{"id":1074,"date":"2013-01-30T17:36:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2016-12-26T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T22:15:03","slug":"its-all-pinkertons-fault-of-adorable-monsters-and-lazy-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/its-all-pinkertons-fault-of-adorable-monsters-and-lazy-women\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s All Pinkerton&#8217;s Fault &#8212; Of Adorable Monsters and Lazy Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p>Meet my new friend Pinkerton. He&#8217;s 12 weeks old, with a bladder capacity of three hours, less when he&#8217;s excited. This can get in the way of getting you those Best of 2012 lists. But I always have an excuse, don&#8217;t I?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1075\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Pinkerton-Floyd-11-weeks-1-24-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1075\" title=\"Mr Pink Floyd the Maltese\" src=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Pinkerton-Floyd-11-weeks-1-24-2013.jpg\" alt=\"11 week old Maltese puppy\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The source of my distraction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His name is Mr. Pinkerton Floyd, which is a reference to:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>my mom, who has dabbled in the PI business (Pinkertons were the first private detective agency).<\/li>\n<li>noir detective fiction, and the Maltese Falcon (get it, get it? The <em>Maltese <\/em>Falcon? Plus my sweetie is a big noir fan).<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Pink, the bad dude from <em>Reservoir Dogs <\/em>(weren&#8217;t they all?)<\/li>\n<li>The lead character in Pink Floyd&#8217;s <em>The Wall<\/em>, one of my favorite movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For your patience, here&#8217;s a song. It&#8217;s the so appropriate 2012 song &#8220;Dirty Paws&#8221; from Of Monsters And Men&#8217;s album <em>My Head Is An Animal. <\/em>Many have picked this album as the best album of the year. It&#8217;s not my favorite, but it&#8217;s certainly a worthy choice.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Of Monsters and Men - Dirty Paws\" href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/soundlinks\/Top%20Music%20of%202012\/Of%20Monsters%20and%20Men%20-%20Dirty%20Paws.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Of Monsters and Men &#8211; Dirty Paws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, while I&#8217;m waiting for the song to upload&#8230;a note about the music player. It disappeared when I updated my blog&#8217;s theme. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m supposed to use a child theme, I know. But I haven&#8217;t gotten that all worked out yet. So the Ex.fm player will be back, and then you&#8217;ll be able to listen to all the music links posted on this site like they are a playlist.<\/p>\n<p>And one more picture of Mr. Pink the Maltese. Because puppies, yay!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1076\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Pinkerton-Floyd-11-weeks-1-24-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1076\" title=\"The Most Interesting Dog in the World\" src=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Pinkerton-Floyd-11-weeks-1-24-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Here my Maltese looks like he's giving me his best Dos Equis face\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;I don&#39;t always chew bones, but when I do, I chew Dos Equis.&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet my new friend Pinkerton. He&#8217;s 12 weeks old, with a bladder capacity of three hours, less when he&#8217;s excited. 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