Monkling's Blog

A few minutes ago I opened the door to let the dog out. The air outside was filled with smoke. It seemed to be coming from in front of the house. I ran to the front, thinking my house was on fire. Nope, no flames shooting up. I checked the neighbor’s house. (Sure I dislike them because they are loud & obnoxious but I wouldn’t let their house burn down, as much as I might like that idea.) No fire there, either.

I followed the dog to the back of the house. Smoke was billowing over the fence from the barbecue grill of Loud Obnoxious Teenager Boy. I have no idea what on earth they could be cooking that would produce that much smoke. Maybe they’re burning remains? Or maybe I watch way too much TV & read too many books that involves using the word “remains?”

What would be really funny is if I grabbed the hose & started spraying over the fence. As they yell, “What the heck are you doing!” I can say I thought something was on fire. Which clearly must be the case. But if Frank caught me doing that, he’d get angry & he should be home from the nursing home any minute. Darn!

A company called Boston Dynamics created this robotic dog. They call it Bigdog. It’s the size of a large dog, can carry stuff and climb up rough terrain. I saw an article online about it and there was mention of a YouTube video of it. The video on the actual company website is a lot clearer.

Now what I want to know is this – does this look like a dog to you?

Those legs remind me more of insect legs and if you watch the video, they seem even more so in motion. Plus there’s that droning sound. I’m telling ya, it’s The Fly minus 2 legs and wings. I’m betting if they can figure out a way to get it to fly, they’ll add wings to it.