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January 30, 2008

No butts about it, the ban is on

Just a little P.S. to that last post: Thursday night is the last night one can legally smoke in a bar in Baltimore. (I bemoan that fact in an essay in today's Sun -- one that's bound to be quite unpopular.)

For you non-smokers, have no fear: The Sly Fox Pub on Fort Avenue -- the site of tomorrow night's fund-raiser for the planned Locust Point Dog Park -- is already non-smoking.

For you smokers, well, maybe we can meet outside and discuss plans for a smoker park -- a place where one can unleash his or her desires, light up and run free -- no rules, no judgments, no responsibilities, except, of course, for disposing of our waste.

For as any responsible, smoking, dog owner knows, in addition to watching one's dog's butt, one must also watch their own.

Posted by John Woestendiek at 12:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I'm thinking I may change Spencer's name to Great Reluctance. That way, when I want a smoke, I can simply snap on his leash and say, "I'm leaving with Great Reluctance..."

Posted by: Anne | January 31, 2008 9:20 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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