Happy Fall!

Thats right folks, summer is over!

Time to get the flannel and sweaters out and put away the thongs and suntan lotion!

Plus too, my birthday is tomorrow [Sat 9/24] and it helps that fall is my favorite time of year, football, leaves changing colors, football, colder less humid weather, football, hockey, football, oh an Octoberfests!

Which is what I'm giving myself for my birthday, I'm off to DC to visit the Capital crew and go to an Octoberfest in Arlington. Ok, so I'm not really visiting, I'm drinking, a lot, all damn day in fact! After all its my birthday and I'll cry if i want too :P

So raise up a glass! Drink a toast!
To what? To anything!
Hell, Drink one to the Finnegan clan dog!

I'm sad to report, we had to put Hammer down yesterday. [Yes, Hammer is the dog's name, a border collie, he came with that name, we didnt give it to him, and yes, he was named for MCHammer, which gives you a clue as to how long ago we got him].

Quite sadly he had gotten old [16] and frail and actually more of a danger to himself the last month or two. He couldn't navigate steps anymore, was frightfully deaf for a dog, and his vision was going too. We feared finding him hurt in the house while trying to jump up onto the couch or something. So we made the tough decision.

I'll post a picture if I can get one uploaded or scanned in.

He'll be missed.

Take care all
~Finn