The Comfy Corner

Puppies like to play with frisbees. Frisbees are fun. Fun is vital to achieving life happiness. Thus, puppies are vital to achieving life happiness. This is something I discovered as I was passing through the park on my way home. I was being my usual Boston self, walking at a fast pace, dressed in all black with my hood up (a necessary defense in order to avoid getting mugged in the South End) when suddenly I noticed a man trying to tempt his puppy into giving up his orange frisbee for a tennis ball. Of course, the puppy found the orange frisbee much more interesting than the silly tennis ball. Balls can be so tiresome, frisbees are forever.

Suddenly a black woman with a big personality came up beside me and said "Oh my gawd! Look at dat dog. He ain't gonna give up dat frisbee for nothin." This was followed by shrieks of laughter and her shouting across the park at the man to give it up because his dog isn't gonna give up dat frisbee. In mild discomfort I responded "Yeah, that's a puppy who knows what he wants." followed by a slight chuckle and I continued my journey.

This experience brought to light an interesting fact about life for me. Puppies are a universal joy. Without even knowing it they are bringing people of all races, religions, and sexual orientations together on the same front. In what other occasion would a middle aged, black, presumably straight woman have a riveting conversation -- such as this one -- with a young, half-Chinese, gay man? And how many things in life can cause multiple people to lose all powers of speech and force them to resort to indistinct vowel sounds? God love puppies for all they do in this world. For all we know, their cuteness could be preventing world wars. I'm sure some terrorists somewhere were planning a bomb threat when suddenly a little puppy started innocently chewing on the papers and they all said "awwww" simultaneously and forgot their plans for world domination. Puppies deserve more credit. If I could, I would send a fluffy puppy to each and every one of your comfy corners. The comfort level would raise to the 100th power.

p.s. the picture I found on Google by lucky coincidence, I didn't happen to snap a professional pic of the puppy.