Colors of New England

Fitzgerald Frank (D-RI)

In keeping with the absurdity of the current brand of partisan antics being practiced by our nation's "leaders", a joke...

Q: What is orange all over, has the intelligence of a Golden Retriever, will perform for treats and can now be call the Speaker of the House?



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A: John Boehner

SAVE THE DATE--02/20/2010

We've chosen the perfect Saturday to celebrate the first day of our marriage. Cold weather and grey skies will have worn out their welcome (in Indiana). Cold weather and sunny skies (in Colorado) will be there when you get back. Football season will be over. The embers of a really romantic Valentine's Day for you and somebody else will have cooled, but not yet gone all the way out. You'll have that itch that comes with not having danced your ass off in too long.

Details will be leaked slowly over time in the form of classified documents by way of some anonymous source. For now, rest easy with just five details... your very own five-piece horn section.

And because Jerry probably won't be making the trip, you'll have to scratch his fluffy mane of neck fur vicariously through these pictures.

Sgt. Fitzgerald

We don't know much about Jerry's past... He was by all estimates a ramblin' man. Movin', shakin', eatin' scraps. His love of the open road is plain to see by how quickly he's come to love the front door. He'll spend time in the backyard, sure. He longs for open spaces and the mere chance of laying eyes any thing chaseable.


We wouldn't say he's great on a leash. He tolerates it. It's a work in progress.


A Jerry smile.


Jerry & his family...

A Charm is Second Time

And that charm is on a lovely little street named Betsey Williams. Even closer to the park and hopefully with a more realistic chance of closing. All the essentials are there... Guest bedroom for you specifically, a fireplace in the living room, a deck & a yard for the dog one day to be called Jerry.

We are just a few days away from the that same decisive step in the process at which the last one collapsed. If you can cross your fingers, please do so now. Then, wait a few days. Finally, begin picking a long weeked toward the end of the summer for a Rhody roadie. And bring those spare hedgetrimmers with you, please... yikes.


It's not the size of the yard that's important. It's the ratio of the size of the yard to the length of the dog's legs. How about that Boston, Tom?




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Hopefully,

Anne & Joe

97 Western Promenade Street View

Cranston's Finest

One of the highest-quality backyards in the Greater Providence area is now officially, probably our property. The house is adorable in its own right, but the grounds... can very nearly be referred to as "grounds". To get oriented, the two trees in the far part of the yard are exactly the perfect distance apart for a hammock.



97 Western Promenade is one street away from the neighborhood ball field, from which the sweet sounds of pitchers pitching and bats cracking will surely come wafting over the back fence only to mix with the sweet smells of charcoal and animal fat, and two streets in the other direction from Roger Williams Park.


To get a better sense of exactly where it is...


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And because it isn't every day that we embed a map in the blog, for reference sake...


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Usiku njema,

Joe