From service dog to SURFice dog

Surf dog Ricochet’s inspirational video highlighting her journey from service dog training, to turning disappointment into a joyful new direction, to surfing with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison, to fundraising for charitable causes.

[Thanks, Heath!]

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Bag of Randomness

  • It’s snowing again.
  • Tashard Choice needs to be the staring RB for the Cowboys.
  • If the Cowboys win on Sunday they will be NFC East champs two out of three years, and offhand I think that would make it difficult to fire Wade Phillips.
  • 2010 Pro Bowl Rosters – Six Cowboys made the team.
  • Texas Stadium Demolition Camera
  • Brett Favre’s nephew is one heck of a QB.
  • I’ve never been one to go to a New Years party.
  • Junior Mints are the best chocolate covered mints out there.
  • My wife only buys Dove soap for the shower.  I miss my Irish Spring.
  • My wife says “husband” in the sweetest kind of way.
  • I’m ready to see Christmas decorations come down.
  • I watch Star Trek the other day.  Man, that was one impressive movie, and I was glad I knew a bit about the history of the Star Trek universe to “get” all the little nods to past movies and episodes.
  • At work I often say “roger that” in response to something.
  • When I was younger I never wanted to own my own business, too scared I would fail.  But now I think it would be cool not to have to answer to anyone.  I thought about that when I ate at a BBQ joint in Dallas watching the owner chop brisket like he was the happiest man in the world.
  • I like the ribbons/medals worn by the Kennedy Center honorees, but wish I could find out if they had some sort of meaning regarding the colors and placement of the medals and all.
  • I wonder if they will ever give a Kennedy Center Award for blogging.
  • Ben Stiller was funny at the Kennedy Center Awards, I laughed when he referred to Obama as “the Nobel Peace guy.”
  • You know, it would be pretty cool attending that event in person.  As a kid, I didn’t really appreciate the show because I really didn’t know any of the honorees, now, I actually have some kind of connection with them.
  • If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can be the water bill is higher. [Hat-tip, Moldy]
  • Free Trip to Mexico with a catch
  • Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling
  • I heard a Barbara Mandrell song on the radio the other day.  From the picture on her website, she doesn’t look like a 61-year-old.
  • If you ever get mauled by bears
  • If you are looking for a timewaste, I have one for all you classic Nintendo fans.  Tuper Tario Tros. is a combination of Super Mario Bros. and Tetris all playable in your web-browser.
  • The 30 Freakiest Commercials of 2009
  • Chart reveals who the true masters of science fiction was this decade
  • Great idea for a cookie company – Geeky Cookies
  • The True Odds of Airborne Terror Chart
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