The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
Jennifer asked us to look in on Leni while they had a day trip to the mountain, so we took him to the park and then brought him back home. We had a good time playing fetch, tiring him out, then he just flomped on me when we got home. Love that dog.
Dad, help! Tolstoy is on my homework and his butt is in my face. Now he’s sitting on it!
Benjamin is enjoying his new telescope that he got for Christmas.
We’re home. It’s late. The cats are happy to see us. We’re happy to be in our underwear. Happy new year!
2016 sucked. There’s no two ways about it. There was Ebola and Zika, bombs in Belgium and Lahore, Syrian refugees drowning all over the place, kids living alone in slums in Calais, 14 (!) school shootings in the US, Brexit, Nigel, Boris, Theresa, Pulse shootings, Kim Davis, Trump… the list unfortunately goes on.
For the idiots we kept, we lost David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan, Harper Lee, Paul Daniels, Ronnie Corbett, Prince, Morley Safer, Muhammad Ali, Gordie Howe, Anton Yelchin, Jerry Doyle, Kenny Baker, Toots Thielemans, Gene Wilder, Neville Marriner, Leonard Cohen, and many more.
On a personal note, while there were some good moments, Katy and I found 2016 hard as a couple. Until I changed groups, work was toxic.
So, with firm conviction, I say fuck you 2016, and we can only hope 2017 will be better.
Granddad could almost be cast for a Werthers original advert.
Katy and I went for movies and burgers for our date day. We saw Fantastic Beasts (ok) and Passengers (good!). Both Katy and I have a crush on JLaw.
My eyes are up here.
No, they’re not!
Bobble was ambitious and tried to stare down a burger bigger than he was.
Then he tried to do the same thing to a giant Christmas hot chocolate.
Surprisingly, he got everything down. Don’t know where he puts it.
The hands and the owl had a very good day.
Edit: JLaw booblage goodness from the movie!
I’ve been clipping my hair short for years now, but this is the first time I take a razor to it. I’m not sure about the whole thing right now. My scalp is sensitive as all hell right now. Hopefully that’ll pass quickly.
Every year, the child goes all quiet and shy when he meets the big guy.
I dunno.