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They seem to surround us in our quiet Tacoma neighborhood. They ring like circus clown names and bounce off the tongue with a gleeful ease. I recently found a distinct pattern with some of neighborhood pet names and pretty much think they're somehow going to band together a take over the planet. Four words: Bobo, Coco, Mojo, Lulu. A dog a few houses down is Mojo, right next door is Bobo, on the other side is kitty Coco, and we've got Lulu. Sends chills, doesn't it?

Makes me think either he's not involved in the conspiracy or that our other kitty Colby needs to be renamed Dodo. Which would actually fit the big goof pretty well. Anyway, maybe, for a little originality, we should start branding our pets with monikers like those of race horses or boats. Colby could be Storm Cloud or Rough Seas and Lulu could be Casual Flirtation or Lady Wags-a-Lot. Nah.

Living in the urban setting of Tacoma grants many residents access to an alley behind their house. Often, however, these passages can resemble a region shelled by bombs in wartime. The alley behind our house is fortunately paved but becomes gravel/dirt a house down from ours. I often use the alley to skirt straight over to 30th to head straight downtown to work but it can be a bumpy ride!

Potholes can be rough on the ol' suspension and, although they actually may slow vehicles down like little inverted speed bumps, they look like hell. The trend in our alley seems to be to fill these holes with leftover dirt from backyard projects. It works impressively well since about 4 of 10 or so of the potholes have been filled and already make for a smoother ride. I've got a small pile of dirt just sitting around and might use it on a couple potholes further down the alley.

Has anyone else taken to using this method? Seems like a great way to give a little love to our oft-neglected back alleys.

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