Dogs to the Rescue

What is it with Gus Van Sant's movies? Some of his stuff like "Finding Forrester" and "Good Will Hunting" are incredibly illuminating but most of the rest are so brooding, dark and banal. His heroines lack depth and are, instead, detached, non-expressive and numb to everything. I'm no film critic but his plots are generally quite depressing and most certainly rob a person of their will to live.

To remedy this, I have one psychological and physical option to restore my head to a healthy place: play with my dog Rocco and eat lots and lots of chocolate. Both do the trick quicker than a credit roll.

And so we walked today with chocolate in hand. With bright blue skies and warm temps, owners and their lovable mutts came out of hibernation. Here now are photos of dogs with great character development; dynamic, cheerful, uplifting - a panacea for every sour screenplay you see.



The first Rottweiler is Hasek, named after the Detroit Red Wings Goalie, the next Labradoodle is Puzzle, younger than he looks, the third is a purebred Goldie named Yawkey, of course, a Red Sox fan and the last is yet another Labradoodle that goes by the name of Gracie. Gracie is a favorite. Not only are dogs a great way to get to know your neighbors but they kick that morose movie funk to the wind.