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Children and pets make wonderful portrait studies.But remember that great care should be taken during the photo sessions to insure a safe situation. Some general safety guidelines are:

Always have a second person with you to give you assistance. It isn’t wise to try to handle the camera, the child, and the animal alone.

Always wash the childs hands and face to ensure that the pet won’t smell food odors and attempt to lick or nip the child thinking he is being offered a snack. It is best to keep any animals away from the faces of small children.

Always make the sessions quick. Children and animals aren’t the most patient subjucts. Fatigue and crankiness can lead to injury. Several “short and sweet” sessions will be less stressful for everyone.

Always make sure that the child and the animal involved are calm and good natured. Be responsible and safe during any photo sessions. Don’t forget to get parental permission if the child is not yours and to have the parent at the photo shot if at all possible.

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Tony Romo threw 5 interceptions and lost a fumble.

The Cowboys were down by 8 with less than two minutes to go, scores a touchdown, doesn’t convert the two point conversion, covers an on-side kick, has a catch overturned, makes a long field goal only to have to rekick again because of shady (but totally legal) time out call, and still wins the game.  That sentence probably makes no sense but that was the last two minutes of the game.

The Cowboys never lead at any point until the clock read zero, but that’s all that matters.  They didn’t play well enough to win, but some how got it done.  Probably the best Cowboys come from behind victory I’ve seen, for sure top 3.

At least for this week Nick Folk will be more popular than Tony Romo.

The work week always seems to last longer when the Cowboys lose, and this is one work week I don’t want to drag on.  I’m thankful for this win.  Now I’m left with Bostonians telling me how the Patriots are going to kill the Cowboys for the rest of the week.  On paper the Pats should win, but hopefully if Romo and the ‘Boys can control the turnovers, get a little lucky, and with homefield advantage on their side they might just have a chance.

Do you remember the movie Cast Away where Tom Hanks is stranded on a tropical island?  His character, Chuck Noland, is the only human on the island; and at one point he gets so lonely and depressed he starts to talk to a volleyball he named Wilson – which actually becomes his best friend.

Well, I know I’m not stranded on an island, but I started to get pretty lonely and depressed being stuck in Boston until I discovered Penny (a Penn 3 tennis ball) under my bed.

It turns out Penny was sick and tired of being cooped up in a hotel room and persuaded me to take her out.  Since I had nothing better to do, I took her up on her offer and we hit the town.

This is a picture of us on our way to dinner.  She wanted to take a picture with Flipper.

And this was us at dinner:

I don’t even like seafood, but she insisted since we were in Boston.

After dinner we made our way to Faneuil Hall:

And caught a street performance:

We ended the night at Cheers:

Where we ran into Norm and the wooden indian chief:

On the way back to the hotel we ran into Red Auerbach, Penny is a huge Celtics fan:

The next day we decided to visit the JFK Presidential Library and Museum:

Where we had lunch:

We also decided to visit Harvard:

And because she’s part Irish, Penny wanted to visit an Irish pub with a live band:

The next morning we got up and went yachting in Boston Harbor.

She really enjoyed the view of the skyline

And she begged me for a picture of her in front of the home of the Celtics, TD Banknorth Garden:
 

I thought I was lucky when I got a beautiful shot of Old Ironsides with the Bunker Hill memorial in the background, a shot you can only get when you are in the harbor.

Later in the day we went to Little Italy where the Columbus Day Parade got started:

It was a very long and festive parade, and even some Star Wars characters made a visit:

We decided to end the weekend early and go back to the hotel and watch some football.  So far Penny has been good company, even though she talks a little much.

Other pictures can be found here, as well as larger versions of the ones posted above.

I can’t wait to go home.  I really miss WifeGeeding, SisterGeeding, and of course my little fur-children.

The University of Minnesota’s Thomas Holmes Movie of Wal-Mart Store Openings, illustrating each store opening in the United States from 1962 to 2004. From The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density.  Link