It means "potato pancake," if you're confused

It occurs to me that this is the first- and probably last-ever Hanukah Not-So-Daily Dog entry. For that reason, the dominant color of this page is that of a well-cooked latke. I would ask you just to go ahead and swallow that story in the spirit of the holiday, but the spirit of the holiday would actually require you to foment a violent rebellion while getting weirdly sentimental over a particularly fuel-efficient lamp. So forget the spirit of the holiday, but happy Hanukah, regardless!

This panel took me forever, probably because I’ve been busy juggling six other projects, including the new pieces for the gallery show, which, yes, I promise to post on my site as soon as I get the chance, but who has the time to do that when I can’t even, as you may have noticed, figure out how to end this God-forsaken sentence.

Having now extricated myself from that final clause, let me gratefully acknowledge this week’s dog, based on a photo sent in by the lovely Scarlett Rigby. By the way, while all of the dog’s I’ve received photos for are unquestionably the greatest, truest, most loyal dogs in all of canine history, Scarlett’s photos were really exceptional pieces of photography, and I hope that I’ve done them justice.

That’s it for now. Happy Hanukah again, and also Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, Joyous Kwanzaa, etc.! More soon, promise. In the meantime, keep sending in dog photos (thanks to all of those I got this week!!), write me emails, make some comments on the blog, read the story so far or check out seltzerstudio.com. By the way, to see the Studio's portfolio in the same great format as Part-Time Dog, just click here.