Atomictumor

So, as Netmom has pointed out, apparently the embargo placed on this fine website, Atomic City Talk, Netmom’s place, and Bull Moose’s page by the powers that run the Anderson County government internet filtering system has now been lifted.

Now, I’m not sure who’s in charge over there regarding this, and I really don’t care. I’m sure, knowing IT, the order was placed by some administrative assistant, somebody in a sad little job, always a bridesmaid, never a bride, trying as hard as possible to please those amazingly charismatic and powerful individuals who’ve been vested power over a WHOLE COUNTY.

I’m sure they popped it in there to block websites that don’t necessarily follow the party line, critical of the good old boy system, or maybe just critical of goverment and government figures in general. People who expect, however unreasonably, a county government that is transparent, benevolent, and respondent to the needs of its constituency. People who, with this expectation, have found electronic avenues to speak this belief, and, for whatever reason, trouble the brows of certain people in this government, whom this lowly, desperate, sad little administrative assistant wishes so desperately to please.

Heres a message for you:

Ready?

You suck.

Thank you,

Atomictumor

While at the bus stop this morning, I heard our neighbor call out, “Watch out! Here comes a strange dog!” I looked up the road, and sure enough, a dog was approaching, attached to a chain and rope that was no longer attached to anything but the dog. The dog came and sat on our sidewalk, looked at us and wagged his tail - his whole body, really. He didn’t seem aggressive in the least, but not knowing his history, I instructed the kids to get on the deck and called Bos out of the house for some assistance.

Bos lead the dog over to our fence, tied him to our tree and gave him some fresh water. The dog very obviously belongs to someone, as evidenced by the chain and rope (I could go on a HUGE soapbox about that, but not today). Finding his owner seems a daunting task, however, and we just don’t really have the room to keep him here until the owner is located, so my first reaction was to call Animal Control. We looked it up here and called the after-hours number, which is actually the police department. Bos spoke to the fellow, who was surprised that the PD is the after-hours contact for Animal Control. The guy said to call Animal Control, but that they probably wouldn’t answer the phone until after 1:00 PM. Sigh.

The thing is, I don’t want to send this dog to Animal Control. If his owners don’t have the sense to check the shelter when they realize their dog is missing, I fear that his fate would be most unpleasant. Then again, we really, really can’t keep the dog, even on a foster-home basis. So what do we do? What alternatives are there to Animal Control?

I am going to contact S.A.R.G. (Shelter Animals Rescue Group) and see if he qualifies to be placed in one of their foster homes. Other than that, do any of you folks out there know of any options?

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Update:  Mailman to the rescue!  Our awesome mailman just knocked on my door to let me know that he recognized the dog and that he belongs to some folks a little ways up the street.  He’s going to let them know that the dog is here.  Woot!!