Word: pooch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's all changed, apparently, with Sony's impossible-to-buy AIBO, a $2,500 robotic dog. Since I already have a somewhat cheaper pooch (Otto Quittner), I'm not interested. Also, no way would my wife let me spend $2,500 on something that wasn't a coffee table...
...create such compelling, and at times mesmerizing, narrative worlds. In "Disappearance I," for example, she envisions a future in which the right to sleep has been legislated away. The narrator's occupation? A Dreamer, literally someone who dreams for everyone else. Yet seemingly mundane situation, such as befriending a pooch in "The 24-Hour Dog," are approached with equally fresh and keen perception. Winterson's quick scene changes, especially apparent in the latter story, can be jarring. But in another sense, it is as if she is a Cubist painter presenting varied perspectives in an attempt to avoid cliche...
Next only to Vermeer, De Hooch (rhymes with broke, not pooch) was the greatest Dutch genre artist of the 17th century. Very little is known about his life. He was born in Rotterdam in 1629. He learned painting by apprenticeship there, probably to Nicolaes Berchem. By 1655 his name shows up on the rolls of the artists' guild in Delft. There he must have known the slightly younger Johannes Vermeer. Five years later, he was working in Amsterdam. He married and had seven children. None of his letters survive, and no drawings either. In 1684 he died in a madhouse...
Some of these pooch facilities can get pretty doggone grand. When Robin Schwartz, a program executive for NBC, decided to board her golden retriever at the Paradise Ranch Country Club for Dogs in Sun Valley, Calif., she had to reserve a space two months in advance--and then bring in the pooch for an interview. At the end of his stay, Schwartz's dog received a "report card" detailing his social acumen. (He scored high marks.) "We basically wanted a houselike place for him to stay while we were away for two weeks," says a slightly sheepish Schwartz...
...course, all this pooch pampering has benefits for humans too. New York Dog Spa & Hotel co-owner Dale Van Pamelen says at the request of his customers, he's about to institute Fridays as singles' nights. Other upcoming events include a birthday party for Rocco (a pit bull-shepherd mix) and a wedding for Jorge and Kathleen (two humans). "It may go to extremes as with anything else," says Weaver, the Kirkland day-care proprietor. "But overall it's pretty great for everyone...