There's something in the oysters!

• Marie Antoinette (2006)

Woof, woof thems not oysters!

Of course Little Ted knows that, but he doesn't look particularly enthused by this plate of shrimp. Ted tells me that he made up for Little Ted's reticence and consumed a good number of the shrimp himself.

Nothing seems to have been brought home from the party for me and Miss Molly. I guess everything was so yummy that it was all consumed on the premises with nothing left for a doggy bag. Oh well, c'est la vie.

50th Wedding Anniversary Party

Nothing to do with film titles - just a happy gathering of family to celebrate Ted's in-laws wedding anniversary.
Congratulations on 50 great years together!

Are we going swimming?

• Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Why yes, woof, woof, every night if Ted will help us in and out of the pool. I can climb the ladder but I much prefer to be lifted in and out so that I can use all my energy for swimming.

You have talent. That's very rare in the theater

• Deep in My Heart (1954)

"I love to go swimmin with women"
so sang Gene and Fred Kelly way back in 1954 well woof, woof, I agree in 2008!
Miss Molly and I took the plunge this evening and spent a good 15 minutes swimming in circles, pawsing now and then to let our hind legs drop to the floor and rest our heads on the top ring for a moment or two to catch our breath, before continuing to chase Ted around the pool and try to get his camera wet!

I don't care what I see outside. My vision is within! Here is where the birds sing! Here is where the sky is blue!

• A Room with a View (1985)

This is Rockport Harbor viewed from the Maritime Museum.

Yip, yip, a better day was had by Ted today and so he does not feel as affected by outer concerns, i.e. the lunacy at work, but rather experiences a calming inner peace.

But tomorrow is another day nearer the end of the sales quarter and therefore holds the potential for more and greater lunacy behind the sinister doors of the Evil Empire.

Somebody's got to pay.

• Point Blank (1967)

Woof, woof.
Ted, having had a horrible Monday at the Evil Empire, decided against blogging here yesterday. Sadly, today, he has had to let out another scream:
arghhhh!
This is because he had and even worse Tuesday culminating in mandatory attendance on a conference call for Evil Empire employees of his ilk.
As it happened, while he was listening to the opening salvo of the EE politicos, a customer wandered into his office and commanded his attention - whoo hoo! After attending to the customer and letting her out of the office he wandered back past Wee Jeannies' office at which point she hailed him with the words "are you not on this freaking call?" This elicited laughter from the conference call as she had forgotten to mute her phone. Oh well, such is life. Luckily Ted had resisted the temptation to repond loudly, with an accent, and so we survive to fight another day.
Anyway the moral of the story is that Wee Jeannie's shoes have more point to them than the conference call which drew a blank for point!

You sure we should be doing this?

• A Sound of Thunder (2005)

Full steam astern that's what we need.
No, no, no, full steam ahead is what we should call for so we go forward!

Listen to the experts argue, woof, woof. Just as well I was safely at home resting after my daily swim in the pool. Did I tell you that Miss Molly came swimming with me yesterday? She seemed to like it just fine; I guess it's good excersise for the old gal without being too strenuous - and it's cool in the water when it's hot and humid in the air.

This is the day "Dr Johnson" swims across the county

• The Swimmer (1968)

Woof, woof I don't usually take liberties with the film quotes but I couldn't resist inserting my name into this one 'cos I'm so proud of my ability to climb up the ladder and dive into the swimming pool!
I got tired after a while and Ted held me under my belly so that I could still lie in the water and enjoy the relative coolness without having to dog paddle all the time. It was great fun and then I discovered that I could put my hind legs down on the pool bottom and my head on the top ring so I could rest between swimming sessions - what great fun and the kids enjoyed my company too.
Poor old Miss Molly couldn't make it into the pool and I heard Ted say she was too old and stiff to attempt it!

It's Buddys' birthday today

The kids thought it would be nice to create a banner with "Happy Birthday Buddy" written on it since "boys' night out" was off tonight due to other commitments.
This is a work of art crafted lovingly by Eddy and filled in carefully by Little Ted (who isn't quite up to spelling the message out on his own yet) especially for Ted's friend Buddy.
Happy Birthday, woof, woof!

Are you sure we're in Canada?

• Canadian Bacon (1995)

Ted thought he had just moved to Texas the other day but then his friend "Caledonia Girl", who moved to Canada in January, sent him an update with pictures of her kids.
Who are these big kids Ted wondered, they were just itty bitty children when he last saw them and now theys all growed up! Woof, woof.

Can you hear music if you're in Heaven?

• Reservation Road (2007)

I sincerely hope so because it would be a tragedy if God could not hear Little Ted singing hymns happily to himself on a Sunday morning.
Like his father before him, although he did kind of lose the knack very early on, Little Ted has a powerful voice and could easily win more than the one Robert Burns singing competition award that his father received at age five.

Why are you doing this?

• Fathers' Day (1997)

Because it's Fathers's day and the kids are running around excitedly demanding that daddy open his presents and us dogs were getting a bit over excited so we got told to cool it a while in our crates. Miss Molly is not too keen on this concept but I know it's an OK thing. I quite like to retire to my crate occasionally 'cos I get peace and quiet there and I know I'll be let out again soon.

Anyway, Ted finally managed to open all the presents the kids had wrapped up for him but he did not succeed in getting the paper off any one of them before Little Ted had told him what was inside! One of the presents was a jar of jelly beans and you can see the kids looking expectantly at the jar in this picture.

Give my regards to oblivion

• Lost in Space (1998)

The blue screen of death. Not what Ted needs on a Saturday morning in the middle of dealing with customers - note the line stating: "beginning dump of physical memory" - always a bad sign.
The Evil Empire provides Ted with many "tools" to do his job, some of which are worse than useless, but usually the only problem with the computer system is its' lack of speed. I suppose we are all spoiled at home with our multi gigabit broadband connections but it is a tad incongruous that the Evil Empire, with its' vast resources, has steam driven computers.
Nevertheless they do normally work!
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sure don't look none too prosperous

• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Ted says I may have used this photograph before but I thought it looked right for tonights' film quote so I used it anyway.

The plate reflects Ted's day at work; it has sod all on it.

I'm so pleased with my MP3 player

Little Ted agreed to keep his room clean so that I could walk over his carpet without hurting my paws on miscellaneous sharp toys and so he was rewarded with the "prize" of his choice - an MP3 player.
He asked his mommy to load up all his Scottish music onto his new MP3 player and now he listens to it all the time without competing against his sister's cd player for volume.

Because Wednesday night is boys' night out ...

... and off to Portland we went to visit Bad Brad's Bar-B-Q which Buddy had discovered did a Wednesday night special. Buddy and Ted had ribeye steak, which I got the leftovers from thank you Ted, and Little Ted had brisket and fries with tomato ketchup. He let me have some of his leftovers too and I did share with Miss Molly in case you were wondering.

I have me under control.

• The Guardian (2006)

That's what he thinks but instead of playing with me or Miss Molly Little Ted has taken to a computer much like his mommy and sister.
Is there no one left to just cuddle with me on the floor?
The trouble with Ted is he wants me to do stuff, stuff he tells me and that gets a bit wearing after a while. At least Little Ted, when he is not on the computer, just wants my company for its' own sake, no strings attached.

Don't be such an old poop!

• On Golden Pond (1981)

Hi, I'm Miss Molly and I'm kinda in my golden years - could ya tell?
Dr Johnson is looking after me and we are developing an understanding. I tell him what to do and he does it PDQ or else!
Mrs Ted thinks she can order me about and I've been trying to disillusion her about that but it's not working. In fact Ted gets quite upset with me and keeps putting me in my place. I guess I'll just need to adapt to my new position in my adopted pack huh?

Father... father, the sleeper has awakened!

• Dune (1984)

Yes, I know this picture is out of focus and Ted told me not to use it but really, you had to be there to appreciate the moment and this is all I have to show for that split second.
Little Ted had dissappeared into his room with a CD of Scottish Country Dance music and when I went to investigate I saw that he had changed into his tartan outfit and was dancing around the room to the music. He stopped long enough to inform me that this is his "meercat pose" - he watches Animal Planet you know!
I really must get Ted to show me how to hold the camera steady in my paws so that I can improve the quality of my photographic material.

I mean, how do they expect you to get uncrazy if you're asleep all the time?

• Dog Day Afternoon
  

Heh! I'm not asleep, that sun is just so bright I needs to keep my eyes shut when I'm outside.
I'm an old lady and I need to look after myself; that young whippersnapper Dr Johnson is as likely to knock me over in his enthusiasm for life as he is to eat dinner every day and my stiff joints don't take kindly to that sort of treatment.
Still an' all, he is kinda cute and he has let me move in with him so he can't be all bad.