Parade Musings

I was hanging out at the Tempe Light Parade Saturday night, which was fun. Zach was busy with his nieces, so I hung out with his dad. He let me have some Starbucks. No, it wasn't a grande pizzaccino with whip.

Zoo Flashback

I totally forgot about the punk rock pigs at the zoo - I guess I was so shocked and astonished that piggies can look like that that I totally forgot to blog about them. I'm totally kidding - the pizza delivery technician had showed up as I was finishing the last blog entry, and well, I just had to wrap things up quickly. Can't make the pizza guy wait.

Tractor Ride At The Zoo

Talk about a drive down ol' memory lane - I got to ride on this tractor at the petting farm section of the zoo! I remember my Dad telling me stories about riding on a tractor just like this back on the pizza farm. Unfortunately, there were no pizzas to be harvested anywhere near this tractor, but I did get to ride along with my buddy Zach! Come to think of it, we weren't actually moving at all, so I suppose I wasn't really riding. But given that neither Zach's nor my feet could reach any of the pedals, I suppose that was a good thing - especially for the residents of the turkey cage not too far in front of us.

Another Fun Day at the Zoo

I had so much fun with Zach at the zoo yesterday! On top of seeing the animals and getting a lot of fresh air on a beautiful day, we practiced our balancing trick. I know that you must be saying to yourself "Piggy - won't such nonsense lead to you and Zach going down the career path that will end up with the both of you being circus peformers?" I'm here to assure you that while we are both skilled in the arts of balance and silliness, the circus life is not for us. And let me tell you why. A.) No good pizza ever comes from a circus, and B.) The pay is too little to even buy pizza. 'Nuff said!

Slow News Day + Bizarre Pig Story = Huh?

Saw this while surfing the web tonight - hmmmmm....not quite sure what to think of this, other than I'm glad I don't live in southern Hungary, where the crazy folks seem to be hungry for pigs via pig snatching tom-foolery! How does something like this go down? "No, officer, those aren't our pigs squashed in here. We're not sure how they got in here, but they aren't ours, and we didn't do it." Thank goodness for the ace reporting skills of a certain Ms. Krisztina Than who shed light on this!

Thieves caught with 12 pigs in car

Thu Nov 6, 12:43 pm ET
Reuters – Piglets are seen at a farm in Rabacsecse, 148 km (92 miles) northwest of the capital Budapest, Hungary

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Two thieves were caught in southern Hungary with 12 pigs stuffed in their small van during a routine traffic check, Hungarian police said on Thursday.
Police stopped two men in a Renault Kangoo near the town of Szigetvar, about 220 km (137 miles) south of Budapest, as they attempted to drive off.
"The pigs weighed about 25-30 kg (55-66 lb) each -- they were really squashed into the car very tightly," a spokesman said.
Police said the pigs came from a nearby farm, where 35 pigs have gone missing in recent days.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than; Editing by Catherine Bosley)

My Happy Dance!

Often times people ask me about my happy dance. If this becomes the latest dance craze, you saw it here first!

Riding Shotgun on the Halloween Express

Staring at Ellie eating chocolate really got my mouth watering for candy on this fine Halloween night! Fun was had by all, and there was so much candy that later on I got to sneak some! And no, there were no incriminating photos to be had of me sneaking said candy. All I can say is that bribing any potential photographers with candy to not take your picture in the middle of stealing candy is a handy skill to possess!

By the way, I'd like to give a big shout out to Hope for coming along with us and for helping Zach and I to look for bananas in the neighborhood after we were done going door-to-door! After all, my little buddy was dressed as a monkey, and sometimes you just have to give in to the urge to find bananas.