Several years ago, before the realities of apartment-hunting with multiple pets set in, Becky promised to buy me a pug as a graduation present when I finished law school. But alas, given that we were barely able to find a place in Knoxville that would allow us to have three cats and a dog, and given that we may well be moving again in the next year or two, getting a second dog seemed exceedingly unwise at the moment. So yesterday, we found an alternative solution: we bought a goldfish and named it “Pug.”

So, there he is, ladies and gentlemen: my Pug. :) You can see a wider view, showing Pug’s tank, here.

A Harry Potter Theme Park! Woohoo!! (Hat tip: JG)

Rivals.com’s Steve Megargee suggests the ultimate college-football road trip for the 2007 season.

UPDATE: Just for fun, I decided to go through the 2007 schedule and come up with the ultimate Brendan Loy college-football road trip. My criteria were a bit different than Megargee’s, however. My first rule is that I can’t go to the same stadium twice, so that inevitably juggles a lot of my choices. (For example, I picked UCLA @ Stanford over Tennessee @ Cal on September 1 because the latter would mean I can’t go to USC @ Cal on November 10.) I also tried to cram in as many games as possible — so, for example, if there are any Thursday games, I include them in addition to the regular Saturday game, and if reasonable driving distance allowed, I scheduled games on consecutive days. I even threw in a few possible same-day doubleheaders. The end result? At least 37 games, possibly as many as 40. At least 55 different teams, possibly as many as 59. At least one game on every day of the week, at some point during the season, except Monday. And five USC games, in five different stadiums! If only this weren’t purely hypothetical! :) Full schedule after the jump.

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