A Walk on the Wild Side

6:30 a.m. Early bird gets the worm.

6:45 a.m. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

7 a.m. Busy as a beaver.

8 a.m. Work like a dog (on the cash cow).

10:30 a.m. Smell a rat.

4 p.m. Get someone’s goat.

5 p.m. Keep the wolves at bay.

5:15 p.m. Walk like a duck.

6 p.m. Take a catnap.

7 p.m. Wolf down dinner.

8 p.m. Chomp at the bit.

8:01 p.m. Lead a horse to water.

8:30 p.m. Drink like a fish: hair of the dog.

10 p.m. Monkey around, go ape.

11 p.m. Have a whale of a time.

1 a.m. Go hog wild, like a bat out of hell.

1:15 a.m. Let the cat out of the bag.

1:30 a.m. Stubborn as a mule.

1:45 a.m. Hoof it home.

2 a.m. Look like something the cat dragged in.

2:01 a.m. Pee like a racehorse.

2:05 a.m. Play cat and mouse.

2:06 a.m. The straw that broke the camel’s back.

2:10 a.m. In the doghouse.

2:15 a.m. Let sleeping dogs lie.

2:20 a.m. Gentle as a lamb.

I love animals...almost as much as I love eating them. And after a month of hearing about them (while I was editing this dining issue of PacificSD), my wife is beyond tired of all the puns.

Oh, Deer. Don’t be such a Chicken. It’s just your animal husbandry talking.

Eat well, San Diego!