Who Dat? 1/26

As a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University and a long time non-fan of Brett Favre and his need for attention, I was very pleased at the results of the NFC Title Game.   While the Jets are not my team I tend to root for New York as a whole when the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Rangers are not involved but I can never root against Peyton Manning, I lived in Tennessee when that poor SOB was in Knoxville and I can tell you that never have so many expected so much from so few(him).  The fact that he did not win 3 NCAA Championships while at Knoxville seemed unforgiveable to some of the folks in the Volunteer state.  This is a unique Super Bowl for me, no Giants so nobody to root for, no Cowboys so nobody to root against, I like the Colts a little, I like the Saints a little and I stopped betting football 20 years ago, oh well I'm just gonna enjoy the commercials and hope for a 56-54 shootout.

Just finished reading W.E.B. Griffin and his son's latest novel about the OSS(later the CIA) vs. the Nazi's in Argentina during WWII.  I've read Mr. Griffin's books for 20 years and while he seemed to use a lot of filler with Telegrams from one character to another in some of his books, the last few works co-authored with his son have been outstanding.  This Honor Bound series is as good as the earlier books about the Army and the Marines, and the most recent addition to the Philadelphia Cop series was the best in a long time.

Just an update on my pups.  I'm pretty sure that Chocolate Chip ate half a tennis ball today and his whining leads me to believe that it's trying to exit the scene.  We are trying to leave them in separate rooms a few hours each day to develop their independence, Fox is fairly cool with it, but Choc's squeals have hit notes that Pavarotti only dreamed of.