Hey!!!  We want to give a big shout out to the Big O and Dukes show on Washington DC's number 1 radio station WJFK!!!  We were just talked about on their show this afternoon, and when I called in to tell John that my ears were burning way over here in OKC - he agreed to call me back on Wed. of next week 1 p.m. EST and we're going to talk about my  upcoming stuff - thankx to all the Washington DC'ers who gave FAITH the thumbs up on the River of Life contest.  She won LIFE...thanks a 1,000,000 - they say it's rare that someone survives!  Faith deserves all that and so much more. We'll see you guys next week!  Have fun at 106.7 FM.

TINKER Air Force Base in Midwest City was the place to be today!!  Faith and I went to visit the friends, families, and co-workers of all the beautiful soldiers and civilians working at the base's BX.  We had a great time. I will e-mail the photos to my webmaster and he can put them up. I still haven't figured out how to do that - even with his step by step instructions. Good thing I'm a speaker and not a computer geek huh? We'd all be in trouble!  Faith wore her new official ACUs made for her by retired Army Sgt F/C Jason Davis of Fort Bragg!  We love seeing her strut around town in her new clothes. She may be the only dog wearing actual ACUs but that's OK.  She had a great time at the base and met a few hundred of Oklahoma City's finest folks.  Thanks Deborah for picking us up and taking us onto the base.  We'll get the right papers next time!!  LOL

OOPS...there was a story meeting at PEOPLE and the story was pushed back 2 weeks.  I don't know if that means September 1 or 8. I'll keep you posted.  It gives them more time to think about what to write about - and the producer told me he now has a bit more room to cover a few more things!  This is good news.  Faith and I both want to acknowledge and thank Johnny Dodd of PEOPLE for his commitment to the story and to Faith.  You're a great friend!   So, please keep watching the site for more information - - of course, you can always, always, always, just keep buying every issue of PEOPLE until you see Faith - they'd probably appreciate that!  SMILE. (The pretty girl with Faith in the photo is Sasha Gill of Salon Rebel.  She did our hair and makeup for the shoot!)

Our teams are awesome! I have to give out a real loud SHOUT OUT to Jon Horton from OU - Men's gymnastics superstar in my eyes.  Anyone from OKLAHOMA is always on the top of my list. I'm going to do a Google search and find a few more Oklahomans, but really - let me hug and squeeze every single US Olympic Team member! You guys ROCK.  GO TEAM USA....Go WORLD.  (Remember, Faith is 1/2 Chinese! Her mother is/was a Chow-Chow!)

I'm telling you, the boy is all over the state - and soon, maybe tomorrow, he'll be all over Arkansas too! He has so many friends and people to love on before he takes off for the Middle East. I hope you all pray for him, and just hug the man if you see him. I have some more photos, and I'm trying to upload them. I'll have to ask my webmaster to help. Thanks for your prayers and love!

Hey, we're being shot for the photography part of the interview for PEOPLE magazine on Monday!!  How cool. Faith is just really the best dog in the world - really, no really! I'm serious - she's awesome!!  I'll blog when it is written and printed so you can rush out like  me and get 100 copies!

Hey Everyone!

I wanted to make something really clear OK...Faith is not, repeat NOT associated with Gary Sinise or the Lt. Dan Band. Those of you who write and ask if we're going on USO tours together are sooo sweet, but no, we're not working together. It would be fantastic, as the band is wonderful - and Gary is the best, but no - - thanks for your love and support of Faith, and I'm sure the LDB would love your continued support too.  You're awesome for thinking of us!  Thanks.

We all know kids that go to apartment complexes after hours and swim right?  Well, Caity and her friends got caught!  What happened next was uncalled for, and because of the actions of the security guard there's a judge in OKC laughing - and a couple of young ladies doing hard-labor...5 hours. It was the least amount possible under the law.

The judge found the entire affair without merit since the girls provided names addresses and phone numbers of their friends who lived in the complex that the security officer refused to allow to accompany due to the pool hours.  However, in the leases of each of their friends NO HOURS are listed, and there is no general rule posted for that particular pool.  The girls were detained without their outer clothing for over an hour while the police were delayed in taking them to the correctional center.  The judge was laughing at Caity since she had seen her two previous times for being with someone who committed a crime, and she said "You know, you need to find better friends." To which Caity said "Actually your Honor, I have fantastic friends, they're just really stupid." 

The girls got 5 hours of community service and the judge teased them about having to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the next townhall meeting.  I think they'd do it! 

Episode 4 of the Greatest American Dog (Ha!) is in my opinion the LAST episode of the show.  You can't expect the audience for next week's show to be kind to you CBS, not after literally throwing out the TALENT and the ONE team that carried the show! Bill and Star are great, but Ron had the remarks that people listened for. Like tonight when he asked Brandy how she even got through the doors of the show, it was priceless. Those remarks are not written for him,his down-to-earth surfer-boy talk is real - that is RON. That's what made the show watchable, and Tillman's good looks, come on!  You messed up CBS!  You messed up.

Caity just HAD to turn 18 on Friday, so I let her.  Then, because she had lost her precious Cookie puppy to the hands of an evil man who will not be named because I don't want to be a part of his demise should I report him publicly - I took the initative while she was gone for her birthday celebration to San Antonio to kiss the whales, to get her a new puppy. I named him Blitz, but she's going to call him Rupert. Here's the catch - I FELL IN LOVE.  I may not give her the dog afterall.  She wanted a dapple grey and black with tan female Dachshund, but I found Blitz today.  He's red dapple and long haired. I'll post pictures.  She may just have to share him, or I told her when his new baby siblings are born in 6 weeks (actually they're cousins) then I could wait another 6-8 weeks and get her one of those...I love this guy. I can't give him away!  He already knows the command for "sit". He's destined for the agility courses and I know he'll be the scene stealer for a few home videos.  Sorry Faith, you've got some real competition.  He may have all of his legs, but he's still pretty cute!  We have a FACEBOOK account too for Faith, and I'll add Blitz's pictures. Caity said she's going to call him Rupert - but that may only be for a while - afterall, I'm expecting her to move out and I won't let her take my dog! (I'm sort of feeling badly about it, but not that much) 

Hey - I just found www.bookfinder.com and on that site you can find my books (thrills me to think you can buy them cheaper).  The site actually tells you where to buy the books you're looking for at the best prices. That's a great gift!  Thanks Book Finder!!

TUESDAY MORNING: 6-10 a.m. EST   We were called Friday morning by a producer (Hi Darian) at CNN for the Robin Meade Morning Express show on Headline News. We're going to do a Salute to the Troops segment for Reuben. I'll go ahead and write out the salute for you here, just incase you miss it on the show, but I hope you watch her! She's on weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.   The Salute will air TUESDAY at either 6:12, 7:12, 8:12, or 9:12 a.m.

Here's what I'm going to record tomorrow:  "Hi Robin, this is Jude Stringfellow giving a Boomer Sooner Salute to the Troops and to my favorite solider, Private First Class Reuben Stringfellow.  Reuben is an Oklahoma born and bred soldier serving in the U.S. Army and is currently preparing to take his first tour of duty in Iraq where he'll be driving tanks like a mad man I'm sure.  We love you Baby Boy! We miss seeing your pretty face, and hope to have you back with us soon. You are always in our prayers Reu.  Godspeed to you and to every solider on the field".  I hope you are able to think about and pray for your favorite soldiers today - I hope mine feels my love!

Thanks Robin!! Thanks Darian!! Thanks CNN!!

Hey EVERYONE...and I mean that. Did you know that more than 1000 of you view this site every day, and it's been upward of over 3,000 for a while so THANKS to you for being so very patient. My fantastic Webmaster Matt Layne of Timeline is doing such a great job. I know there have been things to overlook and overcome, but he's the best at this sort of thing. I'm just a writer.  So, how are you guys?  I'm not traveling as much with Faith this summer, we had several gigs fall off due to the rising gas prices both for cars and planes. It makes me sad when we can't come out and see you guys - we have to cancel quite a few things if I'm footing the bill - you know "fame and fortune" are not always friends.  Faith is very popular, but me...well, I may have to start selling poetry on the street corners soon!  Maybe someone out there in Faith-Land will pick her up for a show or something and make ME happy as well.  Every now and then things happen that I have to report. I'm using my blogs more and more, two of them are linked on the left of this page, so you can keep up with me daily (almost daily) life.  Reuben is coming home.  WAIT, LET ME SHOUT THAT OUT REALLY LOUDLY - REUBEN IS COMING HOME!!!  He'll be coming to OKC on August 3, and will be staying a couple of weeks plus a few days. He's already got three parties to attend, football practices to help out at, OU scrimmages to attend, and you know the boy will find some time to hang out with his friends and sisters. I can't keep him in my arms the entire time.  He'll be leaving OKC and going to Iraq for a year - that's the hard facts, but we're not worried. God watchs my baby boy always. He is fully in control of every step and every adventure. 

Laura is in Stillwater (no, not going to OSU, but she will in the Spring)  She's singing and may move back in with me the second Caity moves out. I have a revolving door it seems. Caity is not working, but looking for work. She's writing, and thinking of owning a book/coffee store just as soon as I am lucky enough to win the lottery. She has always had plans for my money. Love that one.  Caity and Laura are both very excited about their brother coming home,and even more excited about possibly recording this next month. I know Laura is planning on putting up a few videos on YouTube as soon as she gets the songs down. At least two in English and one in Japanese.  Caity may join her or do something solo - we'll have to see.

Faith and I are on Facebook now too. I'll have Matt add a link. Faith doesn't have a personal page where she (me or the girls) talk to you, or add you as a friend, but there are some fans out there that made her several organized pages - wow...I joined one.  I'm using Facebook to keep up with other authors, writers, friends, and family - I like it better than MySpace. Listen, I have to run. The best I can do is blog - and you can write, and we'll write back. If you're really interested in bringing Faith out to your event, please call Mike Maguire. He's the money man. I just tend to give things away - I'm too nice at times, but then there are those OTHER times....hahahaa...Mike is at (571) 215-1147 Thanks again for being so very very patient with the new site. Don't you love the look?

We were filming with the Nichiki Group out of Japan for the very popular show DASH. It was a great opportunity for Laura to mingle with some really great people from Japan as she is planning on taking a trip soon to try and land a singing label in that country. Laura sings in Japanese and English. Someone very kind shot this footage and posted it. We thank you for mentioning the website and the books for sale on Amazon. Just Google my name - Jude Stringfellow. You can look at the video on YouTube by searching for "Faith the Dog" or "Faith the Dog in Laurel Canyon Park" Thanks so much!!

I have been getting really nice e-mails from all over the world about Faith and her love for others. Her strength, empowerment, all of it we credit to Jesus - but we realize that not everyone is of the same or similar belief. That is what is so great about her name being FAITH it is able to transcent every religious barrier. We love you each, and we love you all - thank you for your kind words.

You may be interested in reading the Opinion Blog today. I got a little hot when I was asked to show Faith off on a television show that had NO intention of mentioning her strengths. They just wanted a puppet to walk around their stage. That set me off. Go to the left side of this page and click on the link to the opinion blog to see what I'm fired up about.

We are at the PetCo booth (#35) in the Spokane Fairgrounds - look for the signs. We're doing shows at 12:30 and 3:30 I believe tomorrow, as we did today. We had a great crowd come out today, lots of dogs, lots of love. The weiner dogs raced today! I think it may be a Chihuahua racing day tomorrow. Don't quote me. I know this: There will be lots of things to see and lots of dogs to sniff around. The Spokane Humane Society is adopting several animals - except Simba, he's a cat that ran up a tree at the Air Force Base today during their pet show, and I'm not sure Simba is coming down! Good looking firefighters came out to help though - the rumors are true! A big SPECIAL Thanks to the Humane Society and all those responsible for picking me up (Vern) and driving me around. Thanks to Judy and Barbara at the Fairchild for helping me get to the base! Thanks for the Starbucks!! Love you guys, and I got another medal/coin today from Judy Loper - this time from the USAF Survivor School. She said Faith deserved it! Thank you. A big hello to "Barbara from Spokane" who simply loves Faith with all of her heart. Faith is wearing her little purple tag that Barbara brought for her today. (Thanks PetCo for all your help too: Lea, Judy, Jessica, and Emily!)

Faith and I are visiting the Army and the Air Force this weekend. We've been seen at Ft. Lewis, where Faith totally ignored her good friend Pat McGhee until he came to the PX and treated her with snacks - - then she became his best friend again. Guess who was at Ft. Lewis? That's RIGHT SSgt Laura Bigenho-Levering with her new husband SSgt Marcus Levering! We were sooo surprised to see them, they met and fell in love in Iraq. They were married in Feb. We have to give Bernie Stork of Scott AFB (St. Louis) a bad time because Bernie got a kiss from Faith, but Faith got a gold coin from Pat! Hahaha...we'll have to pick up another one when we're in St. Louis! We visited Fairchild with Judy Loper the Store Manager, and they have a new Commander! We met Col. Filion and SHE gave Faith another gold coin! YES! Faith has 5 now!!! Awesome! Faith perked up and barked at every single man not wearing a uniform at Fairchild -reminding them that REAL service men wear Green! (OK, or blue, or black, or white, or dusty brown) We'll go back tomorrow morning for a 9-11 pet show and then off to the Pet Fest Pet Show hosted by PetCo and the Spokane Humane Society! Can't wait to do that one. I'll blog all about and show off pictures if I can get the webmaster to fix the photo gallery! C'mon Matt, what do you think? (LOL)

I now have the address for OIC: If you want a book (without the ISBN registration, however all rights are reserved) I will then be sending you ELECTRONIC copies of one, two or three of the books I've written and have self published. Now, here's how it will work. If you send $10 you can pick either book about Faith. There are really two books, one is more about her, the other is more about our family situation before we got Faith and how she helped us become a family. If you want both - simply donate $20.00 to OIC. If you wanted all three books, which would include a poetry book that I wrote (including 5 poems from Reuben) which has NOTHING to do with Faith, it would be sent to you with a donation of $25.00 along with the other two books. The Address for OIC is: OIC, 911 Main Street, Suite 2110, Kansas City, MO. 64105 Be thinking about it. If you're interested send me your e-mail address by e-mailing me at: jude.stringfellow@gmail.com so I can start the list of 100. Operation Iraqi Children information can be found at www.operationiraqichildren.com

Hey, back in 2006 I asked everyone who clicked onto this site to write to Oprah to get Faith on the show. I'd love to ask for YOUR help getting her onto both America's Top Dog and Greatest American Dog. Both shows are with CBS-TV. Faith has been on CBS before with Animal Planet, so she has a few friends there. Can I get you guys to write to them and ask that she be put on these shows for the fall season? Go to www.cbs.com and go to the very very bottom of the page. There is a TINY little feedback button you can click on and then add your request. THANK YOU so much. I don't believe I'm the only one in the U.S. that thinks Faith is deserving of this...she's awesome! Love to you. You don't have to be from America to ask either - the shows will be airing in other countreis too. Thanks again.

We just did the Daryn Kagan show again! It was great. I was a bit nervous because Faith kept moving around, but I think it went well. Faith didn't want to come out from under the bed for the interview so I had to pull her out using a bribe of gummy bears. She just wasn't interested in the peanut butter today. She came out from under the bed and we talked for a while - as soon as I put her down she was back under the bed. I took video to send to Daryn, it was so cute. Anyway - I'm not sure when the show will air. I will post that when I do know. I was able to tell Daryn all about the products we're working on and the great companies we're working with. We get to add another one too. All-U, and you can find it at www.allu.com We're doing dog-sweaters and t-shirts for Sgt. Faith, and maybe a coffee mug to make you smile at the office! Again, part of the proceeds from anything we do with anyone will be donated in Faith's honor to a great charity such as the Disabled American Veterans and/or American Cancer Society. Remember to watch Daryn. I'll put her link up on this post.

Huge news. I just got back from Baltimore, MD where I attended the H.H. Backer Pet Trade Show. It was sooooo cool, better than I expected. Though there were glitches and dings in the attendance due to the Preakness and the Orioles being in town, we had a really good time. I met some of the most fantastic people that I hadn't met at the Chicago show in October; and I met people that I loved and left in Chicago last fall who were just as beautiful and happy as they were the last time I hugged their necks. Faith will be featured on a few new products for your pets, and the really cool thing is that a portion of the proceeds will be donated to a division of the Disabled American Veterans, as well as to a cancer research program - something like Breast Cancer Awareness, or perhaps (my idea) a way to start a foundation so that women who can't afford mammograms can get one at a reduced price. That's the hope anyway. I can't go into the products at this time, but two of the producers are: Annie's Pooch Pops (www.anniespoochpops.com) and Wacky Walk'r (www.wackywalkr.com). I won't hold back my excitement - I called my contact at the Army today to see if we can get these products in the PX/BX markets around the globe and my guy said "We'll talk about it - I don't know just yet, but we'll do what we can, it sounds really great." That's so cool. I'm stoked. (OK, saying I'm stoked puts me at about the age I am, but I'm old, so forgive me.) YEA!! When we know more I'll blog more. Love ya.

We just got back from the NYC area, we were actually doing a show/gig in NJ just over the bridge. It was sooooo cool too. It was for the Willowtree Counseling Center where we met up with Dan Davis (speaker), Karl Anthony (singer), Sandy Queen (ASL speaker and comedian) and the people who brought us out - Sue Nobleman and Charlie (B) Bernam (I'll check the spelling and see that I got his name correct). We met over a 100 great kids and got to sing, dance, talk, eat, and play a day - it was too much fun, so I'm going back in November for the 4 day conference! Look up Willowtree and learn something really good about life. Thursday we go to Baltimore for the H.H. Backer Spring 2008 Show and it is going to be a blast!! Can't wait to see the 4000 booths, the trade masters, the products, and all the new things coming out for the pets in our lives. Faith is a good will ambassador for the show! She'll be with me in the Special Events booth - please come by and see us if you can. May 28-June 1 we'll be in Spokane, WA for another great expo, and we should have fun. Write and let me know if we can come see you too.

Hey Guys, I'm not sure of all the technical jargin, but my site is under construction. Matt Layne from Timeline is the webmaster, and he's awesome. He's getting a bigger and better server and he's moving things around. I hope to have the site up and running well again soon. If you need photos or anything you'll have to e-mail me and I can send them to you! Thanks.

If you are a superintendent, principal, teacher, board member or parent at a school or if you run or operate a business (CFO, CEO, etc) in or near the Baltimore, MD area I have a proposal for you. It is ONLY good for the dates of May 13 and 14th. I will be in NJ May 11 and 12. I will be in Batimore for the H.H. Backer Pet Trade Expo May 15-18, but we have NOTHING planned for the 13th and/or the 14th. I have been promised a few hours at Walter Reed on the 14th, but can't seem to be able to get there. HOWEVER, if you have a show, visit, or performance that you would like to host - it could happen. We are fully willing and able to come to you and do an hour show and/or performance for a company or school, church, or media - if you have something else in mind let my agent know so we can see if that would benefit the two of us. It would be at NO CHARGE professionally, but I would have to ask that you bring me (and Faith) from the NJ area to Baltimore, and keep us in a nice hotel (like a Holiday Inn Express). So, the daily fee would be negated completely if you agreed to be the person(s) to bring us out from the NJ area to Baltimore. Otherwise I will be flying back to Oklahoma City and then back out a day or so later. It would make so much more sense to stay out on the East Coast. Let me know if you can help - Faith (I know, because she tells me these things) would prefer to stay out rather than flying back and forth. We may ask that we be allowed to sell photographs of Faith for donation purposes - this year the donations are going to Operation Iraqi Children. Thanks so much! Mike can be reached at (571) 215-1147

I was on the late night chat radio program today with host Keith Perron. It will air 4/23. He'll give me the call numbers for the radio program and I'll be sure to give a big shout out to you all in Hong Kong and neighboring Taiwan. I was telling Keith that Faith is at least 1/2 Chinese because her mother is a Chow-Chow. She was a big, black, hairy dog and looks nothing like Faith, but Faith does have a spotted purple and pink tongue! We really enjoyed the interview. Keith teased me off the air and asked if Faith could bark for the listeners. I could have pinched her I suppose, but we let her just listen to us talking as if we were having our morning coffee. Thanks Keith for your love of animals (and for rescuing Ginger). She is a very pretty girl indeed. Remember if you want to buy one of my books it is cheaper to go through the publisher. I still need a publisher in China to translate the books in to Chinese - so anyone who is interested can write to me. Also, if anyone is interested in submitting a movie proposal please do. We would love to have Faith in movies or commericals - it would do so much in terms of helping others understand that having a disability doesn't have to stop someone from achieving every set goal in life! Don't worry about looking perfect, just do the dance! I've added a link to my publisher if you're interested in ordering a book - and they are available on Amazon too. Titles: With a Little Faith (2nd Ed.) and Faith Alone: Stories of an Amazing Dog. Thanks.

We were interviewed this week by a newspaper in Chile, another in Argentina, and we will be interviewed tomorrow for a group in China. I'm doing a chat with them. I'll give you details as they come in. Another Chinese media group contacted me too. We'll be in a kids magazine soon. Faith is just very very popular overseas right now. I know it has to be that smile....and probably the fact that she walks upright, LOL.

This may is giong to be VERY busy for Faith and I. Looks like we'll be going to Miami to do a show with the great Latio network company Univision. We'll fly to Jersey to visit a community college, truck over to DC to see the soldiers at Walter Reed again, meet a thousand people at the memorials and monuments...then to Baltimore to do a really really big trade show for pet products. After the 18th we fly to Columbus to do a pick up show that we missed due to weather - another elementary school. Love that! Then on the 29th we're in Spokane! Wow...oh, I forgot Turkey. We'll be rescheduling for the Turkish trip around the 7th...Happy Birthday to Laura. Most kids don't get a Middle Eastern flight and TV show for their 19th. She went on tour last year when she turned 18 with Ozzfest. She's got spunk. When I have more photos I'll upload them.

Oh, St. Louis felt it! Gary Sinise and I were in the same place at the same time, and WHAM...earthquake! There were even a few aftershocks as well, trimmers as the ground moved beneath our feet Friday morning. Gary was in town to do a show at Ft. Leonard Wood just outside of St. Louis, and I was at Scott Air Force Base as well as other shows in the surrounding areas. I'm telling you - God Himself has spoken about the two of us ... Nostradamus must be laughing at this very minute. Sinise needs to take this warning to heart - he showed up at the Starbucks I was at and talked to Beverly the Barista I met on Wednesday just two days prior. He showed up at the USO after I did and hugged my lady Marlene! He can't be stalking me like this...word will get out and people will talk! LOL (Actually I think the earthquake had more to do with the underground coal mines and the New Maverick fault, something about it feels eerie and unpredictable. I do hope the people of Missouri aren't hoping to bank on this and begin selling ocean side property.) I do wish to give a big shout out to the USO at Lambert, to the men and women we teased, hugged, kissed, and photographed while Faith was in town. You guys rock. We loved the attention, Faith loved the nap with her good looking PFC. Even if it wasn't her Reuben, he was someones baby boy. Hooah! Gary, we'll always have St. Louis...let the thunder roll, the lightning strike! (Big Smile)

OHHHHH the joy, the sheer joy of seeing men (OK women too) in uniforms! Faith and I were asked to show up at the greatest places while we visited St. Louis and surrounding cities like Collinsville and Belleville. We went to our 415th Starbucks. We went to St.Johns UCC, we talked at two humane societies and schools, and nursing homes, day cares. We went to Scott Air Force Base and kissed on soldiers. That's the best part. We even got free lunch at the BX. Bernie Stork, the GM of the BX (or PX, I'm never sure) wants me to blog the fact that Faith kissed him immediately! Sorry Pat McGhee of Lewis. It happened. Linda (manager) also got a kiss, but the best moment was Elaine! We loved Elaine's hugs and kisses. She was so moved by Faith, and that's why Faith goes in the first place. To bring great smiles and love. For all the hard work the Air Force did to keep them out, we still saw 4 or 5 Army guys, and even 2 Marines walking around the AFB. You just can't keep good people out when they want in! Love you guys! Thanks so much for your service and your work. WE DO appreciate it. We're coming back.

We are in Belleville, Collinsville,and St.Louis for the next two days - Friday finds us in Dexter, MO. Basically we are here for a few school shows, humane society fund raisers, church meetings, autograph signings and just a lot of really good times with some of the Heartland's BEST. Thursday morning we will be on FOX Station KTVI-TV as well as local stations; both radio and tv. We were just interviewed for the St. Louis Post and will be interviewed tomorrow by a bunch of rowdy kids at the Belle Vally North Elementary and Belleville West High School. (What does a Maroon do exactly?) We're going to St.John's United Church of Christ so we can talk in Faith Hall with Faith.- Dexter on Friday - WOW...whirlwind tour of the GREATER city of St. Louis. Thanks to Mary Humphrey for ALL of her heart felt work and hard working networking self. We're able to see so many wonderful people due to her countless hours of setting up meetings and productions. She's a born marketer! Thanks to Paul at Kelly's Limos. He picks us up and takes us places - great service! I'll blog more when I come home - hindsight and all that. Thanks again for bringing us out.

My fourth book, this one a BLOG book, goes to the self publishing company Xlibris next week. I will have a completed author's copy soon,and can make adjustments accordingly. I'm sure I'll find some mistakes, but correcting the blogs along the way may have saved me a month or so of editing. I'll be reading it carefully for editing, but not really worried about perfect grammar. When we speak we don't always use precise grammar, and therefore when I write to the audience of the internet blogging world I'm not really hung up on it - only when I'm teaching. So, the fourth book comes out in October 2008 and is titled : Jude's Almost Daily Blog. It will be book 1 of about 4 or 5 probably. I'll produce them every 4 months or so, and by Christmas 2009 I should have 4 blog books out for the world to laugh at. I hope you laugh. My desire is to please each of you all at the same time - wow, what a goal! Thanks for the love. If you want to see the blog go to: www.zimbio.com/jude+stringfellow+comedy and yes, I've provided a lovely link at the bottom of this entry for you! I think I'll dedicate the book to Gary Sinise because he's just been such a good sport about all the silly fantasizing that I do. Such a nice man. *grins*

Hi Mike, Hi Jim, Thanks guys for having me on the show this morning - it was great. Probably one of the best interviews I've had in a very long time. You guys are definitely cool. I'll be sure to hang out with you if we do the RV thing with Steve Harris and Steve Puckett later in the year. Can't wait to bring the Boomer Sooner to the Lone Star State!

Can you help? My dog is gaining popularity and it's just a matter of time before we are offered a film, a feature or Hallmark type. We'll be discussing plans for screenplays and/or scripts soon, so we need a real publicist. Please give us any help or assistance you can. Please e-mail me if you can. Thanks.

Happiest regards and birthday wishes to my good friend Julian who has been living on this earth for 80 years. At 80 Moses led the Israelites through Egypt - so, I guess Julian has a couple of big sandals to fill! Happy Birthday friend....go out, have fun, drink a little wine for me - and I'll bake you a cake here, take a picture and send it to you! Celebrate LIFE.

Hi Guys! We were just on the Mancow Show, a very popular syndicated radio talk show that radiates out of our favorite town of Chicago. (Sometimes Chicago is tied with NYC, but you know). The talk show host said he didn't know if he should be laughing at Faith or not. Hey - she's a great dog with broad shoulders, you can laugh with her, you can even think she's funny looking - it is...but remember to smile OK. She's suppose to make you happy -- that's her job! Faith's story is so powerful we would love to see it adapted into a screenplay so if you know anyone please have them contact me. Thanks so much for calling us and having us on the show this morning.

Hey we just finished the Pet Expo at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids, and I have to tell you Dev W. puts on one HECK of a show! WZZM Channel 13, and CBS-TV-3 interviewed me. I am soooo sorry for not remembering all the people's names, but shout outs to: TJ & Dev, Kristen E., Angie (Sales) at WOOD Radio, Rick and SCOTTTTTTT of the Rick and Scott show, Carter Gent of Channel 3, Shasha at 13, and the girls at the cookie/biscuit booth who came over and saved Faith and I from the crazy woman! AND a great big thanks to DUKES for the burger. Thanks guys. Oh and Dev, really - don't worry about all the gun-fire, the near physical attack, and the fact that I walked out of a restaurant with Kristen and forgot to pay - - all will work out just fine! LOL I'll be shipping Caity to GR soon to live with Dev to become her new prodigy - kisses to everyone, and here's the BIGGEST shout out to WOOD Radio and B-93.7 All new country and great all-time hits...thanks for re-routing me to the Amway! That hotel ROCKS. Love to you guys, call me for next year. It's for sure I won't be booked for the Super Pet Expo - not doing that one again! EVER. Thanks.

Looks like we're going to be on the Early Show Friday. We may still be on Good Morning America. I will update you as soon as I know. I do have a special place in my heart for NYC so this is really cool. I hope to be on Glenn Beck, Letterman, and Regis & Kelly too if anyone out there knows a contact. Oh, and I really really really need a publisher for my new books as well as the books I've already written. No, seriously! I need a big fat publishing house that will do the children's books, the bio, and the movie would be really nice too. Thanks so much, and I'll see you on set!!

Looks like we're taking the show to the road again. This weekend we will be in Grand Rapids, MI to do a couple of livestock expos...should be a blast. I'm told that Faith will also be flown from Grand Rapids to NYC on Sunday night to do a few morning/evening shows on Monday. I'll post more details as they are made available. don't want to let the cat out just yet - Faith might end up chasing it. Thanks for the love in all of the national papers and international papers. I did an interview today with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, and looks like we're doing another with a paper in the Netherlands tomorrow and one from Sydney - cool stuff! Love to everyone who read the articles that began in the Washington Post on Sautrday, March 29.

Hey - big time shout out to Milt Wilcox and his Ultimate Air Dogs. Milt was certainly our hero, and to beat the band - we understand he had a great weekend at the expo showing off his three beautiful dogs as they jumped through the air making a big splash for all to see. If you get the chance to see Milt and his dogs soon please do so, he's the nicest man...and get this, he's from OKLAHOMA! I never knew that until this week. My aunt was his English teacher! Small world! Thanks again Milt, and we'll see you again.

We had the best of times in DC. Faith was a great success at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center - we have to shout out to all the soldiers we met and to all the BRAVE and BRILLIANT warriors we met who were going through PT and OT at the center! YOU GUYS ROCK! Because of privacy laws we can't and won't post photos that we took at the hospital, but let me tell you - the guys were amazing!! Faith loved them, they loved Faith, and we're going back when we can. Thanks Harvey and Reyes for the tour! Thanks Tanya for the set up, and let Rick S. know I gave you his e-mail address. We may go to NYC this week to do a few TV shows following our front page story in the Washington Post. I have to give a shout out to Ms. Carol Guzy our personal photographer, and to Mr. Michael Laris, the meanest-nicest reporter I've encountered! Thanks for the drill Mike, I learned something.

Hopefully everyone will get to see Faith in DC this weekend. We'll be there 3 days - we're doing a show or two, going to the memorials and the monuments and just hanging out at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with the WARRIORS!! Should you see us, shout out Boomer Sooner. I'm obligated by birth to talk to you if you do!

We are going to Washington DC to do a few things this week with Faith. I think Laura will be recording most of the week and will miss out on all the fun. Caity is staying home to work - hahaha, but I'm going to the bases, and I'm doing a bit of site seeing. Faith will be hugging and kissing on soldiers and we're hoping to finally get into Walter Reed and Bethesda. We've been running into some clearance issues in the past, or just timing issues. I want to go hug soldiers!! I think Faith was made for this. Besides promoting books and showing off Faith's strut - we're hoping to go to a couple of schools and hospitals in the area too...and, my manager promised me a baseball game. I'm more of a football fan, but I'll go and have the best of times. Besides, Faith gets to go out to the mound and say hello to the pitcher! Can't wait.

Baby Boy (Reuben) turns 22 on the 22nd...that's today. Exactly 22 years ago from this very moment I remember being awake and thinking that today would be a good day to have a baby because it was the 22nd, and I was born on the 22nd...although it was another month. My father was born on April 22, my best friend on June 22, and the 22nd is just an all around great day - it's the double of 2, and the number 2 represents building, but doubled for 22. THERE YOU GO...my little baby is all grown up. Standing at over 6'1" (I personally think he's 10 feet tall) he came into the world at 21 inches (almost 22) and weighing less than 7 pounds. Today he is around 185. I remember waking up to the sharp and terrorizing pain of labor at 6:36 a.m. and there he was just six hours later - all Reuben like...long and skinny, just as bald as he is today, and smiling...always smiling. On his 3rd birthday, just 19 years ago -- the boy asked me for a tank. He didn't want a Tonka truck. He didn't want the fire truck, he didn't want a pony - he wanted a tank. I bought it for him. Look where that led. Today he's driving Strykers (tank type vehicles) in the U.S. Army. What an incredible boy he was, and what an incredible man he is today. Proud you say? Oh, you don't know the start of it. Happy 22nd Reu. I love you more than you'll ever figure out. Forever, you are my heart!

Hello to my good friend! LOL I hope you won your own golf tournament today out there in Indian Wells, CA. I do believe you deserve the best in the world - therefore, you will have it. I tell people (and myself) you will get EXACTLY what you think you will. That statement seems to bother those who are pessimistic - you sir, are an optimist, an idealist, a bit of a dreamer, and certainly a creative soul. You will be blessed, and I do thank God for His presence in your smile. Happy Birthday Gary Alan. See you in May at Joe's. Until then - Godspeed and lots of hugs.

Yes, I called it a blunder. We all make them - none of us are lucky enough to always say the right thing. Some day we will all get caught rather on tape, on video, some one will hear us stating our heart-felt opinion and WHAM - some one else will strongly disagree with us. If that some one has ties to politics, media, entertainment - our sins (in this case opening our mouths and hurting people) will find us out. Kern's statements were hurtful - even if she strongly believes them. As a born again Christian I too feel that Christ called us to be whole and pure, and that the homosexual lifestyle is not acceptable to God...but hello...neither is any other sin that we ALL continue to do on a daily. I sin, I know I do every single day. I don't want to, but we do. I can't say what Kern said was even helpful to her point. It was just hurtful - - so before anyone thinks that all Oklahomans are rude and ugly or that we don't accept people for who they are; know this: God asked us NOT to judge, and to let HIM be the one to do so. We are called to love and to guide others to His mercy. I taught at the same high school as Kern in 2004. She was an incredible teacher, a deep deep well of information and knowledge. She was very active - some say too active, in the politics of the school. What I remember mainly is her stand against gay students forming an alliance or a club. That fact led me to stand up for these students even though I'm not gay personally. I just don't like seeing anyone get stomped on by someone with authority. Subsequently that led the vice principal of the school to think I was gay - she asked me out, I turned her down (but I was nice about it) and I was released of my duties. Of course I was released for something else officially - but I remember Kern saying to me "Good for you, you held your ground" or something like that...there was no stand to make. I wasn't gay. I just sort of rubbed me the wrong way I guess. I don't want to see her bumped from the House. She's a good person - - maybe a trip to anger management or a course of tolerance would be good. I can't believe she made the statement about Islam either...that's not the Kern I remember. We all change.

We were unable to board the plane this morning due to circumstances beyond our control. We're hoping to reschedule the shoot with the Turkish TV crew for sometime either in April or later in the summer, perhaps in June. Laura will probably end up going as I have so many things happening with my books after March 28. So...exciting, but sad, and hopeful at the same time. Thanks to Mike Maguire, my agent for his dedicated service and work in this matter. Love ya.

My books are being picked up by various publishers around the world and this is a very exciting time to say the least. I know I would like the opportunity to re-write "With A Little Faith", and I feel that I will be able to do that. I would like to take out some of the more overtly religious statements and make them more spiritual, more feeling than statements of specific faith. I was quite emotional when I first wrote the book. "Faith Alone" is being translated first into Japanese - then I'll be talking with publishers for the French, German, Spanish, Russian, and believe it or not, the Swedish language. I can't wait, this is really very cool....maybe, just MAYBE Harper Collins, Putnam, Penguin, or someone in America will take notice and publish my books in the mainstream. What do you think? YES? OK...I'm up for that. Just call me. No, seriously, do call! LOL

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What do you get a dog that has everything? I'll try to keep it simple. She loves peanut butter, she loves gummi bears, but since we'll be in Penn. this week I'm going to see if she would like to chase a few squirrels and attend a wedding of a friend. Should be fun.

We will be going to Istanbul, Turkey sometime in the Spring, probably in April. My manager has to get his passport and Faith has to get a couple of shots and a little x-ray to be sure she's OK....this is going to be so exciting. We're looking for a base we can hang out in too while we're there. Since we'll be leaving through Dallas we can stop by the USO there, and in Heathrow I'm told there is another....should be a camoflaged trip to say the least! Yes!

Hey, Faith and Laura were just on the famed Opie and Anthony show this morning talking about having a great time in NYC. I hope they get a lot of the listeners to view the site and have a good time reading and looking at the pictures. Faith has been featured on a number of radio websites. Just Google the girl.

We have been trying to reach the people behind the Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour to see if the segment about Faith has been taken out, but no one has answered our calls. Sabastian Maniscalco, a low-brow comedian at best, was filmed making fun of Faith and in our opinion being so rude as to be disrespectful to every injured military personnel ever to serve our country. Faith is a Sgt in the Army, she deserves to be respected. Her work with the military does not extend this man an invitation to berate her, make faces about her manner of walking, nor does he have any right whatsoever to hide behind the First Amendment (doesn't cover what he did in our opinion) and we will go after them if they left it in the film. We will. So, keep an eye out for more information - I can't be in NYC this Friday to talk, but Faith will be there. Laura may not be as nice as I am about it either. She's a kid...but she's smart enough to know to say "Call our attorney". Lots of love, and thanks for your support for Faith in this one. I hope they just got smart and took it out.

Our schedule is really filling up for the winter. Hope NO ONE gets disappointed with what the ground hog said...a few more weeks won't hurt us. We're going to NY, PA, MI, IL, and TX within the next two weeks. Looks like MO, KS, OK, TX, IL, and maybe even Turkey the following two. Gotta love American Airlines! Thanks for all the help.

Hey, Faith is on the front cover of Animal Wellness Magazine this issue. You can pick up your copy at PetCo and/or PetSmart I think, and/or order it online from www.animalwellnessmagazine.com She is just so pretty! We had asked a great photographer from Oklahoma City to take pictures but it looks like they went with a few on my site. Thanks to Randy Poff anyway, because he came out and shot 50-60 shots for me! We're sooooo happy to be in the magazine, and on the cover to boot! Thank you. We're looking forward to the responses we get from the coverage. You guys rock! The link to the article itself is: http://www.animalwellnessmagazine.com/art/aV101_54.htm

We're flying to Los Angeles - hopefully we'll have time to talk t the great friends who write to us and say they'll be smiling when they see us. We're hoping to grab a local TV and/or radio spot to make sure the city knows we're in town. We're going to be shooting a TV special for Nichiki TV in Japan. It will be aired in Japan as well, but feel free to write to the producers and ask for a DVD if they sell them. I have no idea. www.nichiki.com.jp is their address I believe. Laura is excited, she'll be singing for one of the producers there - in Japanese. My daughter sings both in English and Japanese, and will be showering the great producers with love and smiles as well as good music. She fell in love with them when they came to visit us in December. Looking forward to a great shoot, and more fun to come in the winter with expos and shows all around the world.

Tonight marks the 1st year of the passing of a very good friend, and I told him just an hour before he died that I believed he was doing this on purpose so we'd all celebrate his life every single year! I was correct. He laughed and said "You bet your @ss" I am. He was that way....so to Will Orr - SALUTE! Also, this evening I will be without Faith as she has been invited by a couple of puppies she knows to do a few dog-fun things at a private dog party. She'll be drinking water, I was sure of that, but she's getting a few homemade goodies and playing with some really cute mutts. I will be dancing it at the casino/dinner party that will be too much fun, so all day I've been exercising to burn more than 1000 calories so I can have a little fun myself. I simply can't let this 30 pounds in 90 days take a break. Some of the more (well, one of the more) beautiful people of the world will be singing and dancing, playing the bass in Bakersfield, CA - - another SALUTE to you dear Sir, and know that you are loved and prayed for. Godspeed to you, we'll talk later to compare notes. Enjoy the world tonight friends, and kiss the one you love!

I just met a wonderful woman on MySpace named Glenda. She lives in Chicago, and we're becoming fast and close friends from all of the experiences the two of us share. It's amazing how many things two separate women from two separate cities can share! I love her already. She's finding me more work with Faith in my FAVORITE new city. I love NYC, but I have to say, Chicago is edging in, it may become #1 soon. I simply love the place - and now Glenda is there too! Thanks girl. I love you bunches. I also met Wally Cox from my own state. He's a writer, a songwriter, a poet, and he's helping Laura with her career. I'm telling you, MySpace has some really cool people on it. I would encourage every one of you to check it out. Go look at my friends too, they're gorgeous.

Tomorrow will be Faith's 5th birthday. We had hoped to celebrate it at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but things didn't work out for us because of weather when we were going to be returning from Spain - not to mention we couldn't logistically get Faith to Spain in the manner in which she flies. We will not put her in Cargo ever again. So, tomorrow!! We'll be having cake and ice cream, celebrating with friends and family - and then tomorrow evening we'll watch Animal Planet and see our little girl in action. Just five years ago this little girl was born, and she has been making a barking statement ever since. Thanks for all the happy birthday cards and presents. We always welcome gifts, but to be honest, we have to donate so many of them to dogs who don't have good homes and families. I hope you don't mind. All of your cards and letters are kept forever and ever in her file cabinet, which is becoming very full after five years of love from the world communities. Thanks again, and may your Christmas season be blessed!!

Please be sure and catch Faith on the Best of 2007 show for Animal Planet. Check your local listing for the time. I'm told it will be 9:00 p.m. EST, but there are other dates and times it will be airing too, just keep checking. We filmed Faith outside the apartment complex, and it was fun. We love the people of CBS-TV, so here's a shout out to Scott Day (Producer) and all the wonderful people at the NYC office! We love you!!! Thanks again. Hopefully we'll see the show over and over again.

We got back from Vegas on Monday, and the fun hasn't stopped. On Tuesday we met with a great group from Japan to do an animal show there. Wednesday we found out that Animal Planet (Best of 2007) shows this Saturday, December 22, and it will be at 9:00 EST - set your TiVo. It should be fun. We had a great time filming that segment. Vegas was everything we expected and more. I have loaded photos from the one day event, but sadly the ones of me with the Spanish team are blurry - I will try to download stills from their DVD when they send it.We filmed at Casesars and around the strip itself. We saw the Bellagio fountain show and filmed there as well. It was fun. When I get the correct name of the show, and the name of the host (I want to spell it correctly) I will upload that information too. You may be able to see the show if you're near the country of Spain! I believe it aired today, December 20, but it may be shown in re-runs too. Fun stuff!

Wow, what a day! In just a little day we found out that we can't go to Spain because of traveling problems with Faith flying in the cabin as she enters and exits Spain. We have had weather issues so she can't be in the cargo because they won't load her if it's colder than 40 and it will be less than 40 in Oklahoma - so, we're doing something better. We're going to Vegas! The only problem now is that we have to reschedule Walter Reed and possibly Bethesda Hospitals for the spring, we're shooting for March. I hope so, I hope so, I hope so. I can't wait to hug soldiers!! But, I think there will be a few of the on the Strip, so we'll be OK. Faith is going to have such a great time. We're staying at a 5-Star Dog Friendly Four Seasons on the Strip, so if you see us filming a beautiful television spot for Gest Music of Spain, come by and say hello! Welcome our new friends from overseas. My good friend Niki is coming too, she's been such an awesome friend, I really hope the trip can be a great and relaxing time for her! Thanks for your support and prayers during the ice storm here in Oklahoma, it was brutal!

Hey, Faith and I are going to Spain and while we're away our good (new) friend Ron Lira is going to be working on our two guitars. We named them Stella and Janet, and they'll become fast acquaintances soon. Ron's good work does not come without the love of a dog - Dobro works with him. You can see them at Ron's website which is listed below. Get a guitar, sing, play, have fun! Thanks Ron.

We are going to leave for Spain probably on the 18-19 of this month, and we'll be doing a couple of news-type shows there, and determining if the coffee in Spain is as good as the coffee in Edmond! We'll also be stopping by Walter Reed and Betheda hospitals on the way back, probably around the 21-22 or so, and I could not be more excited...Faith of course, will fly up front. She's not nearly as excited about the trip as I am, but she doesn't realize how important it is to the beautiful people of Spain to see her smiling face, her wagging tail, and her strengths of overcoming everything in her way. Thanks for the prayers and good thoughts. I will keep you updated. (Matrix will be home with Laura - Caity's excited, she'll be alone for 4 days..scary)

I can't tell you when and I can't tell you where, but for the next few weeks my son is on 2 hour's notice. That means he is packed, his unit is packed, his vehicles are ready to be loaded, and they are on their way to defend you and me. Recalling the words of my son last night he said "Mom, I wanted to call you and tell you that I love you. I don't know if my cell reachs as far as I'm going, and even if it does, I just don't tell you enough. I love you." Those are the words of a man who has been told that he'll be leaving and that he needs to call his family to say so. I know you'll all be in prayer for all of our Armed Forces now, and throughout the holiday, but not just thinking of them now and then. NEVER forget to remember them. Always remember to love them. Hooah Soldier! I love you too Baby Boy!

Jim wrote this poem for Linda who he loves. Linda's website is dedicated to others like herself who have been brain injured. Linda's new book is out, and I encourage you to buy a copy. Her unique humor and perspective will warm your soul. Thanks for sharing your love with us guys! I wish that I could change the viewer on this site so you could see the poem the way it should be seen. I have added it to my ZIMBIO blog so you can see it there. --------------------------------- So many times while deep in thought "I wish that I had more." Things that other people had or things I'd seen in stores. If only I had fame and fortune, all eyes would be on me, and they wouldn't notice the limp I had, or my insecurity. Then one day I saw a dog sitting up as though to beg With a closer look I noticed she only had hind legs. A happier dog I've never seen, as she hopped and jumped around: yet each time someone petted her, it pushed her to the ground. So happy, and excited, and oblivious to her plight; It taught me it's how you feel and think that makes everything alright My eyes are now wide open, like the eagle when it soars but now I see what he can not see, that "Sometimes less is more." ----------------- Poem by Jim Deel Copyright 2007. Linda Lattin. All rights reserved http://helpbraininjured.com

Faith will appear in these magazines at the end of the year. We were interviewed this week for them. I don' t know their URL addresses, but will add them when I do. I met the people at Total Pet at the H.H. Backer Pet Show, they were so kind to ask us to do an interview - their magazine is new I believe, and to be a part of it is very exciting. Faith should have a very long and information section in the middle. I hope it turns out to be as gorgeous as the samples I saw at the show! These trade shows are amazing places to meet great animal lovers! Thanks to everyone who has assisted us in getting Faith's story and message to as many as we can.

Faith has her FIRST EVER cover! She's appearing on the COVER of the Feb/Mar issue of Animal Wellness, and we couldn't be more proud. She'll be featured in a "Holiday" or "Outside" theme, we don't know which, we took several pictures for it. She's promoting her sporty than sporty Dubin Dog collar and her super cool Invisible Health blanket - which by the way is so freakin' cool - get you one. Faith's story will be a bit of the same: the beginning of how we found her, welcomed her, trained her, etc., but there is more. The writer asked me several questions regarding our charities, our passions, what we have planned in the future! I love that. It gives me a forum to tell the world that Faith is moving on, forward, and yes, we're available - I want her image, her personality, her courage, and her story to perpetuate into the future. Her legacy, if you will, can be her continued (and genuine) love for life. It's all about that! It really is. She can't be stopped. She loves to travel, to meet people, to see things, to fly, and she loves to be in the spot light! What a DIVA. Love my dog.

I have been so busy with the boy, and with family matters - trying to get to Walter Reed, that I forgot to blog and tell you that Reuben came home! He surprised me at church Sunday, and we've been surprising friends and family ever since. He only has a couple of weeks to stay. He'll go back to Alaska December 1. We will have to try to go to WRAMC sometime in Decmeber, but I'm also going to Spain with Faith too. Her first overseas trip! She'll be so wonderful. Thanks to all who wrote to Glenn Beck, keep the cards and e-mails going. Maybe we can do this for Christmas. We really really want to go!

Help me get to Walter Reed. Please write to Glenn Beck and see if he can help us. His e-mail address is: me@glennbeck.com When you write to Glenn you'll receive an e-mail from a spamarrest company making sure you are indeed a person, not a spammer. Please return the link and do the verification. Please ask Glenn to help us. He's a great man - Faith is a great dog who needs to be at the hospital to see the soldiers when they return from battle. This is what she was made for! Please, I know it's asking a bit, but please - We happily fly American, and they'll probably fly us for free to Walter Reed's Washington DC area if they are asked enough. Faith has a mission, let's get her there! Thanks....thanks so much.

The movie Reuben was an extra in (circa 2005) has been renamed. It was featured at the Canadian Film Festival I think, or the Montreal Film Festival. It was called Wisteria, but is now being called The Grey Man. The GREY Man is right. This man is strange beyond belief...not Reuben, Albert Fish, the man this movie is about. ODD doesn't say enough. Google the man.....freak out for yourselves. Reuben played the part of the "Handsome Young Cop" and I hope he gets billed as such. What am I saying, I hope he gets billed! He opens doors, chases bad guys, searchs the premises, and he carries a chest across a barn or something. Nothing too hard - just fun for the boy, but he is the best looking cop in the show. You know that. Of course, he was only a baby, 19 when he filmed it. Now he's all grown up, in the Army - stronger, leaner, not with the good looking baby-face, but the handsome rugged look. They'll have to have him do it again, for a sequel - The Not So Grey Man. I wonder when the movie will be released.

Hi eveyrone. I know it's been a long time in coming, but we have a brilliant, wonderful, beautiful, talented, and oh-so-very dogmatic attorney to handle the comedian situation. In fact, she's already been working hard, and may have a resolution. Debra Opri is my new attorney, and she's soooo awesome. We're hoping for a fast and painless end to the situation - - but the writer's strike is putting us on hold for now. We can wait! Debra is the best of the best you know. We'll be JUST fine with her in our corner.

Hi Everyone! Faith and I are now the exclusive pet endorsers for a wonderful company called Invisible Health, Inc. We hope our involvement with them will cause the sales to BUST loose with all sorts of attention because the product is so amazing. You know me, I don't support everything that comes down the pike. When I signed up with Dublin Dog collars it was because Dublin Dog had a great line of products that were unique, clean, safe, and perfect for Faith. Same thing goes with Invisible Health, Inc. You can check them out at www.invisiblehealth.net and I'll put that link at the bottom of this news piece so you can find it. I met Dave Petersen of Invisible Health Inc. at the H.H. Backer Pet Trade Show this month and he was not only impressed with Faith, her abilities to walk, entertain, inspire, and be happy as she can be - he made us a great offer to join his company in a way that I was surprised and thankful for. He wants us to be part owners! That means I can do whatever I want to with my shares, and you know me - I'll probably end up giving some away to kids, some to animals, some more to OIC, and well - I think I'll live off of some of it too, because I want to learn more about being a real business owner, and that includes being responsible. It will also give me an opportunity to sit at home and write out a movie that tells how Faith has encouraged so many to do so many things. This is a great dream I have, and Invisible Health is making that dream come true. The blanket I am promoting specifically can be seen at the site. Faith loves hers of course, but you can't just take our word (woofs) for it. It works. It makes her feeeeeeel good, it helps her health and her well being - we have ours under the bed, one in the car, and we take one with us when we fly - always! If you get the chance, take a look - it's a new idea, but you'll thank yourself for being so thoughtful when you get one for your dog. I'll even throw in this bit: It has the NASA seal of approval! Gotta love that!

The tapping, the praying, and the believing in all possibilities is working! I began praying that EVERY DAY someone would call my manager Mike Maguire and offer him work for us. It's been happening. EVERY DAY without fail, even on Sunday of last week. This has been a miracle, and it's been welcomed from the fiasco of earlier this year. Perhaps 2008 will be a banner year with movies, commercials, speaking engagements, and my personal favorite: Visiting the kids and the soldiers - don't ask me to pick which of those two is my FAVORITE of favorites. I love the kids, but I love the troops too. Most of them are just like older kids to me anyway. So, if you're not into the tapping yet, get there! It has been a source of great comfort for us. I'd love to teach you how to do that! Faith just goes along for the ride - which as you know, is NOW always up front in the cabin with American Airlines. If we fly another carrier that may change, but we'll try to fly American EVERY TIME - they're such great people to us. (Hi Tracy! Hi Lou! Hi Roger! Dallas, O'Hare, and of course, OKC's WRWA)

Cant' tell you when, can't tell you where - but it may happen soon. He is on a 24-48 hour notice. I suppose I will get the call when it happens. He'll be smiling of course, I'm going to be on my knees praying, but I believe he will be the best of the best of the best out there. He did qualify last week to be trained as an Army Ranger - near future event. So, the boy is upward and mobile bound. Just keep him in your thoughts and prayers. We thought he was going to be utilized for the fires in So. Cal, but it didn't work out that way - he's still freezing in the new snow up in Alaska for a little while. I'm hoping he'll be home for the holidays, but I will be happy to hug and squeeze him just any day he returns. Good hopes and love to my son PFC Reuben (Ruby) Stringfellow, Ranger to be.....Hooah!

Yes, it will be happening. Finally. I have to say finally because we've been hoping and praying and now it's coming to fruition. I called my fantastic manager today (Mike Maguire of Maguire Management) and he answered the phone "We've got a movie deal!" He won't share many details, he's prudent that way, but he's going to L.A. to discuss all the nuances, and it should be fun. I hope she's the best pet in the movie, and I hope she's the prettiest star on the red carpet when that time comes. I'm su