Milo is our neighbor’s dog… He has grown up to look just like Zara!

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Jason Scott (@textfiles) was at the archive.org office last week and took some great pics of Zara, working hard!

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So… Which one of these buttons dispenses the treats??? ;-)

jess

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From Jess’ new phone!

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-bob

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I took this pic at Furry’s bday party..

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-bob and raj

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We don’t have a tandoor, so when we have a craving for fresh-baked naan, we have to improvise. Here is some video showing how we made naan using a pizza stone in our regular oven.

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The next step is to build a tandoor in the backyard.

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Sent by Lisa R.

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Sent by Lisa R.

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May, Jess, and I went to hear Alice Waters speak at Red Hill Books. It was packed! Here is the view from the very back:

Here is a strange thing with feathers, in a window display next door to Red Hill:

It was cold night! Even Zara needed a scarf!

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I’ve been trying to teach Zara how to roll over. We’re still using a food lure, but she’s getting the hang of it!

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I’ve been teaching Zara how to catch the Ultimate disc.. she’s getting really good, even though the disc is three times larger than her head! Here are some videos of Zara playing catch on top of Bernal hill:

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Here is an earlier video of Zara learning how to catch a floppy puppy disc.

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We’re dog-sitting Kindred this weekend.. When Julij brought him over, I commented how Zara and Kindred hadn’t yet clicked as dog friends. Yeah, that lasted for about five minutes. They only stop playing for disco naps, and then they wake up and are at it again. Here’s some video of our tired but happy doggies:

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Here is a short video of Zara and Annie snuggling while Ziggy looks on from the saftey of Jess’ lap:

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Here’s a link to the finished drawing. (and where you can get one too.)

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Zara: Will you sniff my belly?
Annie: We’ve been playing all day! Don’t you ever get tired??
Zara: Yes, but I really like getting my belly sniffed when I’m tired. Will you sniff my belly?
Annie: OK, but I’ve already sniffed your belly 1025 times today. Just *one* more time!!
Zara: YAY!!!!!!
(20 seconds pass)
Zara: Will you sniff my belly???

You should see them playing when they aren’t tired..

Higher rez version here.

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We took Zara to the BTxGGPPwBC day party yesterday, and we all had a great time! It was a beautiful day and a wonderful party! Thanks to EJ for taking pics!

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Adam Koford is a cartoonist who runs the distributed E-Hobo effort that illustrated the 800 hobo names from John Hodgman’s Areas of My Expertise. He was also selling custom-painted postcards illustrating your own hobo name, and Mikey commissioned a drawing of TikiRobot Raj and his Superdog Zara!

Mikey gave me the art-card yesterday at the Ranch and it totally blew me away! So beautiful and perfect! I love the way Adam captured Zara’s Z-tag, and floppy ears, and my flaming head! Thanks much to both of you!

Links!

• TikiRobot Raj on flickr
• TikiRobot Raj on Adam’s blog, Hobotopia
• Your Hobo Names set on flickr
• The 700 Hobos Project on flickr
• e-hobo.com
  

Also notice the remarkable similarity between TikiRobot Raj and George, who rode atop the TikiCrawler and now resides at the ranch:

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We found Ice-Bat at Archimage in Rochester, and brought him home to live with us. We didn’t know how Zara and Ice-Bat would get along, but they’ve become fast friends!

More pics!

Also, don’t let your dog play with things that aren’t dog toys. It is dangerous.

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Rajbot: Hey Zara, do you want to listen to some music I just put on my iPod?
Zara: Arf!
Rajbot: It’s an old chillits set.. let me know what you think!
Zara: *tilts head* Baroo?
Rajbot: Well, give it some time..
Zara: *tilts head in the other direction*
Zara: THIS MUSIC ANGERS ME! I SHALL DESTROY THE SPEAKER!!!!

Thanks Lisa for taking the video :)

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