Here’s the latest on the tragic shooting death of Newington police officer Peter Lavery, which has left the town in mourning.

Here’s his obituary, and here’s a memorial guestbook you can sign.

What a great win by Iowa!! What an awesome ending!! Woohoo!!!

And now, let the BCS begin. The Rose Bowl is up next!

UPDATE: And it’s a good one! Michigan 21, Texas 21 in the third quarter.

UPDATE 2: Texas wins another great game, 38-37!

And now…. GO UTAH!!!

FINAL UPDATE: What an absolutely dominating performance by Alex Smith & company. Final score: Utah 35, Pitt 7. The Utes finish undefeated and silence the doubters. They belong, period. Hurrah for the ascendant mid-majors!

Tomorrow, the NFL takes center stage. Then it’ll be time for the Sugar Bowl on Monday night, as Auburn tries to become undefeated team #2. And finally, the main event Tuesday night: #1 USC vs. #2 Oklahoma. FIGHT ON TROJANS!!!

Our collection of boxes grows steadily larger… :)

10-year-old British girl saves dozens of fellow tourists’ lives thanks to school geography lesson on tsunamis.

In honor of the New Year, I’ve posted my Top 100 photos of 2004 gallery.

Now, it’s up to you to choose the Top 5 photos of the year! Look at the Top 100, decide which are your Top 5, check-mark them accordingly, and hit the “Vote” button.

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Happy New Year!!!

2005 has arrived here in Gold Canyon, Arizona! (Audio-blog MP3 here.) Becky and I celebrated with a milk toast, then stepped outside to see whether the fireworks in Tempe, which we were watching on TV, were visible from the Zaks’ front yard. Sure enough, we could see them — and we could also see four other fireworks shows throughout the Phoenix Valley! It was awesome!

Anyway, here’s hoping that 2005 is a happy, healthy and prosperous year for all you BrendanLoy.com readers! And here’s a photo from Times Square earlier:

More photos here and, more generally, here.

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Two minutes left in Phoenix!

One hour to go here in Phoenix! :)

It’s still Dec. 31, 2004 here in Gold Canyon, AZ, but we rang in 2005 just over a half-hour ago when the ball dropped in New York. (Audio-blog MP3 here.) Now, everyone has gone to bed except Becky and me — we’re the lone holdouts waiting for the New Year to actually begin here in Arizona. :) Anyway, here are some pictures of our midnight 10:00 PM champagne toast:

More here (just scroll down). There are also some more newly uploaded miscellaneous winter-break photos here, plus Insight Bowl pics here. (Note: wedding-site tour pics have been deleted at the request of Becky, who wants the beautiful scenery of Gold Canyon Resort to be a surprise for our guests when next December rolls around!)

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