here's the thing

The right's worried that that the left won't care about now that they have the majority.

The left spent the last 8 years not being cared about by the right.

I hate politics and should be happy that I've never understood them. Or should I say 'never understood it'?

I could say that the left spent the last 8 years suffering, so it's the right's turn now and that's fair.

That them/it thing is something I might be able to look up. I don't know if politics is a plural or singular noun or both. There are many places to make language mistakes.

A foreign speaker I knew used the word 'furnatures' as in, 'my furnatures are new.', or something.

Furnature is already a plural noun, no 's'. English is screwy.

Of course, the 's' goes on pieces. One piece of furnature, 3 pieces of furnature. So what part of speach is 'piece' in this usage?

"She played the piece smartly."

"I have a piece of candy."

How do you spell piece? It suddenly looks wrong to me. See what happens? I wander off.

pease, peace, pece, piece, peice.

They say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn. It doesn't follow its rules more than it does follow them.

I really like it.

The articles go with 'piece', and that indicates nouns. The 'of candy' is a noun object. But I guess it could be an adverb. How many. Or is that an adjective? I forget. Or does it address 'what'?

I might look it all up.

Ok. 'ly' words are adverbs, yes? But so is 'to' sometimes. It's also part of the infinitive and prepositional phrases. So what is any word? It depends. Words are things with life.

Dogs are a different story. They're things with life? hahahahaha...oh. sorry.

Good things, bad things, confusing things. Whatever things. There's many things to do with them and much to gain. Unless you don't like dogs. Then the only gain is irritation. And if you like dogs, there's much irritation to be gained.

There are several fun actives with dogs that help not only the dog, but the people. For the Obamas and others who have allergy problems, group activities with many different dogs can rouse the allergies. But there are often, or sometimes, breed activities that people can safely participate in. Or, many things can be done at home.

Agility is a great, fun activity that can be set up at home even in a modified way. Even bulldogs, not noted for agility, can benefit from learning the courses. They're unlikely to win at competitions, but it addresses listening, obedience, gives them something to think about, increases bonding with owners, and steps closer to helping people understand dogs better. It's fun for kids. They often like dog tricks.

So, there's also teaching dogs tricks.

The advantages are that people have to learn about training dogs, and keeping dogs busy, active and involved creates better behaivor and happier dogs. They're social, pack animals, and do best with lots of family involvement. Dogs get into more trouble when left to their own devices.

Exercise wears them out and they nap instead of bark and chew so much, for example.

Crate training is another handy thing. If a dog isn't trustworthy alone and at night, the create can give everybody a better night's sleep. Crates can be anywhere so the dog can sleep in kids' rooms, the living room or whereever.

Crates are also invaluable for traveling. The Obamas, for example, can keep on on the plane if they travel with the dog. When there's a lot of unusal active, the dog can be crated. If they're used to it, it doesn't bother them. Crates can go in cars for anyone who travels with dogs, and then be used camping or in hotels. It's easy to do, too. Feed the dog in the crate with the door open, leave it open for the dog to nap in if he wants, etc. They often like the 'cave like' environment for sleeping anyway. You can shut the dog up for short periods of time, gradually increasing it over time, or suffer a couple of whinny nights. Or both. But try to never let the dog out if it's barking or crying. That reinforces the barking and crying. Except for maybe in the morning when they really need to get outside.

Another fun activity is to hide toys for the dog to find. They can pick that up fairly quickly if they will (my dog won't play with toys, won't play tug of war, or fetch, but he's not always quite a dog in the first place, another story for another time.) Using food stuffed toys may encourage some dogs who are food motivated, too.

You can also lay a track outside for them to follow. Put the dog out of sight, rub a hot dog, or chicken or something along the grass, leaving a piece at the end of the trail for the dog to find and lead the dog to the start and show him the way until he gets the game. This is tracking for rescue work, but it can be a just a fun game at home as well.

There's also dancing with dogs. Many people find this a lot of fun. Again, any dog can learn some of it even if they aren't very good at. All things don't have to be for competition.

If there's a pool, get the dog swimming. Great exercise. Just be sure to show them the stairs out several times so they know where they are. Dogs have been know to drown not being able to find them in time. You might end up with a dog that jumps into any body of water but there are worse things. And they'll probably still hate a bath.