The frustrating world of business QRcodes - Why Does This Exist??!? [a small rant]

 Why do businesses keep doing this thing where they provide QRcodes that you open on your phone, that then need to be scanned BY A PHONE, in order to learn about the business or to access the business and its info? 

Seriously this bugs the shite out of me. Who invented this and why are they an idiot? Imagine trying to find out about a place of business, or access something, then they give you a QRcode. Many people do have more than one phone, but the majority of people only have one phone and this practice makes ZERO SENSE. 

It's like buying new scizzors and then needing scizzors to open the package. 

Or buying a knofe and needing a knife to open it. 

Or geting a replacement mailbox key, which is then shipped to you, but shipped IN THE MAILBOX. 

Or when you buy a new home but they leave the keys inside. 

WHY ARe PeOPLe StiLL dOiNg thiS?

The Steam Deck: 5 Things Valve DOESN'T tell you (and one thing they do)

 Before buying the steam deck I researched a number of YouTubers who had received review copies of the console. Due to the severe lack of availability of anyone in general forums who had a deck and also who had posted or were able to post review information, youtube was my only option. Linustechtips and mrwhosehteboss are two I looked into, as well as gameranx and several smaller channels with only a few thousand subs. 

In total, I reviewed about 20-some people who had gotten the deck, and attempted to contact Reddit subs to find anyone else who may have had information they could share. Few had the deck and fewer had truly run it through its paces, like using desktop mode fully, testing compatibility, and especially the fact that nobody said whether it had a manual or whether the current SteamOS was able to have dual boot or total boot for windows.

I already had a gpdwin maxpro handheld gaming pc (as well as about 9 other handheld gaming devices), but this thing is far too heavy and cumbersome, and lacks any glass screen protectors or cases, and has absolutely ZERO storage to be able to run steams MASSIVELY sized games. As such I was looking into the steam deck in hopes it would be an end-all in terms of gaming for me. Reviews claimed it was fast, powerful, worked great and easily, and could run emulation and steam. What people left out was that emulation requires desktop mode, and desktop mode literally is too slow to even run WITHOUT using the internet, and the built-in keyboard literally does not work in desktop mode. 

With all this out of the way, let me get to the chicken and potato fries of this whole thing, the list. If you are considering buying a steam deck, consider these 5 things and be sure to do your own research. Always do your own research first, just as I did. Unfortunately, when one is researching something that is so uncommon and that has had little to no market release, you have to either buy yourself first, or hope you get lucky. And I am sorely disappointed. To ship the deck out with descktop mode literally not working, and with many many technical issues, is frankly disaapointing. 

Anyways, heres we go:

1. There is no cake, and there is no manual. 

-If you wanted to know how the deck works and how to use it, good luck. No manual is included, and there are no instructions on how to use the mouse OR pull up the keyboard. Nor are there any means to know HOW TO pull up a help menu in steam/steamOS to find these instructions. If you want to know how to use the steam deck, you need to use a second device and google the deck manual. There is a small booklet included, but this is not a manual, it is literally the limited warranty and the required documentation that states that the deck is up to radio transmission compliance [I read the entire thing).

That, or know that you need to use "steam(button)+X(button)" to pull up the built-in keyboard, go to desktop mode, spend about 2-3min typing into firefox "steam deck manual", and hit enter, then download. Yes, it is actually 3min, because the keyboard in desktop mode is literally so bad that if you do not type like you are using a capacitive touch screen, one letter at a time, pausing a second between each letter, the keyboard will not register your inputs.

And yes there is a small list of button info when you start the deck< but this is just the deck literally telling you where the buttons are located and that's it. Unless you are blind or 3 years old, these starting instructions do not tell anyone anything. It is the gas station equal of them locking the pumps with a code and you asking for the code and instead of getting the code, they show you the layout of the panel on the pump; you can see that you're not blind. 

       2. If you do not have a Bluetooth keyboard or USB-c adapter to plug in a USB keyboard, good luck using the device outside steam. 

-In desktop mode you have to use the built-in digital keyboard, which (as explained above) is so slow, unresponsive, and prone to literally deleting entirely everything you have typed at random, that you may find yourself spending over a minute typing just 4-7 words. It is that bad. You will NEED an external keyboard to use desktop mode, or prepare to just be in so much frustration. Bluetooth keyboards also may result in different controls when pressing buttons. 

Also, even if you do connect a Bluetooth keyboard, because the deck puts all connections (wifi and Bluetooth) to sleep when you press power and sleep the console, it literally removes and disconnects the keyboard. Meaning you will have to reinstall and reconnect the thing every time you click that power button. Some keyboards do still remain connected, however, but there is a significant chance you will need to reconnect yours, and then retype the activation code the deck give you to type (it gives a passcode to activate the Bluetooth keyboard, and you type it ON the keyboard. 

If you have a normal usb keyboard and a usb-c to usb adapter, then there is no issue. Normal usb keybaords work pretty much without issue.

       3. steamOS steam is not normal steam, and as such is incompatible with a very large number of steam games.

-This is well known already by those who have and have not gotten their decks. SteamOS is incompatible with a fairly significant number of game titles in the steam library. It will still let you purchase them and download them, but you will want to check valves steam deck compatibility pages before buying, because you may end up spending half a grand on a console you cannot even play on. 

      4. You cannot use any financing apps, websites, services, or means other than PayPal credit or a debit card to pay.

-This one especially irks. If you want to buy the steam deck, you may want to make sure you have actual income of some kind, a decent credit score, and can apply for PayPal credit. Steam does not take financing apps like Klarna and will not let you use credit to pay other than Paypal credit. And PayPal credits application process requires you to enter your income, does a credit score check, and a credit background check. So, for many people, they have waited a year, gotten the order e-mail, then found out they have to shell out $600+ at a random point in the middle of a random month, and get rejected from the only means to pay, and lose their deck. 

     5. installing windows to dual boot or overwrite steamOS is basically non-functional. 

-The process to install windows in order to play games that steamOS cannot, or run windows software and apps, or get android running on the steam deck, is actually very difficult and near impossible for the current run of the deck (OS3.3+). The process to dual boot requires a usb-c plug adapter that has 4 usb3.0 ports, as well as a USB keyboard and 4 USB drives with a minimum of 16gb of storage. 

One USB will be bricked permanently soon as you flash it with the steamOS recovery image software, as this makes the drive that you use only 600MB. Regardless of the size of the external device you use when flashing SteamOS to that device (whether by Rufus or  another means), the process will permanently make that storage device roughly 400-600mb, and it will never be its original storage size ever again.

Then you need a second drive to flash windows onto, a third to flash GParted (a partition software iso image), and a fourth USB to place the windows drivers for wifi and Bluetooth (etc.). And you require a USB keyboard plugged in at all times, and as such will need the USB-c adapter to have either 5 usb3.0 ports, OR swap the USB drives and have them all labeled. And even then, the process to install windows (regardless of dual boot or perma-boot wiping steamOS) is likely to fail. there is a high chance you waste money on these resources for no gain.

As for the one thing they DO tell you:

1. You have three days to make your payment after getting your notification email (but have 4 months to wait).

-This especially irks me in particular, as they release the deck orders to people who have pre-orders in things referred to as "Q's". This is a business practice term and is shorthand for "Quarter", referring to a 3-month period that occurs 4 times per year (which is why it is referred to as "Q"). Q1 is Jan1-March31, Q2 Apr1-Jun30, Q3 Jul1-Sep30, and Q4 Oct1-Dec31.  Not that anyone cares... When you place a pre-order, you are given a quarter when your order will possibly go out to you. This is listed on the order page for the version of the deck you ordered. 

The issue is that at any point in the 3-month period in which your release is listed, you could get that e-mail notifying you that your shipment is ready and you need to pay (for which you have 3 days). Imagine checking your e-mail every three days for 3 months, then seeing that valve pushed your order back to the next quarter, thus making you have to keep checking. The best advice I can give for how to check for that notification without turning on e-mail notifications and being woken up 24/7 by boner pill spam OR without missing the e-mail, is to check your e-mail every 4-5 days instead (counting the last day of the previous month as "day 1"). 

If, in fact, you do get that e-mail on day 1 of the month, and you check your e-mail in four days, counting the last day of the prior month as your "first day", then you will see the confirmation e-mail on the third day and be able to get your payment in. If the e-mail comes on day 3, then you will end up checking your e-mail right on that day. Checking every 4 days starting the end of the prior month as "day 1", is honestly the best option to not drive yourself insane. Many commented on this, but truly if you want to be sure you do not lose your chance at your deck, you either have to check every 3 days, every 4 days, or turn on e-mail notifications and go insane from those Nigerian princesses trying to send you booty call cancer spam e-mails. 

***Ending Notes***

The whole thing is just a frustrating nightmare. The fact you need a keyboard and a second internet-enabled device to know how this thing works is just the epitome of idiocy. It is not as dumb as busnisses giving QRcodes on your phone, which then must be scanned, to find out about the business (just, why?). 

Imagine if a nuclear power plant hired 200 new employees, and on their first day of work they were like: 

"Welcome to the hazmat power plant. If you have any questions about what the fuck you are supposed to be doing here, here's a link for google, look it up."

There are two simultaneous wars in my complex, and I was blessed by a whopping crane...

The mockingbirds that live in my complex have oficially begun a war against the hawks for the nesting area in the trees that line the area high above the whole area. the mockingbirds have been employing guerilla tactics, sending in one bird as soon as a hawk finds a nice branch or fence to roost on. then that one bird will fly in and suicide bomb the hawk by flying into its face. then when the hawk wakes up pissed off, a second mockingbird will shoot in from behind, and strike the hawk in the back. then the first mockingbird shoots back and hits the hawk from below. all this while shrieking imitating the hawks call and repeatedly striking the hawk in its blind spots.

the hawks then attempt to hop to a different branch to flutter a bit distance away. but the mockingbirds WANT this, because they then tag team the hawk from behind and the sides midflight.. all the while the hawk barely has the ability to fly or maneuver and the mockingbirds peck and swoop in fast to strik the hawk. the hawks never lift a talon against the mockingbirds, partly because red shouldered hawks are apparently kind and docile to other birds, and partly because they are just chill af.

every day when either bird enters the "prime nesting area" a massive dogfight begins in the air and through the trees, as the RShawks hop around and flutter from branch to branch, and the mockingbirds shoot in and out trying to hit them from blind spots relentlessly. the most amazing thing is when two mockingbirds will chase a hawk directly into ANOTHER set of mockingbirds, who literally sit in the trees hiding, waiting for the hawk. then they proceed to execute a pincer maneuver to swoop and peck at the hawk.

I am sheerly dumbfounded by the sheer military skill of these tiny mockingbirds when fighting these hawks that are like, 8x their size. all the while the hawks just take it being chill af, like they do not care; they just like to roost and hunt squirrels and things like voles. the funniest thing i ever saw was the one time the hawks had enough of the mockingbirds crap, and one hawk flew to another for safety. the second hawk just started shrieking at the mockingbirds and they flew off like a room full of roaches when a light shines on. one shriek. one shriek and the mockingbirds gave up.

meanwhile at night bats fly in and fight opossums for space in the trees, and you hear them hissing and squeaking when you walk near some trees. and the bats will climb the low trees, the roofs, and the branches, and wait for bugs to fly by or eat the berries from the trees. i literally saw a bat drop out of a tree, fly down, catch a bug, then fly back up the 2ft distance into the same tree where it just went back to chilling.

now one of the mockingbirds i rescued from dying trapped in a sealed drain spout has befriended me and my dog, and likes to "fly down and warn us" of the hawks when we come by the coveted nesting area. he even poses for pics and videos [yes I do have some taken]. The RShawks also nest in the same area every year, which means that soon the hawks from last year will return to assist the current hawks with defending the coveted nesting location. And the RShawks [who are over 28in in size] mating season is between mid june and the 3rd week of august. Soon they should be here to do their mating dances and fight everything in sight to defend for a spot in the amazing best nesting spot. Thats right.... its GOT up in here and the dragons are on their way to defend the keep.

In other news, I got to see TWO whooping cranes. With the mockingbirds in my complex and the whopping crane, I have now seen 2 federally protected species in the vicinity of my complex.

I rescued a bird today, and when you read why and how, You WILL NOT believe.... [well that happened, Episode 4: "Why the gutter bird sings"]

 Yeah so that happened, Episode 4: "a bird in the hand is worth cleaning your gutters"

Okay, it has been a while since I last had one of these to post. To be fair I have been busy with other things. But the weirdness does not wait.

I was out walking the dog earlier when we heard what sounded like scratching coming from one of the neighbors units. Now, normally I would disregard such a thing, because three of the people that side of the building own dogs, and it was likely their dogs. But the scratching kept going and was persisting like something trying to get attention.

I removed the covering on my ear to listen harder to try to pinpoint the sound, and found it coming from a unit that had no pet, and to be sure checked the balcony window. The scratching was coming from either the support pillar or the metal gutter with the plastic hose that was sealed.

I heard the scratching again and again, and it was definitely something panicking trying to escape the pillar or gutter. It was scared and in desperation trying to get out.

I had no idea what I was dealing with, maybe a bird, a rat, a mouse, an opossum, or even a ferret. I tried getting the dog to locate the point where the scratching was coming from, but Ernie was a doodle and while curious and always diving after vermin and birds, he was goofy faced confused as to what was going on. Should I let out the trapped animal, it might maul me or the dog; this was dangerous.

Now I need to preface this next part by explaining how the building's gutter systems works. It is a sealed unit, no holes on the rims around the roof, no holes on the bottom, only 2-3 exit points for fluids where metal pipes are fully open on the sides of the building. should something climb up the gutters, they are trapped unless they climb down another open drain pipe, and each building has two pipes on each side, with 8 pipes total, and no more than 3 open pipes per building. this building has 3/8 exit drains open, with a fourth drain leading to a plastic extension pipe that goes underground leading to a grassy drainage area.

the TLDR: it is extremely difficult to get into the pipes and more difficult to get stuck.

when I realized something was stuck and panicking and trying to get out, I knew I had to break the seal between the metal drain and the plastic connected pipe. or else, whatever was in there would suffocate, drown, starve, be crushed, or worse. I just decided to kick the area where the two pipes met to sever them without damaging them, and because I had isolated the sounds of the scratching and panicking to be far enough away that it would not hurt the animal.

Starting by lightly smacking the connected area with my palm, to make sure the animal would move out of the way, I pulled my leg up. With a swift kick, I knocked the two pipes apart, then as me and the dog watched for about 1.5 seconds, a medium-sized black and white bird shot out of the now open pipe like a bullet. then it expanded its wings, and in this hilarious "salvation day" like scene, the bird flew off like a rocket out of the complex. The look on the dogs face was PRICELESS. He was wide-eyed and staring at this bird that had flown out of a metal pipe, with this goofy expression like "THEY COME OUT OF THOSE?!?"

This is ridiculous as it is that this happened, the fact the bird was trapped there in the first place is even more ridiculous. because the gutter system is sealed, it means that the bird got stuck only one of two ways:

1. it flew UP one of the 3 open holes in the bottom exits of the gutter spouts.

2. it hopped up the plastic drain pipe that went underground to the grass drainage area.

then, it either:

1. fell down the pipe without getting hurt and got stuck

2. got lost and could not get back out.

considering that there are 8 pipes, that 3 are open, that the bird somehow went up an open pipe, did not exit another open pipe, got stuck, fell 3 stories without getting injured, AND was there making noise right as I was there to hear it and save it; this is either the luckiest or unluckiest bird on earth. depending on how you look at it. if I were not there at that moment, if I had not bothered to investigate, that would be a very upset or VERY dead bird.

This was absolutely ridiculous, a bird flying up a gutter and getting stuck, only to be saved right as they needed help the most? Yeah, that just happened....

Bojack Horseman Theory 2 - why his mother hated him

 This is a simple but complex one. 

The reason why Bojacks mother hated him was simple, because he reminded her of his father. 

From his voice, to his mannerisms, to his novel, to his drunken stupor, to his actions, the way he spoke, the way he emoted with his hands when he talked, the sound of his voice and the enunciations, and even to his career; all of these things were a practical MIRROR REFLECTION of his father. 

Bojack even inherited his father's idiocy, sociopathic tendencies, his narcissism, hatred for corporate America, obsession with attention and fame, womanizing, his selfishness, his drinking and lack of commitment, his hatred of kids, and his failures. 

All Bojack's mother saw when she saw him was the husband that ruined her, the man that wrecked her life, the man that dragged her down into the cesspool that was the tarpit of LA, and the man who live the life of debauchery and negligence. He even had his fathers voice, albeit a casting decision by the shows creators, but still. She hated him so much because she hated her husband so much. 

And this, is why she loved Bojacks tv sitcom, "Horsin' Around", because for the first time ever in her life, she could see her son not as the man that ruined her life, but as her son the performer; the person that brought her such entertainment and joy. his show reminded her of Bojack in his childhood years, before he became like his father, back when he reminded his mother of HER younger years as a performer. Simpler times. Happier times. Before everything went to shit. 

His mom did not hate him, she hated his father and what Bojack had become; a shattered reflection of the lying cheat that shattered everything that was good in her life. 

The most controversial thing I have ever written: Bojack Horseman Theory - Sarah Lynns death was inevitable [time for the truth]

This is a repost from my post on reddit, but due to the likelihood that it will be removed or lost, I am reposting here.

 There was no saving Sarah Lynns life when she overdosed. 

A drug overdose is fatal if not undone within a small timeframe, given that the heart has not stopped, and SL's had stopped), she would have needed cpr and Bojack does not know cpr. Even if Bojack called EMS IMMEDIATELY following Sarah Lynns OD at the planetarium, it would have taken them bare MINIMUM 7-15min to get there, another 3 to get inside and get to her, 2-5 to get her to the vehicle, then another 1-2 to get out the crash cart and a shot of adrenaline. There was no saving her, and Bojack knew this, because he knows drugs and OD's; it is entirely likely he knew that there was not enough time for EMS to come save her life. And thus, instead of wasting time trying to save a dead person, spent time "creating a rock-solid alibi"; as there were only two results. She dies on his hands and he takes the fall, OR, she dies and he gets a good enough alibi to not get locked up.

There is no accepting his actions, but I have known many MANY people in real life who dealt with addicts and drugs, and known people who died from overdoses. I also worked in the medical community volunteering with patients personally. Once the heart stops, you have minutes (roughly 8-10) to revive the victim. 

Ems would have taken far too long to get to Sarah Lynn to even have a chance to revive her, regardless of time. Specially considering the average response time of EMS services. 

Sarah Lynn died in the Griffith Park Observatory based off an actual observatory in LA, California. located at  Griffith Observatory 2800 East Observatory Road Los Angeles, CA CA 90027.

 you can use an actual website to check what EMS response time on average across the united states is 14-16min (https://www.autoinsurancecenter.com/emergency-response-times.htm)

more info here: 

https://fems.dc.gov/page/ems-response-time

There is information regarding how to keep a person who has overdosed alive here:

https://www.beachhouserehabcenter.com/what-happens-to-your-body-during-drug-overdose/

taking all this into account, that SL heart had stopped, her breathing had stopped, that she had collapsed, and was not responding and that Bojack only waiting 17min led to her dying in the hospital, there was NOTHING that could have been done to save her. When someone suffers and OD (https://www.beachhouserehabcenter.com/what-happens-to-your-body-during-drug-overdose/) all scenarios of survival have one thing in common: they need to be breathing and be given air. 

and just using a basic search of how long a body can survive without air/breathing (http://www.med.umich.edu/trans/transweb/faq/q3.shtml/%3Ehttp:/curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/39-our-solar-system/the-earth/other-catastrophes/64-what-would-happen-if-the-gravity-on-earth-was-suddenly-turned-off-beginner%3Cbr%20/index.shtml) - about 10min, and that average national EMS response time is 14-16min, they would have shown up to find a dead oxygen-deprived Sarah Lynn and an exasperated Bojack trying to resuscitate her. 

The TLDR? Since she stopped breathing, she would have been DEAD IN 10MIN, EMS taking 14min to reach her and Bojack, about 20min to get her to the equipment needed to try to resuscitate her, and thus, Bojack waiting 17 SECONDS would not have mattered. Sarah Lynn would NEVER have survived. 

Prescription dog foods - Why I love ROYAL CANIN and my fluffy pup

First of all, let me pre-empt this by saying that I was not paid to make this. 

Now onto the post.

Since losing my prior dog at the ripe happy old age of 13 to sudden pancreatic cancer, I have been caring for a new pooch; or rather we have been caring for each other. I found him at a shelter, and when his siblings started a dogpile fight and he just casually walked off, I instantly knew he was the one for me. That kind of passive wolfpack behavior is something you cannot train. When they brought him out, he ran to me; he also chose me. 

He helped me through some hard times, and in the first year of having him not only did he double in size, but also in love joy. He is a large 100lb dog who is full of kisses and hugs and pays his rent in belly rubs and kisses, and his favorite toy of all time is this dumb stuffed egg with a pony inside. He takes it everywhere. 

He was rough to raise due to having severe dietary restrictions, and we went through SOOO MANY different kinds of foods, bones, chews, and treats; nearly everything made him sick. That was until we found Royal Canin, here was where we finally had a food he liked and that did not cause any issues. He has been on this food for about a year, and now happily runs around being a goofy doodle, laying on the couch and giving plenty of kisses and begging for belly rubs. 

As you can see, he is just a big fluffy ball of love. We have had so many adventures in just one year: seen a silver fox, followed a family of red-shouldered hawks and the babies they had that now live in our complex, saw several species of bats, had a funeral for a large raven who suffered a tragic death during a storm, went through the 14-day winter storm of 2020 (where nearly 2ft of snow piled up for 2 weeks), saw the insurrection happen on tv, made it through the 2020 pandemic, and many more. He especially helped me through the trauma of losing my prior dog, sitting by my side putting his head in my lap when I was sad, and giving me kisses every day to cheer me up. 

This dog loves attention and loves hamming it up for people. Unless you are a flying insect he loves everything and everyone, just kissing everything in sight. 

Royal Canin has been incredibly important to me and to him, because everything else just did not work or made him sick. I tried somewhere around 10 different brands and 6 different prescriptions before we found one that worked. Ernie (the dog) has such a sensitive stomach and cannot eat certain ingredients and animals, and of all the prescription foods I did try, Royal Canin was always reliable. 

They have a wide variety of different types of food, low fat, chicken, fish, pork, beef, veggie, gastrointestinal low fat, and many more. Ernie is on the gastrointestinal low fat brand, and he is finally able to eat other things like dental chews, treats, and bones. Best part is that the royal canin food (like many other foods) can literally be bagged up in a ziplock and used as treats for your dog. Anytime, anyplace, your dog will love this food; they will not care they are eating the same thing every day. 

Here is a video link to an Instagram clip of me feeding Ernie his Royal Canin dinner:

https://www.facebook.com/spernica/videos/2663984693904886

As you can tell, he LOVES this stuff. 

Heck, even I as a human being thought the food smells really tasty; though I never tried it myself. A great thing about this brand is that it lasts a VERY long time, as each bag comes with a ziplock seal and an easy-cut top. You can easily and smoothly slice the top of the bag off with practically just a flathead screwdriver if done right. Also, if you get a shipment and the bag is tempered or ripped, you can contact Royal Canin (or whoever ships your food), complain, and they will literally ship a replacement FOR FREE. I once got a bag sliced in half that wrecked my kitchen, and after I filed a formal complaint, not once after did they ever ship a damaged bag; plus that complaint changed their entire shipping policy and their package labeling. Shipping is hassle-free and can be ordered from your local pet store, veterinarian. or Petsmart, or Royal Canin themselves, or even a website like chewy.com.

I have left bags of Royal Canin food sitting in my living room and garage for literal months, and due to their food being vacuum-sealed, they take a VERY long time before they go bad. Even if you leave the bag open, the food takes an erroneously long time before it gets close to expiring. Like, I had a ziplock of food from my prior dog about a year old, and it was still good to eat. 

Ernie is the happiest dog I have seen in many a year, and we have owned 5 dogs, and I have seen thousands of dogs and their owners. This dog is also so easygoing and peaceful that when he accidentally steps on your foot or you walk into him while playing he cuddles up to you and plants 10 kisses. You can see a video of him being a goofball here on my youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GZYGqPrhbN4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3B4H6lfwh90Hcv9Fbpj1kOki1i-_LltZfNOoe_P3CXbhv0MZ2N8MXK9Us

I definitely spoil this puppy. 

If you are considering a prescription food for your dog you should add Royal Canin to your list. I have also used other brands, but I cannot in good conscience recommend the brand my previous dog used because shortly after his death and about a 2-3weeks after I got Ernie) a report came out regarding a recall about brands I fed him that legit made him sick, and I also (as it turns out) I had tried these foods with Ernie. And, of course, those same foods made him sick too. 

"Who looks like an oreo, and is 10 times as sweet? Who's got a fluffy nose, and big ol' feet? It's Ernie. It's Ernie. Who's got a bubblegum tongue and cuddly belly? Who gives the kisses, and is big fluffy smelly? Ernie. It's Ernie."

***Please support animal adoption rather than breeding and also spay and neutering. Make sure you only adopt if you are capable of caring for the animal you want to adopt. If you lack the necessary time to be home for the pet's training, always remember that crate training is efficient and simple to do, and can allow you to place your pet in a place where they will feel safe and secure. And they will not damage anything in your home while inside. However, NEVER leave your pets in a crate for extraneous periods of time, as this is hazardous to their mental and physical health (<8-9hours a day max, and preferably never inside when you are home and can see them while outside the crate.)***

I adopted Ernie, but he has roughly 4 siblings that I believe never made it out of the shelter. It is sad because it is likely that they might never get adopted. They may be wily and require training and space to run around, but they are pretty good dogs (as cane corso black lab mixes are very mellow and gentle). So again, please support spaying and neutering and adopting rather than breeding. 

And if you ever see someone abandon a pet or abuse an animal, walk up to them, and say "you are a mean mean person, go lick a lemon. Then call the proper authorities/services to make sure those animals do not suffer a terrible fate (and then get stuck in a 3day time loop where a man asks them about a mask).