We had a nice family barbeque last night over at Kathy's daughter's house. Lots of laughs, no talk of terrorism--as long as you leave out their Rottweiler, who is only a minor terror. Actually, she (Thora, the Rottweiler) is a good dog with some funny traits. Human howls encourage her to join in. She loves tug of war, petting, food treats, disobeying orders to stay "out of the kitchen", and eating cat food.

Our three Labrador dogs--I have dubbed them "Logs"--are much the same, minus the cat food habit, as we have no cat. The Logs love to sleep, eat, rassle, and play with their toys. The Black Log, Abby, loves the "Wooly Chew "Bone" (SI03PB)" I bought for them from Orvis.com. Abby, who gets no respect from the two other Logs, has claimed it for her own. She looks so funny carrying it around--a big body crowned with a smallish head clutching a big wooly toy tenderly in her jaws

Fun stuff to see.

Today we go to our first real football game at the new SeaHawk Stadium. Hope springs eternal once again as Trent Dilfer returns as the starting Quarterback, with knee brace. The Hawks were at their best in the preseason with Dilfer at the controls. Hopefully that wasn't a fluke, and that Dilfer's knee injury is truly ready to test game conditions.