BOWDEN RETIRES! PATERNO WINNINGEST COACH!

In a right & proper move illustrating that there is justice in the football universe, Bobby Bowden has retired, leaving Joe Paterno to claim the title of "Winningest Coach." As it should be.

The move may have been expected, but it's great to see Joe officially claim the title. Good luck in retirement Bobby & vast congratulations Joe.

Mom & Uncle Harry

dinner is served

Sleepy Chrissy

Baby showers wear him out

Happy Thanksgiving!

so much to be thankful for this year...

Mexican Lunch with Grant

the Big Guy chose a great Mexican spot...

Grant at The Falcon's Nest

Watching the Pats beat up the Jets!

Fernandina B&B Tour

the Fairbanks House

'The Package'

Lunch at Fanelli's with Grant.

Tim Burton Exhibit

Met my high school friend Victor who is in Digital Media at the Museum Of Modern Art. Had a great lunch meeting & then he got me in to the currently for Members Only preview of the Tim Burton exhibit. Fabulous...

7th Anniversary Dinner

Happy Anniversary!

Sleepy Mama

Spent all weekend in Intensive Accelerated Baby Classes at our delivery hospital. (ALL weekend) Apparently it wore Mama & Baby out...

Blue Chicago

Shirley Johnson

McD's Spaceport

The coolest McDonald's I've ever seen

Shaw's

Shaw's Crab House - a Chicago legend. Incredible. One of the best Key Lime Pies I've ever had.

Chicago!

At a seafood restaurant in Chicago

The Wyfe Rocks

get it? She's in a rocking chair - a gift from Stevie & Ed K.

Grant's apt. Decorations

"Peen state and the pats"

What a transformation!

Well done, Ladies!

Wyfe's Reunion Set-Up

Helping the Wyfe set up her reunion she is co-chairing

THE YANKEES WIN!

Awesome...

KISS

Epic is the only word

Giant Light-Up Praying Mantis

Yep.

Gano

In absentia

MuteMath

Entertaining... Wow. They left it all on the field....

Bingo!

"How can I ever say how I feel about you?" so true. I miss my Wyfe.

Voodoo Fest, baby...

Little Freddie King

"You're the meanest woman, I done ever seen..."

Outside Band

on a gorgeous day

Nice

Motorcycles

The Lizard Wyfe

'Super Dino!'

Wow...

JJ GREY & MOFRO

Outstanding

Shooter Jennings

This song grabbed me. "could have been yours."

St. James Infirmary

brilliant...

The Growete

A few weeks ago Grant wrote:

"hey bro guse what i am doing iam growing a growete on my face just like you because you have one to so i will be like you.

your little monkey brother
grant"

and then he finally sent me the picture above entitled: "Hair face"

The Bar that Time Forgot

David, my retired NYPL librarian friend, & I are The Only Customers at the Old Town. Had a great time & learned a ton about old New York.

A Terrific Weekend!

Well... that was fun!

Drove up to CT Saturday morning with The Wyfe and Marvelous Matt. Stopped at Mom's before heading up to Loomis Chaffee for the Homecoming football game against Deerfield.

Despite an Overtime loss, had a good time showing everyone around the campus as this was my first time back in nearly 20 years. Had some NJ Royalty with us as well, as JD & his Mom came up for the game (JD's nephew plays for Deerfield.)

There were also a bunch of old teammates there, which was great & very amusing.

Then we went to see Joan Rivers perform in Hartford and visited her backstage before the performance. (My favorite line of hers that night was backstage when she looked at Mom's fur and said, "You didn't get that working as a nurse!")

A terrific dinner at Peppercorns

and then back to watch the end of the marathon 5 hour 10 minute Yankee victory.

On Sunday Matt & I met Rusty for $8 pitchers at the "Time Out" Sports Bar in the Manchester Parkade and watched the Saints dominate the Giants. Then The Wyfe drove us home, with a quick McDonald's stop as we listened to the Patriots DESTROY the Titans on the radio.

A great time, packing a lot of fun in with old friends...

and I mention that because...

this is how I feel....

Galactic

Layin' it down

Lenny & Joe's

On our way back from Newport, RI, on Tom's recommendation, we stopped at Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale in Madison, CT for their buttered Lobster Roll. WOW was that good! The chowder was a miss, but the Lobster Roll was drenched in butter & delicious!

Impressive

He includes "Because The Night Belongs to Lovers"

Born to Run

Lights up... "Tramps like us..."

Bruce

Wow... I've never been the biggest Springsteen fan, but it was incredible the sheer amount of emotion he poured in to every single note. As was the abundant raw human emotion the fans displayed. A very impressive performance. He also sang from down amongst the crowd & let them body-surf him back to the stage.

The Wrecking Ball

"are you ready to help us tear this ol' girl down?" - Springsteen composed a song just for the demolition of Giants Stadium and we were there for the penultimate show!

Erik Weihenmayer's Lecture

wow... VERY inspirational. Erik is the only blind person to have climbed the Seven Summits - the highest peak on each continent, including Everest. His bio is HERE.

Simple Man

To our troops - and their families...

And my unborne Chyld...

I don't mind telling you... I openly wept during this song.

I just...

discussed the nature of evil with Salman Rushdie.....

Me, Wyfe, Princess Leia

yep.