Announcing my Candidacy

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!  Today I am pleased to announce my candidacy for President of the United States or, should I say, canidacy?  In the coming weeks and months, and over the next year, I will be presenting my platform, announcing a running mate, and generally speaking to you about important issues facing our country and the next President of the United States.  Which will be me.

- Charlie

Final Weekly Post

Happy Presidents' Day Weekend!  We've come full circle and it's been exactly one year since my first posting of a historical photo.  Remember the great photo of me and Abe Lincoln sharing secret mental communication on the topic of cookies?

A lot of people have commented that they really like the above graphic.  If you're so inclined, you can buy my officially licensed products by clicking on either of the links below.  T-shirts, postcards, note cards, stickers, and more!

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Another Place to Buy Charlie's Stuff plus some other cool graphics including Bigfoot stuff.

Thanks for following the blog!

- Charlie

King Tut and Mummies

On February 16, 1923 -- 88 years ago this week -- archaeologists in Egypt opened the tomb of King Tut.  Whoa!  Scary!  I never would have opened the tomb for fear that a mummy might emerge and chase me down the block.  On the other hand, if I grabbed a loose piece of the mummy's outfit and ran like the wind, he would unwind like a roll of toilet paper.  That would be funny!  I'm not saying I've done that with the toilet paper but, if I had, it would have been funny.  Above, you can see one of the recently discovered tablets of the Egyptian Rosetta Stone.  The English translation for the distinctive symbol in the third column  means, literally, "totally awesome."

Can you believe we've already come to the end of one year since I started my weekly blog?  As promised, I've brought you interesting photos from history, or just photos I like, every week for one full year.  Next week will be the last of my weekly blogs.

- Charlie

Super Bowl XLV

Hi football fans!  Ugh!  I must say that although I like to run around at top speed, I am not much of a professional sports fan.  If there is any redeeming quality to it, aside from getting to run around at top speed, it's that it can be watched on TV while sprawled out on the couch.  Nonetheless, I thought this week's blog should note the victory of the Green Bay Packers over the Pittsburgh Steelers in this year's Super Bowl.  As you can see in the above photo, I briefly played for Green Bay but was cut because I couldn't resist darting into the middle before the snap, grabbing the ball, and taking off.  There might be some fast guys on the Green Bay team but no one could ever catch me.  No one!  I am fast.

- Charlie

Constructing America and OSHA

Whoa!  Were these guys crazy or what?!  No hard hats, no safety lines, just a pair of coveralls and a metal lunchbox.  These were real men.  Real stupid men but real men nonetheless.

- Charlie

National Geographic

The original cover for the March 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine was supposed to look like this.  Unfortunately, "Where are my f-ing cookies?" was not what the blue bloods at Nat Geo considered 'world-class.'  So, instead, they found some border collie for the final cover.  Uh, yeah, if you want a guy who will do whatever you say and say whatever you want and pose for nothing then, sure, go ahead and get yourself a border collie.

Coincidentally, this week marks the 123rd anniversary of the founding of the National Geographic Society.

- Charlie

Prohibition: Just another word for No!

On January 16, 1919 the federal law prohibiting the sale and possession of alcohol took effect.  The law helped to create some of this country's greatest organized crime personalities and their equally great law enforcement foes.  Need I mention Al Capone and Eliot Ness?  Pictured above, two law enforcement officers look over confiscated distilling equipment while a small little scroungy dog, just recovering from pneumonia, chews on a rope toy among the stills.  Below, a team of stalwart law enforcement officers, and their steadfast pooch, stand in front of haul of confiscated illegal moonshine.

- Charlie



Charlie Strikes Back

I don't care that he came around at the last second, Darth Vader was a bad father.

- Charlie

Jailhouse Rockin ... at Camp

As you know, I missed last week's blog because of the holidays.  I spent them at 'camp.'  I love camp but sometimes my rowdy self gets a little carried away.  Funny story, while I was at camp I managed to get out of my kennel.  The next morning the camp counselors found me running around among the other kennels getting my fellow campers all riled up.  What they didn't know was that we were actually rehearsing for a little jail break number for talent night.  We based it loosely on this scene from the 1957 Elvis classic, Jailhouse Rock.  Note how one of the backup dancers for Elvis managed to sneak me a little scritch during one of the routines.

- Charlie