Couch Slouch checks in on the Iditarod,

[elleng]

and its canine correspondent.

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race -- often called "The Last Great Race on Earth," with 71 man-and-man's- best-friend groups trekking across Alaska -- is near its conclusion. Tuffy the Snow Prince, the outspoken 55-pound Siberian husky on musher Spoons Grabilovitch's sled team, again agreed to keep a daily log for us. Here are excerpts of Tuffy's Iditarod journal:

Day 1: I always skip the "ceremonial start" in Anchorage -- it's just a dog-and-pony show and we've got no ponies. . . . Prize money's down this year, but you won't see even crocodile tears coming out of my eyes, because we still get nothing. . . . Last time I went to the vet, I complained of lower back pain. His advice? "Walk it off." . . .

If Sarah Palin's right, we should be in Russia by Thursday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/14/AR2010031402145.html?hpid=artslot

[madinmaryland]

1. I'm pissed! The Jamaican Dog Sled team has been jinxed. Sarah Palin

is rooting for Newton. :grr:

Now he's going to quit. :mad: