  my brother got a dog the other day. his two new cats ran away last weekend, the second pair to do this, but they have been replace by a dog, a much better alternative. the new dog's name is piper. named after the preacher/author micah likes. that is the sort of thing that is normal in my family. i like this dog. i pretty much like all dogs infinitely better than cats though. also, about a mile from micah's house there is a dump truck for sale in somebody's yard.
i find this really odd. that is not the sort of thing you sell in your yard. yards are for yard sales, normal vehicles, boats, fruit if you want but not heavy equipment. either way, i want it. i don't know what i'd do with it, but i want it. &nbsp; in unrelated news i finished the great gatsby on tuesday. i liked it. first time read for me. now i'm three chapters deep in orthodoxy. it is very good, ut deep and takes some time to read. i like it a lot and now want to read heretics, also by chesterton. 
