"Time passed and the dog said many things."

Life is messy business, and that's just fine with humor columnist Joanne Brokaw. For almost a decade, she's been musing on life's ups, downs and inbetweens, taking readers on a journey filled with laughter, dog hair and even a few tears. From her heartwrenching chance encounter with a soldier in an airport to her confession as an office supply addict, from parenting advice to holiday observations penned by Bandit, her blogging Border Collie, Brokaw invites readers to join her again in the mundane (but often hilarious)...