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The Polydactyl Paw

So Kate and I were riding around on Saturday, and I come upon a minivan that is sporting a magnet with a paw print on it. this is no ordinary paw print to signify the support for a particular team or organization. That's because this paw print was anatomically incorrect. The paw print had five toes, instead of four.



I have seen this magnet around, once on the back of a trcuk as we headed to Rhode Island last summer, and many other times on the back of various other vehicles around town. I always thought it was the product of a graphic artist with little anatomical reference. But as I researched, I found that this design was actually on purpose.

Apparently, 20 years ago, Penn State was playing Clemson in a bowl game, and Penn State agreed to not sell any merchandize that resembled the Clemson four-toed design. So they put an extra toe in there and it stuck, for another twenty years.

As recently as a few years, the Penn State Nittany Lions have altered their paw logo so it is correct, but the old logo persists.

So, basically it was all for nothing, the logo didn't need to be changed, because Clemson didn't care as long as the design wasn't copied (the Clemson design is much more edgy and oh yeah, its ORANGE!)

The only problem, is that nobody told some podunk University in Michigan.

Interesting Photo

One of the other things I came across while doing backups of my computer were interesting photos and scans.

One of the scans I came across was of a newspaper article I found in a small local paper from Raleigh, North Carolina. This photo was on the fron of the weekend sections, the article was about people that race their dogs through obstacle courses.


Unfortunately, the photo makes it look like this guy is abusing his dog.

Sippy Cups and Donut Toy Fun

Jack is holding his bottle now, so we got him a little holder for it so he can use the bottle like a sippy cup.


Jack LOVES his donut toy! He is surrounded by this thing with about 10 toys for him to play with. He goes from one to the next, 360 degrees of fun. There is a little mirror on one of the toys and when Jack catches a glimpse of himself, he stares at it for about a minute - I think he's already developing a little ego.

Neat Effect

I was doing backups and came across a treasure trove of old links to websites that are cool. I will publish them in a post soon, but for now, I wanted to show a picture I uploaded and had converted to ASCII characters.

Here's the ASCII graphic pic:


And here's the original:


Here's the link to the website that created it:
http://typorganism.com/

A Boy and His Dog

These two are cute together. Boo-boo is very gentle around Jack and knows that he is the "Alpha", even though he is the smallest one in the house. (Must be a human thing)

Happy New Year!

We had some wine and sushi for dinner and stayed up last night to welcome the new year. Jack didn't make it to midnight, but he tried cause he has a cold, so he kept waking up from coughing. I don't think Kate got much sleep last night (she was on).

We had lunch at Panera this afternoon and then drove Karen to Dulles Airport. It was a great visit and really good to see my sis. She is in phenominal shape and has good definition. I am once again, afraid of her.

I snapped a few more shots of Karen and Jack this morning and Kate, Jack and Karen, too. Kate took one last one at the Airport of me and Karen.






A really good visit, but she misses her boys.