We have been led to believe that dogs are colorblind but they have a wonderful sense of smell. I pretty much agree with this but I'm wondering if they don't have an enhanced level of smell that we humans have no clue of. Sort of like a color degree of smell that we humans have never experienced. I read yesterday that the dog's sense of smell is 100,000 times more than a humans. I find this hard to believe. A hundred times better maybe but I have my doubts. A thousand times makes me question the person, or persons making these claims. How could they know? Do they count nerve endings in our noses? 

I make the claim that instead of 100,000 times the sensitivity there is a aspect of odors that we so called advanced apes can not comprehend. Imagine smelling someones butt as the dogs do and getting a 100,000 times the jolt. I think that would be more than simple sensory overload. It would knock us into next year. 

I make no claims of being a zoologist but I do posses a pretty strong common sense. Just sayin'. Maybe stuff like this doesn't keep you awake at night. Actually nothing keeps me awake at night but I know there are gangs of  worrywarts out there to take up the slack. So keep calm and carry on.

 

 I went up to our postbox this morning and I had three things addressed to us. The first was a letter from PBS stating that my credit card was no longer valid. Well I actually knew that because I changed cards last month. I do that about once a year to weed out any of those pesky auto payments. Mission accomplished. I know this is no big deal but like they say on TV, there's more. 

Next I got a flyer from Musical Theatre, sic, West. Long Beach's very own musical company. I'd make great gay man who loves musical theater except I'm not gay. But I do love musical theater, too bad I'm not gay. The show they are pimping is Into The Woods. It's a Stephen Sondheim show and I'm not a really big fan of Sondheim but the tickets "start at just $20". So it's not like the front row at The Hollywood Bowel and we should go to patronize our own group.

Lastly, the big Kahuna. Jamie, she's a registered Orange County Voter,  got a flyer from Tony Strickland asking her to vote for "A fighter in Sacramento". Tony is, God forbid, a member of "the Republican Party of Orange County". He is endorsed by Michelle Steel US Represtative (Ret.), Don Barnes Orange County Sheriff, Stephanie Klopfenstein Mayor of Garden Grove and Janet Nguyen County Supervisor all Republicans. Has good old conservative Orange County swung back to the right? Whether or not you knew it, I am nether a Republican or a Democrat. I am a registered Libertarian but if I can't see a Libertarian winning I will vote against whomever is the incumbent who these days in The People's Republic is a Democrat. 

I also consider myself  as a Patriot.  

Speaking of patronage, The Bay theater in Seal Beach is now open after too long a time. You do owe it to yourself to enjoy an old time movie theater. Also try The Art Theater on fourth street. It's the last remaining independent  cinema in LB.