Truest Movie Ever Made

Quentin Tarantino? I don't think so. Michael Moore? Puh-leeze. Oliver Stone? Yeah, right. Pretenders to the claim all of them, and in the case of the latter two, propagandists. Nope, truest movie ever made -- Best in Show. I know this because yesterday we went to the Sammamish AKC dog show outdoors at Marymoor Park in Redmond on a very cool morning. And it was all there, the fifties outfits on the people showing the dogs, the little trots around the ring, the hand signs from the judges, the posing of the dogs on platforms for judges's evaluations, the doggie grooming tables, the rivalries disguised with cordial chit-chat, and many, many gorgeous dogs. We saw several beautiful Westies and learned from walking up and down past rows of wire cages that show dogs are just like every other dog -- they bark, yowl, jump on you in greeting, sniff each others rears, tangle leashes around your legs as they walk where they want to go rather than where you want to take them. So how is it that they behave themselves in the ring or as they are posed for official winning photographs. Two words: choke collars. My sister was kicking herself for not being able to get her new basset entered. All in all, a very fun, but little cold morning for Coumadin Guy.