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Now what you hear is not a test<\/i>; Landlord’s new puppy is filling our
\nairwaves with rhythm-less all-night-long crying.  Sunday night was almost
\ntolerable.  The young German shepherd-black lab mix broke into
\nlonely-night-in-a-cage dirge just twice, at midnight and 5:00 a.m. (followed by
\nthe bustle of mess mopping?  who knows…I was half-asleep).  But last
\nnight, the sorrowful pup yipped and whined all night long, like he was staging a
\nconcert for the dead.  I tried to wrap my head in pillows, tried to block
\nout the excruciating sound, even wished for a Sugar Hill Gang earworm, and not
\nbecause I was still thinking about B. Midler (an all-time low at EWM mentioning
\nthat<\/i> song "did I ever tell you you’re my…"  geez.  Hope
\nyou’ll forgive me for that.), but because I would go for just about anything
\nthat would make it stop.    Not only am I going to really
\nstruggle to like the dog, I’m also struggling to think of this as a very
\nsuitable living arrangement for as long as the dog’s yapping fills my ears when
\nI should be sleeping (ironic that L’lord has two dogs now and we have a no pets
\nclause in our lease).  Lest I go far enough to upset or offend anyone (en
\nroute to becoming the first blogger to be evicted for posting living-space
\ncritique), I’ll stop here, relieved to know that puppy so exhausted himself in
\nthe nighttime hours that the quiet suggests he’s finally resting soundlessly
\nthis morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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