GOLFING FOR CRITTERS, CONSIDERING SPACE EVENTS ON EARTH & CONSIDERING PRICES....

EDITION OF WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY MARCH 27-28, 2024 [PetPowellPress] Ah, springtime returns. Just in time for Major League Baseball. Though it is a tad chilly this morning.
My inbox is full of so many bargain advertisements that it looks like a load of pre-Christmas email.
At some point I’m going to have to take a month off and spend it developing carpal tunnel syndrome in my delete button. Maybe I can train an Office Cat to step on the delete button intentionally for a month or two. Politics, grocery sales, office supply stores, car maintenance shops, clothes I can’t possibly fit into or would not wear because I’d have no place to wear a prom dress at my age and shape. OK, let’s see what we can find that’s animal-related, maybe human-related. Maybe human-and-animal-related.
[LARRY ASIDE: Do you need this edition to tell you that animal shelters are overloaded with dogs and cats? If you do, please allow me to welcome you to Planet Earth and ask from which part of Outer Space do you hail? I guarantee you that, once we colonize the Moon and plant some Bermuda and St. Augustine grass successfully and figure out a way to get oxygen and water manufactured from moon rock, city shelters, with city city council approval, will start flying dogs and cats to Moon Shelters. Solutions to saving animals in our own cities are on Earth, of course, but is anybody concerned about killing so many dogs and cats other than us Animal Nuts? — This text provided by Lounge-o-Cat Inc., Stevie Ray Treeboy, Junior Office Cat/Casual Sprawl Consultant. FYI, Stevie Ray is convinced sprawling on the Moon is not possible. Not enough gravity, he says.]
SPEAKING OF GOLF! WE WERE?
ON BEHALF OF CRITTERS, YES!
Our daily mail brought a note from the folks at Cody’s Friends Rescue — they’re about to “tee it up” to support the mission.
As you may know, Cody’s Friends Rescue is an all-breed organization that hustles to save these animals who are in a tough spot because humans have let ‘em down.
Coming up on Friday, April 26, Cody’s Friends will host a fund-raising golf tournament at the Indian Creek Golf Course Lakes Course at 1650 W. Frankfort Road in Carrollton.
You can sign up to play and/or sign up to sponsor the event by getting in touch with Cody’s Friends at codysfirnedsrescue.org.
As I was looking for information on the Cody’s Friends site I also found a photo of a dog who looks as if she might just enjoy golfers and chasing golfballs. Look at that happy face on Apple! Apple? Yep, but. It wasn’t always her name. She used to be Snow and she has a story.
Her bio on the Cody’s Friends site explains, "she was pulled from an overcrowded shelter just in time and has been thriving in her foster home. She’s great with kids and other dogs. She was likely a mom in the past as she loves her foster family’s litter of puppies! 
“Apple is a year old bully breed mix. She’s 40 pounds, but looks smaller as she’s a low rider. She has the sweetest smile and flashes it often, especially when you take a picture. She’s equal parts playful and snuggly. When she cuddles she melts into you like ice cream on a warm slice of apple pie. She’s completely housebroken and crate trained. She even goes potty outside when it’s raining with no issues - love that!”
You can submit an adoption application at www.codysfriendsrescue.org and ask about a meet ’n’ greet with a happy dog who got off the clock in a crowded shelter thanks to an organization that has scheduled a golf tournament to help support its “save ‘em all” efforts.
CONTEMPLATIONS
MORE GOLF, MORE STUFF, STRAY THOUGHT?

When I saw the note about Cody’s Friends golf tournament it reminded me that the folks at Straydog Inc, the legendary no-kill shelter and sanctuary in Near East Texas, have gone extraterrestrial with the non-profit's upcoming golf tournament — not that duffers such as myself might aim at a hole 240 yards away and hit the pill to Mars… Nope, you see the advertising artwork for the Eclipse Golf Tournament on April 8 — Eclipse Day — at the Gentle Creek Golf Club in Prosper. Details for how to play in this tournament are at straydog.org. It’ll be a few years before they can schedule a Texas Dark Side of the Putt Eclipse Golf Tournament. ….
MY INBOX this morning had an email with this subject line: “Your day is about to get better: Save up to 50% on fine jewelry.” Immediately I wondered how much the jewelry would cost if the company could afford to cut it’s price in half and still make money. Might be a jewelry concern run by a gasoline company.
On a similar topic: Anybody else remember when three tacos in a restaurant would cost you less than $5? And you’d get free chips and salsa, too? Is it fair to blame The Pandemic for the fiscal challenges of a night-out? Is the Earth off its axis? My brain is boggled by the the 3rd decade of the 21st Century. We’re approaching the quarter-century mark and I’m still, in general, clueless. I may start reading comic books again — if those Disney ducks are still around or Superman is still in Metropolis. I was so peacefully centered in the mid-1950s. And that concludes my mid-week whine.
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