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Ayatollah Mugsy

The pug. The myth. The legend.

About Me

I am Mugsy, supreme ayatollah of Pug Life Ministries. I bark the word of Allah. Visit my blog at ayatollahmugsy.blogspot.com to learn more.

My Interests

Religion, rawhide, 'rhythmetic, Islam, chew sticks, God, chew toys, pugs, dogs, canine suffrage, mystical healing, sufism, feng shui, classic muscle cars, long walks on the beach or elsewhere, traveling, music, Mideast peace, spiritual enlightenment, theology, education, reading, blogging, Oklahoma Sooners, eating, visiting the dog park, finding new ladies for my harem

I'd like to meet:

New followers

Music:

Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, the Beatles, Nirvana, A Perfect Circle, Led Zeppelin, Green Day, Eagles of Death Metal, Failure, the Pixies, Audioslave, the Strokes, Spoon, White Stripes, Soundgarden, N.W.A. (I'm a former member), Foo Fighters, the Melvins, Arctic Monkeys, Desert Sessions, Everclear, Interpol, the Hold Steady, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Puscifur, Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Dinosaur Jr., Simon and Garfunkel, the Mars Volta, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Lanegan, the Who, and, of course, Temple of the Dog

Movies:

The Adventures of Milo and Otis, Reservoir Dogs

Books:

My favorite book is the Quran. My favorite book to burn is The Satanic Verses.

My Blog

Mugsy praises court ruling

Let it be known that I commend the enlightened nation of Norway for its Supreme Court's stance on canine civil rights. In a landmark ruling handed down yesterday, the court said that police dogs are p...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:41:00 PST

Farewell, Esther

It was a bittersweet day at the ayatollah compound. Esther, our polygamist-sect foster child, was reunited with her parents last night. While we were happy to see the smile on her face, we were also s...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:28:00 PST

What is Wendell up to?

I am worried about Wendell. He has been hoarding chew toys, piling them up on the bed. He must have gathered a half-dozen of them. He seems to harbor some kind of apocalyptic vision, brought on by $4-...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:48:00 PST

Endorsement for sale

I was recently watching Hardball, as we pugs sometimes do, when an epiphany struck. I had an idea to raise the profile of Pug Life Ministries -- as well as myself, its humble leader -- to new heights....
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:26:00 PST

Sect’s big day in court

Today, my flock, a momentous ruling was handed down. An appeals court found that the state of Texas greatly overstepped its bounds when it seized more than 400 children from a polygamist sect ranch in...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Fri, 23 May 2008 11:11:00 PST

Raising the roof

I awoke early Monday morning to a thud on the roof. Then another. Wendell and I did what any self-respecting canines would do: We barked. And we surveyed the house. From room to room we ran, and in ea...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:22:00 PST

Wendell on the warpath

This is Wendell. Big Brother Mugsy has been busy working on a top-secret project, so he asked me to fill you in on my training efforts. In addition to my studies, I've been working out with the Armed ...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:15:00 PST

Holy ground

I have been most impressed in recent days by this massive sinkhole in southeastern Texas. Its appetite appears to be nearly as voracious as my own. ...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:45:00 PST

Mazel tov, Israel

  Today, Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary. So Pug Life Ministries has dispatched an envoy (pictured above) from its Jewish wing to help the Israelis mark the occasion. The world's largest i...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

Tell me a dog couldn’t lead this country

A proposal recently landed on my desk. It was a business opportunity, a chance for the ministry to invest in a daring new real estate development. The pitch, from the U.S. Defense Department, went som...
Posted by Ayatollah Mugsy on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:54:00 PST