louis the pug

Chicks dig me

2011-05-12T13:44:00.000-04:00

Louis the construction pug

2010-12-29T10:43:00.001-05:00

I rock the construction equipment...

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The 2010 Implosies

2010-12-27T15:16:00.000-05:00

I love commercial demolition, as you all know. CNN has put together an impressive array of 2010 implosions, so I bring to you the 2010 Implosies. Next year, we'll have little trophies made... probably of rubble. Enjoy:

Merry Xmas from the cabin!

2010-12-25T10:36:00.001-05:00

cabin construction

2010-08-23T00:25:00.000-04:00

I'm at the cabin this weekend and early this week. You all know my prediliction towards professional demolition, but this week I'm helping Tim build a deck extension.

Now, by help, I of course mean I hang out with Teddy and watch. Supervise. Yeah, that's it. I supervise.

This deck better be good. I have needs.

I'm back

2010-08-19T21:04:00.000-04:00

I've sort of spent more time doing Twitter than anything else lately, but I just got prodded to post more so here I am.

Whatup.

Yesterday we drove from Oklahoma to West Virginia. I say that like it's around the corner, but trust me it wasn't. The car was all jammed up with stuff so I lost my new car seat and had to curl up on Kimberly's lap for 23 and a half hours. Tim drove it straight... he had seven Red Bulls and I think he's finally come down from it. That stuff's amazing... but if you need seven of anything to perform a task, I have to question the task. Maybe it's just me.

Tomorrow we go back to WV because apparently I can't go 24 hours without being subjected to a car ride of more than 1 hour. I'd protest, but three days in the mountains is worth it. I get to go explore... they call it going all "Louis and Clark." Heh... that's actually clever.

By the way: point of blogging privilege... the name's pronounced like Louis XIV, Louis Armstrong or Louis Vitton. It's also spelled with an "s" not an "ie." Had to get that off my chest...

boom

2010-04-11T11:20:00.000-04:00

I have this thing for commercial demo. Hats off for this one, yo!

snow 1 louis 0

2010-02-10T20:07:00.001-05:00

snow 1 louis 0, originally uploaded by Louis the Pug.

snowmageddon 2010!

2010-02-06T20:27:00.004-05:00

why nobody can wait til september 2010

2010-01-05T22:54:00.002-05:00

Special thanks to my friend diane at wagatailvacations.com for sending this out to tim and kimberly! It's my special camp I get to go to when they ~~abandon me~~ go on trips I wouldn't like anyways. There's a pool and fun dogs to play with. Apparently they think I'm photogenic enough for their 2010 calendar too.

snow day!

2009-12-19T14:14:00.003-05:00

What a great storm! Snow was way past my head. Here's some pics and vids of my adventure today!

first snow!

2009-12-05T15:15:00.007-05:00

pugs in portland are cool

2009-07-07T02:24:00.001-04:00

this is totally impressive. tim and kimberly come back tomorrow... they sent me this from their trip in portland:

Back from OK

2009-06-28T22:07:00.005-04:00

If you were following me on Twitter (and why the heck wouldn't you?) then you know we had a bit of sad time in the fam... Kimberly's grandma died last week, so we drove from DC to Oklahoma and back. I've been a bunch of times before, but never the full-blown 2400-mile roundtrip roadie. It was a heck of a time. Here's some cool pics and vids from the adventure this week!

anybody having trouble with the blog?

2009-06-16T11:56:00.001-04:00

One of my twitter peeps had an issue... you can always email or tweet me and I'll get the Louis the Pug OmniGlobal tech team on it...

another new look

2009-05-18T23:07:00.005-04:00

Due to popular demand (well, actually just the whim of my web designer actually) I updated the look around here. I decided to go a little more silver and honolulu blue in honor of Detroit's suckier team in an attempt to reverse whammie the sports karma and get a second Cup to the Wings. We'll see if this clever bit of hue manipulation works. In the meantime, enjoy the superb pictures of yours truly:

left to right:
- me from the other day at cabin lookin' all raw and fierce with my hat on
- my roar shot from a few years back. again... we're going with the "raw and fierce" theme
- glamor shot from NC. you know... for the ladies.
- me outside the 5th Ave Apple Store. Spokespug? You're a Mac, I'm a Pug? We'll work on it...
- me nabbing one of Kimberly's designer shoes back in the formative years

basically, a rich history.

go wings

2009-05-17T23:24:00.000-04:00

look at me all raw and imposing...

rock the park: dog yoga's back

2009-05-06T12:27:00.002-04:00

Greetings and salutations, yo.

Kimberly's a big yoga person and they have this thing called "downward-facing dog" which looks more like me stretching, but whatevs. I enjoy watching humans approximate it... and they do it every May for our viewing enjoyment with pups in tow. I've posted about doga in past years ('05, '06, '07, and '08) before... it's baAAAAaaack!

Mark it down: May 16th, all canines invited (yeah, even puggles). Let's show these people how downward-facing dog is really done. Added incentive... they bring out this dog baker (not a baker of dogs, but a baker of dog goodies: important distinction) so there's free t-r-e-a-t's for us. Here's the scoop:

5th Annual Doga in the Park - Saturday, May 16 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Bring your yoga mat and your canine yogi (your own, borrow one, or come alone) for an afternoon of fun and fitness at Rose Park (23rd and P St., NW). Tranquil Space is teaming up with the Washington Humane Society (WHS), and Doggie Style Bakery to create an enjoyable afternoon focused around your four-legged best friends.

Kimberly Wilson will lead puppy parents and friends through a complimentary yoga practice for all levels in the park. Treats will be provided to humans and canines!

$10 donation requested for WHS. No pre-registration required. Just drop by! Learn more about WHS.

So, good food, good times and a good cause. Oh, and I'll be there, so "social event of the year" too.

caught on film!

2009-04-30T19:55:00.006-04:00

This was from some security cam... I think it might be used in court against me for felonious snatching of a baguette in the first degree...

This game is boring

2009-04-06T22:53:00.003-04:00

Tim is watching the basketball game... it appears the state of Michigan is not getting good news tonight as North Carolina is making them look like Tim's CYO basketball team circa sophomore year (I won't mention he rode pretty deep on the bench... oh wait, I just did...)

Tim's been busy rehabbing his new cabin in West Virginia, so I've been able to go out and run around the land a bunch lately. Sounds like we may be going out there a lot starting this summer, so I'm pretty psyched. The other day I got to bark at wild turkeys. Wild turkeys! who knew they made em that way? The only way this city dog ever sees a turkey usually is at Thanksgiving and they look waaaaaaay different.

Alright, enough blogging. Don't forget to check me out on Twitter... I post there a lot more often than I blog these days, but you probably noticed that...

the enemy of my enemy is my friend

2009-03-06T22:16:00.004-05:00

Introducing the unholy alliance of puggle and Louis the Pug. Allow me to explain.

A wise man... or at least a man... once suggested that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Well, puggles are my enemy... we've established that. But ticks, as we have learned (check out my Twitter feed for the news... I gots me the bacteria that cause Lyme Disease in me) are the enemy of me AND my enemy. Simple tautology, yo... me and the puggles are allied against these freaks:

Stare hard yo... these suckers are going down. Them and the bacteria they carry!! BURF!

Now... let me see if I can explain this all to the puggles... verrrrrrry... slllllllowwwwwly. (they ain't bright).

no hair on my chin

2009-02-27T00:10:00.002-05:00

I kinda hit the bone a little too hard and rubbed all the hair off my lip. Kinda gross... but whatevs. I like my bone, yo.

So, I know I've been remiss in posting... I promise to do better. I might get me one of them Twitter accounts that posts here. I'm simply far too busy and important to write my usual multi-paragraph jobbers all the time.

I missed you all too, by the way...

dateline ltp: santa escapes my grasp

2008-12-21T13:53:00.004-05:00

We went to the Philip Carter winery yesterday... Kimberly said there was a "Santa Buffet" which we interpreted as the presence of the old tubby elf. I felt it was another excellent opportunity for me to continue my investigation into the questionable activities of one Kris "I like to break into your house in the wee hours" Kringle.

Only, he either got wise to my presence and fled ahead of time or "Santa Buffet" just meant a spread of food during Christmas time. One of the two.

Anyways, we still managed to have a fun time. Tim and Kimberly got some wine and cheese and I managed to play with some of the other dogs (pet friendly winery!!) and snag some cheese and crackers from my peeps. All in all an excellent time.

Off to Oklahoma on Wednesday... I think I may get another crack at exposing Santa there. As we always say on LTP Investigates... "We'll be watching..."

Worm update: I just finished my second round of medicine last night, so Tim and Kimberly get to take a stool to the vet. I never understood how taking a small three-legged chair to the vet would tell them what was in my poo, but I don't understand a lot of things about the v-e-t.

commercial demolition of the day: holiday edition

2008-12-21T13:50:00.001-05:00

In my continuing series celebrating the commerical demo industry...

Hellllooooo Indianapolis!

Goodbye RCA Dome!!!

dateline ltp: kris kringle - danger to society?

2008-12-15T22:12:00.004-05:00

me and kris kringle, originally uploaded by Louis the Pug.

Two years ago, I began a hard-nosed investigative journalistic expose on one Tipsy McDrinksalot, AKA "Santa Claus" AKA "Kris Kringle." The results were inconclusive. This year... I intend to bring the fat man down.

Put aside Christmas and the whole generosity angle for a second and ask yourself this... a rotund "elf" (who happens to be human sized) breaks into your house well after everyone is asleep. He enters the house generally through the chimney or perhaps even by walking through walls. In any event, the man has no key. He is dressed from head to toe in velvet and drives a vehicle pulled by rabid deer. Reindeer. Whatever. He has an expectation that you, the home owner, will leave him food... sometimes sugary, and often with a touch of the hard stuff (um, hello eggnog?).

Now, my dear readers I ask you this... if the date on the calendar is August 15th and you encountered this gentleman in your home, would you chalk it up as a holiday miracle, or would you call 9-frickin-1-1?

Exactly. Call this pug a littlle cynical, but I'm not buying the whole thing. Furthermore, with several trillion cups of eggnog in his belly, I'm guessing Santa's blowing a breathalyzer WELL above legal flying limits, thereby putting our entire North American airspace in great jeopardy.

People... this is serious. I began my investigation yesterday at Bloomingdales. They had Santa there taking pics with dogs for a Humane Society event. The perfect cover - I had my undercover team snap the shot you see above. Although Santa seems to look different than last we met (strangely so, in fact... it was like they were two different people: clearly he's a master of disguise) I could tell there was something not quite right.

Of course, he's smart this Claus guy. No sudden movements. He petted me right. Gave me a treat. Hmmm... he's a shifty one that Kris Kringle. I'll keep my eyes locked on you buddy...

Burf!

SC '06 - not the same dude?