Day 10 - NFL Wild Card Sunday

Well, this is pretty embarassing. I went 0-for-4 on my football picks for the Wild Card round. I can take small comfort in knowing that, even though I was shut out, my opponent didn't run the table on me. That Green Bay/Arizona game was a hell of a shootout, though, as both teams were hungry to get to the next level.

I took Angela to the park with me again today. She seemed to regress a little bit as she had a hard time leaving my side. I sat down on one of the benches and started talking to a lady I had met a few times there. Angela finally started walking off on her own a little bit, but never too far from me. There was another dog that looked like a miniature Staffordshire Terrier that got a little rough with Angela, but we managed to shoo him off for a little while.

I decided to take her over to the general area for some more big dog exposure. I saw a couple of Rhodesian Ridgebacks there in the general area. Ridgebacks are beautiful dogs, very large, lean, and muscular. They are generally red with a short coat. For whatever reason, the hair from the shoulders to just before the haunches grows in the opposite direction from the rest of the coat. this ridge is where they get their name. The breed was developed in Africa to hunt lions. The pair I saw were brother and sister littermates. The female didn't have a ridge, so the owner told me the breeder let them have her for free when they bought her brother. This was the first time I had ever seen a Rhodesian Ridgeback live.

After the park I went down to Microcenter to get a new CF card for my DSLR. I took Angela with me there as well, but left her in the car parked under the shade. I did this to see how she would handle a longer car ride. She seemed to do ok, but she's still not very comfortable in the car. That should clear up over time since she's going to get very used to the car in a couple weeks.

The rest of the day was pretty much spent around the house doing some football watching and web surfing. After dinner I sat down to watch Schindler's List. It's a pretty good movie, and the black and white makes it more powerful. I never really understood the controversy surrounding the movie. If I remember correctly, most of the controversy came from those with a liberal mindset. They've never really liked anything that showed the struggle of the Jews. It's not surprising, really, given that Oliver Stone is working on a project that is supposed to put Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin in 'context'. But I digress.

I'm looking forward to another day of running around tomorrow. Hopefully this will be the last running around for a few days as our paperwork should be caught up this week. At this point I will need to bid you all goodnight while I get some sleep.

There should be a phone attached to this end of the cable