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According to the Web site, the day “was created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs.”
Since that’s exactly where I adopted all three of my pooches, I agree they would all be excellent ambassadors and if my co-workers saw what great dogs they are, they would run out and adopt a sweetie of their own.
I have had all three of my dogs in my office at one time or another for very brief visits, but I doubt even my most persuasive argument would convince my boss to let me bring just one of my pooches to work for a whole day. The point is moot anyway: I am out of the office next Friday for a weekend in Nashville.
But in case you would like to give it a go at your workplace, here’s a Letterman-style top ten list of reasons the Web site suggests you use to convince your boss to let you participate:
10. The squirrels in the neighborhood deserve a break.
9. Wagging tails work great when the a/c is on the fritz.
8. With a dog as your passenger, you’ll be able to use the car pool lane.
7. It’s a great way to lick the work day blahs!
6. My dog thinks you’re grrrrrrreat!
5. Meetings end as soon as Rover starts staring at the conference room door.
4. You can blame those missing reports on one of your employees’ dogs.
3. It’s the leash you can do.
2. Finally, someone at your office will actually be working like a dog.
AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON TO TAKE YOUR DOG TO WORK…
1. Friday, June 20, is Take Your Dog To Work Day®!
Good luck and post a comment if you plan to participate or if you have experience with taking your dog to work.

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DUBLIN, Ohio — The tournament official in a green blazer standing guard outside the clubhouse at Muirfield Village can be excused for not recognizing the guy trying to get through the front door.
Boo Weekley does not look like he belongs among the elite in golf.
A paunch falls over his belt line and works like gravity, pulling him forward with each choppy step. Snuff juts out of his lower lip, tobacco stains mark the corners of his mouth. His cotton pants gather at the ankles. And he speaks not with a sense of entitlement, but with consideration, even during such moments of inconvenience.
“Excuse me, sir,” he said, fumbling to find his badge, “I’m a PGA Tour player.”
Weekley has a hard time getting that message across to lots of folks.
It is easy to overlook his two PGA Tour victories, both at the MCI Heritage at Hilton Head, because of a twang so country that words like “reckon” and “ain’t” are used far more frequently than birdies and bogeys.
He charmed the press at Carnoustie last year with tales of how Scottish food ain’t nothing like the fried chicken and buckets of sweet tea that his momma makes back home in the Florida Panhandle. But then, Weekley skipped Thanksgiving dinner to go to China with childhood pal Heath Slocum for the World Cup. They lost in a playoff, the best showing by an American team in five years.
Weekley was perplexed when his opponent picked up a ball inches from the cup at the Accenture Match Play Championship, unaware that players routinely concede putts. But that’s no misprint in the Ryder Cup standings. Weekley is at No. 6, and captain Paul Azinger expects him to be part of the U.S. team in September.
Ask any of his peers about Weekley and they grin. But the first mention is always his golf.

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CHANCE OF A LIFETIME: There will be a Treasure Coast connection when the space shuttle Discovery takes flight to the international space station.
On board as a mission specialist will be 46-year-old Air Force Col. Ronald Garan Jr., son of wildlife artist Linda Relis of Port St. Lucie.
For Garan, who will be making his first trip into space, the wait has been a long one. He first decided he wanted to become an astronaut when he was only 7 years old, watching the Apollo 11 moon landing.
But, for those truly dedicated, dreams can become realities.
Garan is scheduled to perform three spacewalks during the mission.
In an Associated Press profile, Garan said, “Faith plays a big part in what I do. I don’t consider myself a daredevil at all. I don’t take extra risks. I’m not one that drives fast cars and fast motorcycles…I’m doing this because I really, truly believe that we are making a big impact on our Earth and for all the people of the world.”
Godspeed, Discovery and Col. Garan.
MUSIC MAN: Earle Hagen, 88, died Monday at his home in California.
If the name doesn’t ring a bell, he would understand. He titled his autobiography, “Memoirs of a Famous Composer — Nobody Ever Heard Of.”
A trombonist with big bands including those of Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, Hagen would have secured his place in music history with his haunting jazz classic “Harlem Nocturne.” Decades after he wrote it, the song became the theme for the TV detective series “Mike Hammer.”
But, Hagen is remembered for much more. He wrote some of the most memorable TV theme songs ever — songs that truly identify the shows and which any self-respecting baby boomer would immediately recognize.
They included the themes for “Make Room for Daddy,” “I Spy,” “That Girl,” “Gomer Pyle, USMC” and “The Mod Squad.”

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