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Christmas Sweaters

by Michelle Cook on November 29, 2011

What is it with humans and Christmas sweaters?  Try as I may not to trash another species’ eccentricities, I can’t help but gasp at the bizarre expressions of fashion I see during the holidays.  What are you humans thinking?

Take this one, for example.

Hideously Ugly Christmas Sweater with Santa face over fat tummy.Is this guy for real?  The face is enough to scare a baby into hating Christmas until the hereafter.  And you wonder why babies cry when they sit on Santa’s lap?

Certainly the sweater projects Santa as a twisted and possibly sadistic individual who laughs up his sleeve (both of them!) at our inability to buy gifts for ourselves.

 

 

 Oh, and here’s a real lulu:

Ugyly Christmas Sweater with Santa figure hanging on the front.Clearly this woman misses her grandkids. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poinsetta Christmas vest.I’ll give this guy a break because I’ve figured him out.  He’s the Mr. Yuk icon for dogs who don’t yet know that Poinsettas are poisonous to the canine species.  Go man go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ugly Christmas sweater with red bows on it.

 Is that tinsel or HAIR?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Ugliest Christmas sweaters in the world

Bow WOW.

Are these sweaters by any chance comfortable?  It’s the only possibility I can come up with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ugly Christmas sweater with a red bow tie.

Surprise, Cousin Ned!  I’m taking a picture of you for posterity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two dogs in Christmas sweaters.

Say it isn’t so!

 

 

 

 

 

 

My neighbors, who can’t imagine why their poodle ran away  (Just kidding).

Geeky Christmas sweaters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beauty

by Michelle Cook on November 22, 2011

Ugly Dog On A Leash

Beauty is overrated.

There are many un-beautiful things that appeal to me.  Things like Einstein’s hair, for instance.  Or daisies with petals missing.  Worn ballet shoes.  Sweat pants.  Old books.  Smile wrinkles around the eyes.

Beautiful things put pressure on me because I am not always beautiful.  Take today for instance.  Today my humans gave me a haircut that included a short clip around my muzzle.  Oh yeah.  Nice.  I look like a weasel. 

But does that make me less appealing?  And if so, to whom?  Should I CARE if someone finds me less appealing?

Beauty that is worked for is rarely natural.  The best kind of beauty is the kind that can’t be feigned, like wearing an authentic smile or transparent expression. 

Beautiful?  I’ll show you beautiful, but not where you’d expect to see it:

An Adult and Child Holding Hands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Child exuberantly playing the piano.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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