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Book Review: A Dog’s Purpose

I spent last weekend reading A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron.  What a delight!  Cameron is most often recognized as a humor writer, having penned three funny novels including one that was the basis for the TV show 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter. In this book, he takes a more serious turn, although he allows his humor to shine through a few times.  (After his family buries a recently departed house pet, the dog digs her up for them, reasoning, “they can’t possibly have meant to bury a perfectly good dead cat.”)

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Saturday Survey: Early Risers on Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is one of the very few days each year that my kids get me up before the dogs do.  The rest of the year, the dogs seem to know that my alarm goes off at 6 am, so they have to wake me up at about 5:45, just to make sure I hear it. 

I’m writing this ahead of time, and I’m wondering who will win the race this year?  Do the dogs at your house get excited to start Christmas the way kids do?

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