Zamboni moves towards 11th birthday

How many dogs besides Zamboni, our chocolate Labrador retriever, have their own web pages? 


He may have slowed down for the most part, but his heart is as full of love as ever. He even wants to be friends with cats!


But he's sweet and he's smart and there will never be another Zamboni. 


Happy 10th birthday, chooch, and many more.

Anthony's Still Married to a Christmas Nut

For long-time fans who are familiar with Anthony's essay Married To A Christmas Nut, first published in 1977, you may want to read the follow-up, Still Married To A Christmas Nut, to that first Christmas in that tiny apartment in Belleville, N.J.

Christmas Cowboy!

Read all about it here at NJ Voices.

The original essay, Married To A Christmas Nut is inclued in A FATHER'S PLACE: An Eclectic Collection, and No Christmas is included in Sister Dressed Me Funny, which, by the way, you may still order in time for gift exchanges on Dec. 25.

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Zamboni Chooses Cheerios Over Family

Family pet faces Cheerios rehab

Our 100-pound Labrador retriever is apparently no match for the drugs hidden in Big G, little O Cheerios.

Until recently, Zamboni, our 6 1/2 year-old chocolate Lab, was considered a 100-pound cushion-mush-on who changed cushions every few hours to obtain his perfect level of rest for the perfect length of time on the perfect soft, softer and softest of his various cushions.



But new information from the Federal Drug Administration indicates that our hapless puppy may be a victim of a cruel hoax where a cereal conglomerate has been selling a drug inside their cereal without proper notice on the packaging.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Zamboni in a tree

Just a quick walk around the living room
and you can see things are different
around the house ... it must be December.

Is that our chocolate Labrador retriever, Zamboni, wearing a red ribbon and wreath collar sitting in the Christmas tree?

Like dogs and trees

"What's on TV, hon?"

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Dog hair everywhere

"Here's something about dog hair, it's like pollen. You don't ever see it moving on a breeze until it gangs up on you and forces an explosion in your nose.

Sometimes you can move a piece of furniture and find yourself asking your dog, "Is there another dog in here? One that's been vaporized except for his fur?"

Don't expect your dog to answer you unless you say one of the magic words such as cookie, treat, knot chewy, walk or ride in the car. And of course, no matter how smart your dog is, he won't be answering your question. All he wants is another biscuit.

There are ways to deal with dog hair here, there and everywhere..."

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FiOS rids house of annoying shopping channels

"She blames me. I blame the dog. The dog blames the baby squirrel running around the basement rafters in the middle of the night.

Well, it had to be one of us who deleted all the home shopping channels, and only the home shopping channels, from the hundreds and hundreds we get on our fiber optics TV.

My wife figured I came down in the middle of the night, grabbed the remote, quietly turned on the TV and surreptitiously deleted half her TV shopping channels. That would include two of the four channels in 130s and the four in the 540s. ..."

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The Northern New Jersy Channel Lineup changed at the end of July ... and despite having more and more FiOs channels to view, or delete if you don't have HD, the shopping channels continue to appear and disappear from our Favorites.

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Three collections of essays by Anthony Buccino are now available on Kindle.
A Father's Place, An Eclectic Collection;
Sister Dressed Me Funny;
Rambling Round, Inside and Outside at the Same Time

Zamboni, the chocolate Lab, update

Zamboni turns six years old this month. 

He is still the happiest dog in the world. You can see him smiling here.

He loves to go for a ride in the car. When you say balony on rye, to him, it sounds like go for a ride and he gets so excited. You know, he wants to drive. Heck, he has a license.

If only he had opposable thumbs, he could write this blog for me. You know he KNOWS he could do it.



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Can we make it any easier for the dog to find the pole

There, on the ground, is the clue to where the new utility pole has been place for Zamboni's sniffing pleasure.

Dawg Heaven

Whose woods these are ...?






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THANKSGIVING = Self-service IAMS

Zamboni, our chocolate Labrador retriever, found something to be thankful for recently when he discovered the lid to Mr. Food-Can misplaced and the IAMS chow within easy reach of a big, strong, sweet dog such as himself.

He'd take a mouthful of food from the bag, spit it on the floor and then eat the pieces. Repeat.

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ZAMBONI, OUR CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER

Zamboni!

OK, you can stop sending in the emails, here is a current photo of Zamboni, our chocolate Labrador Retriever.

He loves to eat peanut butter, and vaseline, and paper products.

He loves to run around with my shoes.

He loves to have his belly rubbed in the morning. And anytime you've got the time.

He loves to sit under the desk as I type things like this.

His favorite trick is to slam the keyboard tray shut so I have to stop typing and play with him.

Zamboni will be five years old in July.

I'd let him say hello to you, but he has no idea how big he is.

He loves to sit in your lap and rest his head on your lap.

A Silly Hat

More Posts on Zamboni
Zamboni Sono Buoni

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SKIPPY LOVER = ZAMBONI

As you can see, the big Skippy lover in our house is, none other than our chocolate Lab, Zamboni!

Zamboni is preparing to defend his 'fastest eater' championship at the upcoming DogFest 2006 on Oct. 1.

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Dog-grrrlll

Happy, shiny Zamboni

Thursday afternoon I was sitting on the shore of the Hudson River reading Marley & Me, a book about a writer and his dog.

I had gotten to page 249 and stopped to write the author for dispensation from reading the last 50 pages ... but there I was sitting by the river on a beautiful spring day reading along, stopping, reading.

You know what comes at the end of a dog book. I kept trying to put it off.

A woman's voice called out, "That's a great book."

I looked up and there at her feet was a happy shiny chocolate Labrador retriever whose name was Duncan.

We talked about her 65-pound six-month old pup and his diet. She handed him a stray plastic fork and showed me how he would drop it on command.

I petted Duncan and he didn't jump and fein explosion like most Labs would.

A golden retriever came along and frolicked with Duncan. They found something on the sidewalk.

It was a duck head apparently left behind by a hawk. Someone tossed the beak into the river and both dogs stood at the rail trying to figure a way to bring it back.

The dogs and their owners left. I read a little more in the book and then left some for the ride home.

Zamboni and former cushion

Zamboni's Pages

Dog Books:

Marley & Me life and love with the world's worst dog - John Grogan

Katz on Dogs : A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with
Dogs - Jon Katz

The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family - Jon Katz

Running to the Mountain, A Midlife Adventure - Jon Katz

A Dog Year - Twelve Months, Four Dogs and Me - Jon Katz

Pack of Two - Carolyn Knapp

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Be My, Be My Little Baby!

Happy Valentine's Day

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Phideau's True Cost

If you didn't see the Saturday edition of the Wall Street Journal, then you might have missed the Green Thumb column by Ron Lieber 'Calculating the True Cost of a Pet'

Among other statistics, Lieber says that a small dog that lives 15 years will cost about $12,000.

A large dog, such as Zamboni, our chocolate Lab, for instance, will cost more than $23,000 should he live to be 12.

Zamboni defends the keyboard

Of course, I know MY pet is well worth the price of a new car! How about yours?

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The Zamboni Files

Wall Street Journal

Zamboni's Schedule

How Zamboni spends his days
Now that all kids - and their teachers - are back to school, Zamboni, our chocolate Labrador retriever, spends his days dreaming of Dogfest - just THREE weeks away!

Dog Fest 2005

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Happy, shiny puppy

Zamboni soaks up the sun.
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Zamboni's Ready

Bring on the season!

Zamboni was born ready for hockey ... so, let the season begin!

Link: Zamboni's World

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Summer Time Goals

Somewhere in Nutley, N.J.

... I'm going to sit by the water, kick off my shoes and write bad
poetry ...

''New Jersey's Garrison Keillor ...*''

"* ... or something to that effect" (LOL)
(no more comparison to Garrison ... see judge's comments )


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