fwr3w/s320/FirstDogs_2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photo: The First Dogs - Miss Beazley and Barney&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com/Letters_to_Calvin.html"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read First Lady Laura Bush's letter to &lt;em&gt;Biscuits!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-1580437543412176070?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/1580437543412176070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=1580437543412176070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/1580437543412176070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/1580437543412176070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2007/04/white-house-dogs.html' title='White House Dogs'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pyUAZzWPJvM/RjUpAiKkc7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/6MWwu6fwr3w/s72-c/FirstDogs_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-117085555434547169</id><published>2007-02-07T08:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-07T08:55:20.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian Dog's MySpace Page</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4612/1771/1600/998297/Ian%20and%20Sunday%20Times.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4612/1771/320/446926/Ian%20and%20Sunday%20Times.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4612/1771/1600/201745/Ian2_sept14.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/ian_dog"&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;for Ian Dog's MySpace page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nXnkDdYpc"&gt;DOG HUNTS ELEPHANT &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ian Dog hunts an elephant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi2-7gLtLOM"&gt;DOG FOR HIRE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ian Dog, Agent 001, is on the case of the mirror mystery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-117085555434547169?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/117085555434547169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=117085555434547169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/117085555434547169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/117085555434547169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2007/02/ian-dogs-myspace-page_07.html' title='Ian Dog&apos;s MySpace Page'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-116991563143210268</id><published>2007-01-27T11:29:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T10:20:03.205-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Visit the New EATBISCUITS.COM Website</title><content type='html'>Check out the all new LIFE IS SHORT. EAT BISCUITS! website at &lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com/"&gt;www.eatbiscuits.com&lt;/a&gt;. There are new links for LETTERS TO A YOU PUPPY, THE BOOK OF DOG, THE BOOK OF CAT, and ELVIS THE KARATE DOG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want to put a little dog Zen in your life? Get a FREE &lt;em&gt;Life is Short. Eat Biscuits!&lt;/em&gt; bumper sticker by sending a self-addressed-stamped-envelope to: Amy - eatbiscuits.com, PO Box 33565,  Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-116991563143210268?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/116991563143210268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=116991563143210268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/116991563143210268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/116991563143210268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2007/01/visit-new-eatbiscuitscom-website.html' title='Visit the New EATBISCUITS.COM Website'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-114297258866349792</id><published>2006-03-21T15:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T15:23:08.696-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Letter 6: The Dog Ethicist</title><content type='html'>Q. If a dog sneaks a biscuit in the middle of the night and no one hears the box open, does it make him a bad dog?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com/pages/2/index.htm"&gt;A. CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-114297258866349792?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/114297258866349792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=114297258866349792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/114297258866349792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/114297258866349792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2006/03/letter-6-dog-ethicist.html' title='Letter 6: The Dog Ethicist'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-113832301577586456</id><published>2006-01-26T19:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T15:19:06.573-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dog Zen Letter 5: What is the Opposite of Anthropomorphism?</title><content type='html'>Yes, some accuse me of anthropomorphism, attributing human characteristics to dogs. How silly! I firmly advocate without reservation that people take on dog characteristics. I myself strive each day as I get older to be just a little more puppy in spirit. In his absence I faithfully await my love’s arrival -- tail wagging in anticipation, ears alert to his footsteps, nose awakened to his scent. I am not disappointed. One kiss, one pat, one biscuit, as it were, and I am assured my universe is exactly as it should be. &lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com/pages/2/index.htm"&gt;MORE....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-113832301577586456?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/113832301577586456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=113832301577586456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113832301577586456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113832301577586456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2006/01/dog-zen-letter-5-what-is-opposite-of.html' title='Dog Zen Letter 5: What is the Opposite of Anthropomorphism?'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-113328142635177602</id><published>2005-11-29T11:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-29T11:23:46.350-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dog Zen Letter 4: The Nature of Biscuits</title><content type='html'>Is a biscuit more than just a snack?&lt;br /&gt;Indeed it is, so much more.&lt;br /&gt;It is all good things.&lt;br /&gt;Puppy breath.&lt;br /&gt;Daffodils.&lt;br /&gt;Giggling babies.&lt;br /&gt;Sweet corn.&lt;br /&gt;Rainbows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your tail wags&lt;br /&gt;because I come from work,&lt;br /&gt;because I pet your head,&lt;br /&gt;because we are going for a walk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I say in a happy voice biscuit,&lt;br /&gt;and you hear the winning lotto numbers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, if it makes your tail wag&lt;br /&gt;it is, more than likely, a biscuit,&lt;br /&gt;although it could be just an itch.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-113328142635177602?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/113328142635177602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=113328142635177602' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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excellent question, puppy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com/"&gt;MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-113180694956374840?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/113180694956374840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=113180694956374840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113180694956374840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113180694956374840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2005/11/dog-zen-letter-3-abundance.html' title='Dog Zen Letter 3: Abundance'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-113078609289343463</id><published>2005-10-31T17:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-07T08:47:07.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dog Zen Letter 2: I Am Puppy</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I am puppy. I bark with glee &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;and without hesitation,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;without self-censorship.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I do not know the word &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Look at me –&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I can lift my leg and pee,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;shake your paw for a biscuit,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;fetch you a lizard,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;lick myself!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'font-family:'Courier New';font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Geneva,Verdana,Sans-Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eatbiscuits.com"&gt;MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-113078609289343463?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/113078609289343463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=113078609289343463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113078609289343463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113078609289343463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2005/10/dog-zen-letter-2-i-am-puppy.html' title='Dog Zen Letter 2: I Am Puppy'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18172201.post-113000920163978109</id><published>2005-10-22T15:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T11:52:31.710-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dog Zen Letter 1: Teach Me Dog</title><content type='html'>My dear puppy,&lt;br /&gt;I have nothing to teach you, save a few basics&lt;br /&gt;like sit, stay and heel, all meant to protect you&lt;br /&gt;from the occasional folly of a careless man.&lt;br /&gt;You, on the other hand, by nature are the very embodiment&lt;br /&gt;of essential happiness and unconditional love.&lt;br /&gt;Let me open my heart and embrace your instincts.&lt;br /&gt;Teach me dog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18172201-113000920163978109?l=thezenofdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/feeds/113000920163978109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18172201&amp;postID=113000920163978109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113000920163978109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18172201/posts/default/113000920163978109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thezenofdog.blogspot.com/2005/10/dog-zen-letter-1-teach-me-dog.html' title='Dog Zen Letter 1: Teach Me Dog'/><author><name>The Zen of Dog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05549573001919834721</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
