oh look, is that related to your mom?

This morning's am New York featured a picture of the "World's Ugliest Dog" and his owner. It really looked like the woman was holding up a (quite) dead dog, like one that had been smoked ... into jerky.

I googled this whole business and discovered that Sam the dog has a
website, and the website is selling t-shirts.

The LA Times turned the story sort of bestial:

Susie Lockheed, 53, enjoys massaging Sam's fleshy, thin, potato-chip ears and ... kissing Sam's hairless frame, littered with blackheads, brown warts and moles. Even his hindquarters have a large hernia lump....

"I've never had a dog this much in love with me," Lockheed said.

I had just written "This is a woman who looks great but will never have a date again" when I read down to the bit about her fiance. They met on Match.com when she posted a profile photo of herself and the dog and he replied "What is that?"

The article also contains the priceless comment "Lockheed brags that Sam has received far more fame than she ever had while starring in community musicals."

Maybe if they'd been the world's UGLIEST community musicals.