Sammie's new bed

Based mainly on the fact that I didn't want to continue to drag Sammie's bed up and down the stairs every night, I bought her a new bed. Once in the store looking at all of the dog beds, I realized that I have one healthy sized puppy. There was only one bed that I was confident would fit her. I say bed, but it's really just an oversized pillow. Last night, she tried it out and I believe that we have a success story on our hands. Although there were a few times when she was tossing and turning that I was like, "What was that noise?" Her old bed was pure cotton. This one is covered with a fabric that makes a swooshing noise of some sort. It's not windbreaker material, it's more like a fancy pillow. Sammie stretches out on there and LOOOOVES it!!

Topic #2 -
Why I hate VERSUS and most cable companies for that matter. They are only in it for the almighty $$. They are in the middle of a fight with Directv and because of that, Directv has taken Versus off of their lineup. OK, let me answer 2 questions that you might have...
1. Why do I care so much all of a sudden?
2. Why don't I put as much blame on Directv as I do on Versus?
Well, that's simple.
1. The Sabres were playing on Versus tonight and because Directv dropped them, I missed the game even though I pay an arm and a leg for the Hockey package on Directv. Versus is doing one thing after another to bury hockey and ensure that no one will be able to watch it. First of all, they sign rights to broadcast the sport. Terrific! Well, many cable providers don't even carry Versus. Forget about Directv now because Versus sadly overvalued it's worth and told Directv that they had to up the ante for the rights. This leads me to....
2. Directv generally spares no expense to bring the best sports to their consumers. They have exclusive rights to the NFL package. They have exclusive rights to the MLB package. Plus, they usually make sure that you have access to almost any station that you'd like to watch, sports or otherwise. The fact that they're drawing the line with Versus tells me that this is something out of the ordinary because to just drop the station without moving it to the sports package tells me that the situation is out of control.

I say, GROW UP VERSUS! Your shrinking hockey fan base is being lost as quickly as water and the like going down a toilet bowl. This is probably a closer to home analogy that Versus may want to believe.