Engineers Are Special People

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Jim's an engineer, which means he's not quite like the other boys. ;-) On top of his engineeriness, I strongly suspect that he's dyslexic. Listening to him read out loud is an adventure--he either reverses the order of letters (which is why we eat tofu, but Jim eats tufo) or he inserts letters and syllables into words that have never been there before. Sometimes he makes up entirely new words and I have to back-calculate to figure out what he meant (best one to date: insensationable). His spelling is atrocious, and he generally has to write and rewrite emails at least twice before they say what he intends them to say. I tease him by telling people that Jim doesn't have a first language.

Which is why I'll be living with a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, or Toller for short, and Jim will be living with a Nova Scotia Duck Trolling Retriever, or Troller. I suppose we could drag the dog behind the boat and see if she can catch ducks that way...

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Sounds like good exercise, too. (Not that you need it!)

I was reading an article about some new dog trainer in LA who's all the rage. She's the darling of the dog-owning stars there. She espouses training through love, instead of intimidation and choke collars, etc. She has remarkable success in engaging the dog in the fun aspects of getting trained and pleasing you, its owner. I wish I could remember her name.