Meet the co-author of my newsletter …
She likes tummy rubs, digging up the back yard and telling it like it really is.
If you want to know who is really pecking out half of these contrarian essays and articles, I give you definitive evidence via cell phone photography!
Meet Annie, some kind of a corgi-terrier mixed mutt who is also a fearless truth-teller.
When not knocking out Substack essays, Annie specializes in eating shoes, underwear and digging up the front and back yards.
Annie’s not 9-months old and never even attended kindergarten much less college, but she still believes she possesses enough education and real-world experience to contribute to important societal debates.
“Annie, why do you do the work you do?” Her master and partner asked her this morning.
“Aaraughagauhww … ruff! ruff!” She answered.
“Good, dog,” I said and rewarded her with some left-over sausage and cinnamon rolls.
“Don’t give her that!” My wife replied.
Annie’s not yet fully-house broken so some of her “treat treats” end up on our carpets and hardwood floors.
But she loves our kids, loves her tummy rubs and is very loyal and sweet when she’s not destroying our house and lawn.
You can’t tell from this photo, but Annie is also the quickest and fastest mutt I’ve ever seen. If she was in the NFL, she would be the most-explosive punt-returner in league history.
The other day she grabbed 7-year-old Jack’s plastic sword. It took us two hours to get it back and that’s only because she fell over from exhaustion.
Still, Annie now has a nickname. Just like we call Jack “Pickle Jack McCoy,” we now call Annie, “our little sword fighter.” She’s our sword fighter for the truth!
…. I recently learned that Substacker Sage Hana is actually a male. Which is fine by me, but I figured I better go ahead and disclose that “Bill Rice, Jr.’s Newsletter” is actually co-written by a corgi-terrier mix.
Anyway, full disclosure … done.
If you want to know why our stories include so many typos and grammatically-incorrect sentences, Annie is also in charge of copy-editing.
Damn. My wife tells me Annie is a corgi-terrier mix ... not a "corky-terrier mix." Annie should have caught that in her proof-reading duties. She doesn't even know what type of dog she is.
Also, photo credit goes to Carrie Rice. I don't have a cell phone with a camera. I have a circa 2007 flip phone.