This in No Way Reflects My Personal Situation

Facebook Life Meets Real Life

This may look like a bunch of cute puppy patooties, but in actuality, it's a significant moment in my Social Networking life.

This was a meet-up of people with dogs, who, with one exception, had only previously met on Facebook.

In fact, three of these pooches have their own Facebook pages, and have been communicating with the human owners through their dogs' voices.

Sounds a little unusual, but it was a lot of fun.

One of the actual humans on Facebook initiated a meeting because he would be in Seattle for his daughter's college graduation. He said he had a few free hours and proposed the get-together.

I suggested the Magnuson Park Off-Leash Area--best dog park in Seattle in my opinion.

Since it was all about the dogs, that's where our attention was focused.

I brought Dudley and Motley, Larry brought his wife Michelle, his daughter and a friend of hers, and his puppies, Seamus and Reggie (who was a little too attracted to me), Martha brought her fiance Adam and puppies Frannie and the famous Buddy-Oskar,

And internationally-renowned Samoyed pooch Jamie brought his dad Doug. Jamie's sister-dog Alice had to stay home because of a recent medical procedure.

There was a lot of smiling and all the dogs got along famously.

Dudley, Jamie and Motley had a swell time at the beach:

And we all got to know a little more about each other as human beings, human pet owners, and real-life dogs.

Before Facebook, I never would have believed this sort of thing was possible. But because my little white dog seems to express a side of humanity that I don't, we've welcomed new friends into our lives.

Pretty cool, I'd say.