I was watching Jeopardy yesterday. And they had an answer that said something to the effect of “A miniature bulldog was the pet of this animated boy adventurer”. The question was “Who is Jonny Quest“. Well, the thing is, every reference I’ve found online says Bandit was a miniature bulldog. But I thought Bandit was a pug!!! I’ve thought that ever since I was a kid. So where did this bulldog nonsense come from???
I was lying in bed reading last night when about 1:30am, I heard this loud beeping. It was the smoke alarm. Just the one in the kitchen. About the time I got in there, it stopped. 
It also woke up my mom. So we both stood there staring at it. Needless to say, there wasn’t a fire. We decided the battery was running low. It’s been changed now. Personally, I can’t remember us changing the batteries in the smoke alarms since we moved here two years ago. Oops. 
So we all went back to bed. And I suddenly heard this bird outside chirping. Hello? 
Shouldn’t birds be asleep at that time of night (by which time it was 2:00am). But I had to laugh, too, because this bird sounded like a squeaky wheel. LOL!
I saw in this morning’s news emails that Katherine Heigl won’t be seeking an Emmy nomination because “Greys Anatomy failed to deliver the goods for an award-worthy performance”. Hmm. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems to me if you’re a good enought actor you ought to be able to work with what you’ve been given. But maybe not. However, the quote just set my teeth on edge for some reason. No, I take that back. I think what set my teeth on edge was the conceit that if she’d had better material she would have given an Emmy-worthy performance.
There’s nothing on tonight, so it’s back to recorded stuff.
On the room redo front, I finally have all my books back in my room which should make Mom happy since they’re no longer piled up in the living room. *g* I still need to get the reference books sorted out, though. Maybe then I can figure out what to do with the rest of my stuff that’s still in the living room. 
Reading: Now I’m reading Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs by Max McCoy. Indy and a nun go in search of her missing paleontologist father in Mongolia.
Glad it was just batteries and nothing serious.
Comment by Devon Ellington — June 12, 2008 @ 10:26 am
I never saw the Johnny Quest show, but I just looked up Bandit the dog. Granted, he’s a cartoon, but to me he looks like a bulldog all right. He definitely doesn’t look like a Pug to me: his ears are wrong, his muzzle is too long, his facial marking only covers his eyes instead of the whole face, and he’s broader and sturdier than a Pug. So even absent Jeopardy, if you’d showed me a picture of that dog, I’d have pegged him as a bulldog.
Comment by Coneycat — June 12, 2008 @ 11:19 am
Maybe your smoke alarm woke up the bird?
Comment by Marianne — June 12, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
Don’t you hate when those smoke alarms beep? And why is it always in the middle of the night? *G* Glad there wasn’t a problem, though.
I told hubs how many books you have the other evening. He asked me where in the world you keep them all. *G* Oh, and he said “WOW”. *G*
I saw that article on Heigel earlier and thought she eneded up sounding snotty. Also, nice way to make your co-workers and writers dislike you!
I hope you have a good evening. (I watched Chiller this afternoon, Kolcheck was on! *G*) Enjoy the Indie Book!
Comment by Brandy — June 12, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
I’m glad it was nothing more than replacing the batteries, which reminds me that I need mine replaced.
Comment by Dru — June 12, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
One time the smoke alarm in my room went off in the middle of the night too. Woke me up from a sound sleep. I figured it had to be the battery so I tried to pull it open and take the battery out. I ended up ripping the whole thing off the wall, said, “Oops” and went back to bed.
Comment by Lexi Connor — June 12, 2008 @ 9:42 pm