tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post1449093344580649094..comments2024-01-13T18:35:19.562-08:00Comments on Backpacking Dad: This post is about hockey, kittens, babies, heaven, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You've been warned.Backpacking Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-45263802272249794222008-07-30T01:47:00.000-07:002008-07-30T01:47:00.000-07:00Awwww as a devoted animal lover this post really s...Awwww as a devoted animal lover this post really spoke to me. Loved the Grinch analogy. I could feel it. <BR/><BR/>So glad you had more time with Madison. Every moment is so precious.<BR/><BR/>:o)Tinygamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096847578325121894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-47887041926842972462008-07-28T20:35:00.000-07:002008-07-28T20:35:00.000-07:00ange: aw, thank you.ange: aw, thank you.Backpacking Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-19114490366182189582008-07-28T18:15:00.000-07:002008-07-28T18:15:00.000-07:00I gotta tell you, your positivity, your love for y...I gotta tell you, your positivity, your love for your wive and family and your articulation of those feelings are a magnificent read...I love how you focus on the things that make you happy when you're speaking of your family. I've become a big fan of your blog...tpsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-30615589437030882922008-07-28T14:07:00.000-07:002008-07-28T14:07:00.000-07:00mel, a dramatic mommy: no, you know I've never bee...mel, a dramatic mommy: no, you know I've never been able to really get in to football. I don't know why.<BR/><BR/>madwoman: I tried to name a cat Tigger once but we ended up with Tiger instead.<BR/><BR/>anthony: wow. I believe that.<BR/><BR/>badass geek: Hi, I'm backpacking dad. I'm a sappy bastard.<BR/><BR/>flmomi: will you adopt me?<BR/><BR/>anita: thanks anita :}<BR/><BR/>redneck mommy: your oilers can eat it.<BR/><BR/>scifi dad: you have to go eat some red meat and pee on things for saying "cute" on a dude's blog. Let me know when you're finished.<BR/><BR/>sam: score!<BR/><BR/>carolyn online: actually, only all the potential slayers became full-on slayers. Not every woman is a potential slayer. :}<BR/><BR/>leanne: I'm a dog person too, born and raised :}<BR/><BR/>mrs. chicky: the movie was an abomination that deserves to be stabbed through the heart with a stake<BR/><BR/>foz meadows: sometimes my wife will say things to me like "I think you overestimate my interest in "The Karate Kid" " when I start geeking out too much.<BR/><BR/>bejewell: heh :}<BR/><BR/>assertagirl: yeah they do.<BR/><BR/>caramama: that's awesome<BR/><BR/>mek: dude.Backpacking Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-45861258317854851912008-07-28T13:34:00.000-07:002008-07-28T13:34:00.000-07:00I don't think there's a post titled better designe...I don't think there's a post titled better designed to catch my interest. Sweet.mekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917552705258680396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-79845863077568806882008-07-28T09:20:00.000-07:002008-07-28T09:20:00.000-07:00This was an awesome post! Your wife totally rocks....This was an awesome post! Your wife totally rocks. That was the perfect analogy, too, and I especially like the part that the cat wouldn't lie. Awesome.<BR/><BR/>Bonus points from caramama for referencing Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<BR/><BR/>Our cat has a heart condition which rarely can be corrected and likely was to end in his early death. Daily medicine and many cat cardiology appointments later, he will be 9 years old in a couple weeks and is going strong. :-)caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-62852896960328089032008-07-28T04:35:00.000-07:002008-07-28T04:35:00.000-07:00I have dreams about my dead kitty Phoebe all the t...I have dreams about my dead kitty Phoebe all the time. They're comforting.<BR/><BR/>Spouses provide awesome blog fodder.Amy Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011605158544190413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-64714329685043885612008-07-27T19:45:00.000-07:002008-07-27T19:45:00.000-07:00Your wife just might be my new Jake Ryan.Your wife just might be my new Jake Ryan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-74848445077487461422008-07-27T17:16:00.000-07:002008-07-27T17:16:00.000-07:00Ah, Buffy - is there a real-life situation where I...Ah, Buffy - is there a real-life situation where I *can't* quote some bizarre anecdote from your world and make things better? My husband loves the show too, but he still rolls his eyes a bit whenever I say, 'Hey, this is just like that episode of Buffy where -'<BR/><BR/>Funny about cat dreams, though. The other night I dreamed about my childhood cat, Lulu, who I'd always privately suspected was the offspring of a rogue ocelot, escaped from the zoo. In the dream, she looked bigger than in life, like one of those serval hybrids. It was like, how I suspcted she'd always thought of herself. And she was happy to see me. She hunted some stuff through the long grass, we ran around, and then (as always happens in my dreams) some fantastic meance drove in a new storyline. But I woke up the next day, and my first hazy thought was, 'It's nice she's doing well.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-32398676559561642242008-07-27T16:32:00.000-07:002008-07-27T16:32:00.000-07:00Apart from the movie version I don't know much abo...Apart from the movie version I don't know much about Buffy but I do know that if I could I would give my dog a kidney.Mrs. Chickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531176556856509473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-15263712535262700442008-07-27T13:37:00.000-07:002008-07-27T13:37:00.000-07:00You'll probably hate me for this but I'm a dog per...You'll probably hate me for this but I'm a dog person. Although I completely get your point. Your wife must have known that yoour cat just wasn't ready to go yet.<BR/><BR/>I actually made my way over here from a comment you left for Sarcasticmom and I just thought...Now this guy, I like.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340429187911872470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-65192041152028530942008-07-27T13:28:00.000-07:002008-07-27T13:28:00.000-07:00I loved that after Buffy was dead for a minute the...I loved that after Buffy was dead for a minute the next slayer was called up and we got to have two of them for awhile. Then of course there was the end of the end and Buffy did the swan dive and all we women were slayers.Carolyn...Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627167557544033888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-1857635969079750742008-07-27T13:06:00.000-07:002008-07-27T13:06:00.000-07:00Okay, I'm not a Buffy fan and I kinda dislike my c...Okay, I'm not a Buffy fan and I kinda dislike my cat. <BR/><BR/>You made me laugh with the Buffy reference and even made me like my cat again. Kinda.sam {temptingmama}https://www.blogger.com/profile/13585700609818104986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-53398785384276913172008-07-27T12:01:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:01:00.000-07:00Cute post, blah blah blah.I clicked over here afte...Cute post, blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/>I clicked over here after seeing you twit about troll swatting. Where are the trolls?!?SciFi Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479890087443823197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-29906301161069875042008-07-27T10:18:00.000-07:002008-07-27T10:18:00.000-07:00You totally wrecked a perfect post by mentioning t...You totally wrecked a perfect post by mentioning the Wings.<BR/><BR/>Damn it.<BR/><BR/>But I bow down to Emily. Any woman who can use a Buffy analogy in a conversation is a woman after my own heart. Heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-17233725847366707502008-07-27T10:06:00.000-07:002008-07-27T10:06:00.000-07:00Pets, so so much love for them...great post! Anita...Pets, so so much love for them...<BR/>great post! <BR/>Anita <BR/>www.ovolina.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-4041327759086158092008-07-27T07:57:00.000-07:002008-07-27T07:57:00.000-07:00Woot GO WINGS... I was hugely preggers in 97, cryi...Woot GO WINGS... I was hugely preggers in 97, crying like a baby after the win I'd been waiting for all my life, in 98 a tired mom of an almost 1 year old, crying like a baby again...both times with my own first baby kitten Norman curled against me. We lost him last year after kidney crap, then heart failure at 13. My kids miss him as much as me. <BR/><BR/>Buffy is awesome, Once More With Feeling, BEST SHOW EVER! Dr. Horrible is genius, I heart the Wheldon brosFlmomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706244677444256067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-33056402233409555312008-07-27T06:44:00.000-07:002008-07-27T06:44:00.000-07:00You sap.You sap.Badass Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030944236271663794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-62586950291244598232008-07-27T06:24:00.000-07:002008-07-27T06:24:00.000-07:00That is a good story. I had a kitten that had prob...That is a good story. I had a kitten that had problems and was anorexic, but she had to be put to sleep ;( It was hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-37669050614487278912008-07-27T04:09:00.000-07:002008-07-27T04:09:00.000-07:00Awwww. I would do the same thing for my Tiggy boy....Awwww. <BR/><BR/>I would do the same thing for my Tiggy boy.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07596650736290691630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-44119823459187961322008-07-26T22:16:00.000-07:002008-07-26T22:16:00.000-07:00Hmm. You sound suspiciously like my husband (excep...Hmm. You sound suspiciously like my husband (except for Buffy). Redwings, Star Wars, cats... You don't, by chance, happen to love football too?Melanie Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04100313047776018999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-38919483698755712212008-07-26T21:14:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:14:00.000-07:00FADKOG: You will get Buffy. I promise.FADKOG: You will get Buffy. I promise.Backpacking Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-14210572873436462092008-07-26T21:09:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:09:00.000-07:00katie: Um, well, Sarah Michelle Gellar is complete...katie: Um, well, Sarah Michelle Gellar is completely hot and Joss Whedon is awesome. Go watch Dr. Horrible and then give Buffy another chance :}<BR/><BR/>whit: yeah, I grew up a dog guy too. Sometimes you just do whatever it is you have to do.<BR/><BR/>heather: yeah it was. I was watching the final season on DVD in the hospital after Erin was born. It's all linked up with some really raw emotions for me now.<BR/><BR/>mary beth: we did some bottle feeding with the two brothers. <BR/><BR/>kt: thank you<BR/><BR/>kittenpie: Maddy was pretty grouchy herself :}<BR/><BR/>headless mom: :}<BR/><BR/>amelia sprout: to clarify, I had no idea my wife was paying attention all those times <I>I</I> was watching Buffy :} It wasn't her thing, but, as with hockey and Star Wars she's done enough to keep up :}<BR/><BR/>anissa@hope4peyton: I will let her know that someone has a crush on her :}<BR/><BR/>mommy melee: I'm not sure I believe in kitty heaven, but it's pretty damn cute that my wife dreams about it.<BR/><BR/>nancy: Go Wings!<BR/><BR/>busy momma: aw, thanks.<BR/><BR/>catnip: I used to play hide and seek with Maddy. She always found me.<BR/><BR/>don mills diva: thank you. I think I'm done now, though. Seven posts in a week is a lot of writing and I'm pretty sure I've run out of anything interesting to say :}Backpacking Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-91342420680245009712008-07-26T21:01:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:01:00.000-07:00I've never seen an episode of Buffy. I have a frie...I've never seen an episode of Buffy. I have a friend at work who's supposed to lend me her box sets, but so far, no show. This doesn't make me happy, but how many times can you keep asking, I ask.<BR/><BR/>(I'm not sure if that last sentence should end with a period or a question mark. I'll just leave it with a period. I may go back up and put ellipses there instead. Trying to hold strong...)<BR/><BR/>I've never had a cat, either, but I had a dog once that nearly died within days of our acquiring him. I did the whole sit up with him, bundled in blankets, feeding with a tube thing. I don't get Buffy (though I probably would if that girl would just bring me her damn sets!), but I get the sentiment of this. Absolutely. You, and Emily, totally work,for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-72299468578221307742008-07-26T20:19:00.000-07:002008-07-26T20:19:00.000-07:00I have a cat named Horace who inspires me in the s...I have a cat named Horace who inspires me in the same way.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how you do it but I think your writing is getting better with every posy - this was fastastic.Don Mills Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733674458423525738noreply@blogger.com