…while you’re eating lunch, as a coworker’s dog runs behind your desk and begins kissing your face:

“oh! Don’t let her kiss you, she’s been eating her own poop.”

!!!

Man, was that ever disgusting.

Longtime readers know I’m a die hard Giants fan. I figured they would be lucky to win 8 games this season, so I’m in complete but very pleasant shock that they’re headed to the Superbowl. The last two weeks have featured two of my all-time favorite Giants games, rivaling only their Superbowl wins and their ’90 NFC championship upset of San Francisco. Both games have been down to the wire knuckle biting finishes, with me pacing back and forth in front of my TV, cursing the miscues (god help tynes if he had not redeemed himself in overtime after missing that field goal at the end of regulation). I also find it especially poetic that the game was basically decided by a Farve interception. I love Farve…just not when he’s facing the Giants.

Anyway, hats off to the Giants for a fantastic season. I don’t think they have a shot at beating New England, but I do hope they play a competitive game. Besides, I didn’t think they could beat the Cowboys or Green Bay either, and I was even worried about the Tampa Bay game, so…who knows 😉

Check out Soolin’s new best bud Nori:

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Nori is Susan’s black lab mix. She’s roughly the same age as Soolin, and as you can see they’re getting along fine.

My sister has been blogging since she moved to Australia. She’s also posting a ton of pictures, and this one:

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serves as indisputable proof – I have the cutest niece ever.

😉

(My sister’s blog is linked to at the right, and is at www.aussieizzy.com. Personally, I think she should have gone for awesomeizzy.com).

It was an absolutely beautiful winter day today, with temperatures in the mid 40’s and a bright, sunny sky. Susan and I took the dogs hiking near Miller’s Falls, MA. We originally intended to hike in the trail system on Northfield mountain, but for some reason the trails were closed so we headed down the road to Wendell Mountain State forest and hiked a mile or so around a lake there. A lot of folks have been asking me to post a picture of Susan, so this gives me the perfect excuse to do so, using a photo I shot this morning:

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Ok, she’s so cute I can’t resist posting another photo:

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Check out this excellent photo:

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So I caught a cold when I was down on long island, which went into full knock me on my ass mode 2 days ago. It’s snowed twice since then, each time about 6 inches. The first one I wasn’t yet fully sick, or at least I managed to muster up enough energy to get out and shovel, but today I’m wiped. I was washing the dishes this afternoon, noticed motion out in my yard in the corner of my eye, and discovered my girlfriend had snuck over and was shoveling my driveway for me.

!!!

Of course my male ego is about the size of a pea now, but damn she’s cool. She’s been around me quite a bit since I got sick, so I figure she’ll come down with what I have soon enough and will have a chance to repay the favor 😉

Ok family, you asked for it, here it is, my fabulous 2007 christmas wishlist.

Videogames:

Bladestorm for the Playstation 3

Ratchet and Clank:Tools of Destruction for the Playstation 3

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for the Playstation 3

Crysis for windows PC

The Witcher for windows PC

Other stuff:

The outrageously expensive Logitech G9 mouse (it’s cheaper in some places than in others – do not pay above $60-70 for this mouse)

A nice compact set of binoculars – they don’t need to be super expensive, just not junky, and they need to be light and small so I can take them with me hiking. A model with a case with some sort of clasp or belt loops or something that will allow me to attach it to my gear would be ideal.

Clothing – slacks and button up shirts, and henleys are all good. 34x 32 on pants, shirts I wear a large generally. I wear gap casual type stuff to work. I tend to not like garish colors, earth tones are safer, intricate patterns, stripes and the like are pretty dicey. Solids are safer.

This coat, Shoreman’s Fleece from the Duluth trading company, color brick size large regular.

Anything from my Amazon wishlist would be good.

A good pair of black leather driving gloves, lined.

a nice fleece winter hat

a nice fleece winter scarf

This kitchen knife

A chargepod – just the base station, I will buy the adapter tips I need, but if you insist: I need a blackberry charger, a Nintendo DS Lite charger, a Sony PSP charger, and an Ipod Nano 1st generation charger.

That’s about it, oh, excepting the one gift I keep asking for and never get – Bush in chains, damnit!

🙂

So my sister Kirsten and her family moved to Australia a little over a month ago. Her husband was offered an opportunity to work there and they decided it would be a great adventure. My sister gave up her position in New York, and she’s become a fulltime homemaker for the time being, raising my niece and exploring Australia. This has given her the time to start blogging, and she’s been prolific and entertaining since she started. She’s also posting tons of pictures. Check it out for a slice of life in and around Sydney.