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July 11, 2005
Eliot Update
Just in case anyone out there was wondering (Stretch, where have you gone??), Eliot is alive and well after adjusting to being bumped down another notch in the family hierarchy. He still gets out for the occasional neighborhood tour, but spends most of his time reclining on his special bed above the Tivo (which means of course the bed is heated, an important factor, and that when we're watching tv he can feel like we're all paying attention to him - a must!)
He and Sophie get along well enough, on the rare occasion Eula relaxes her guard enough to let him near the baby. Sophie gets very excited whenever he walks by, and clearly would crawl after him if she could. Now that her bumper jumper is hung downstairs she can watch him ooze through his pet door into the garage, which is apparently quite fascinating.
For anyone who didn't know, Eliot is the reason our website has its name. It's long story, but due to his girth and attitude I took to calling him "Tiny E", after the SNL skit where two guys drive around talking to a miniature Elvis on their dashboard (played by Nicholas Cage.) His punchline was "Man, that is huge," delivered with the familiar Elvis drawl.
An earlier version of our site was also named after Eliot ("El Gordo"). That name was unfortunately taken when we were considering domains, so we chose to use "Tiny E" and figured "Ranch" would be an appropriate addition since Eula had come into the picture.
Posted by Jacob at July 11, 2005 9:17 PM