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Sunday
I woke up sometime around 7:30 this morning because Presto and Lightning (most recent pics) decided to make lots of noise in the closet. I was not happy about that. I made a little noise of my own about it. That didn’t go over well with a very sleepy . I managed to find my way back to The Dreaming for a bit before it was time for football.

Kate, Max and Perry came over around 5:00. Kate helped to install a new toilet in the hall bathroom. That is to say: She installed it and I assisted a bit. Then I cooked some bratwurst, burgers and chicken on the grill. Max wanted to play all of the superhero games that I have for my XBox. Three-year-olds, go figure.

I should start getting things ready for the Baltimore trip. *sigh* But, there’s always tomorrow for that. Besides, I’m (still) not in the mood to do laundry.

Football

Dallas at Baltimore 10 – 30 Former Ravens QB Vinny Testaverde and the Dallas Cowboys came into M&T Bank Stadium looking to put their brand on the boys from Baltimore. Quoth the Ravens: Nevermore. The Cowboys hit the dusty trail with a loss. After holding the Ravens scoreless in the first half, the Cowboys gave up 30 (three-oh) unanswered points in the second half. The Cowboys got a touchdown late in the Fourth Quarter, but it was too late. They were twenty points down with less than a minute to play. The Ravens brought the total package to the game today. Offense. Defense. Special teams. Everything clicked. Kyle Boller, a little unsteady in the first half of the game, came back in the third quarter looking like a veteran NFL QB. And, Ed Reed had his third INT in three games.

Stray Toasters

• As promised: Pictures from the two most recent trips to Moab.
• I don’t know how or where found this, but I think that it’s pretty neat. In a gamer geek kind of way. 🙂
• The Ten Commandments for Net Newbies
• “If you had to choose between a pile of gold and saving the love of your life, which would you…”
  

• I haven’t heard anything new about the animated series from Mainframe Entertainment, but at least Alien Legion is coming back in paper form.
• “Quiet! I’m glaring at you!” –
• By way of Slashdot: 230 MPH Electric Car and Screw-in LED Floodlights
• Just in time for the holidays: 15 Worst Holiday Gift Ideas
• : Colossal Boy (v6)
• Trainspotting reference on Family Guy. *cracks up*

Quote of the Day
I watched part of the Ravens game “with” . Kind of. The game wasn’t being aired in her area, so I gave her a sporadic play-by-play:

[13:25] : Stover nails one from 50.
[13:25] : 17 – 3
[13:25] : wow theyre kickin ass!
[13:25] : Yeah they are.
[13:26] : The offense is looking like a real NFL offense.
[13:26] : Who knew?!
[13:26] : lol
[13:26] : you mean the defense isnt scoring all these points???
[13:26] : The D hasn’t scored at all.
[13:27] : wow
[13:27] : so theyre acting like a real nfl d then huh?
[13:27] : very odd
[13:27] : Yeah.
[13:29] : If I hadn’t seen the birds on the helmets, I would have thought that it was the Vikings.
[13:29] : lol

Namaste.