A few random and disjointed items:

1. I just received a Peyton Manning jersey in the mail. :) Its origin was a mystery, but one that was quickly solved via phone call to my mom. My always-surprising father was the sender. If Peyton pulls off the win on Sunday, I'm wearing it to work Monday.
   
2. I had to take the kitties to the vet yesterday for booster shots. Keep in mind that I have no car, so going to the vet involves carrying the kitties half a mile in the frigid cold. Luckily Matthew was home in time to help, but it was still a pretty miserable experience walking there. After a brief but expensive appointment (in which I learned that Smokey and the Bandit are *exactly* the same weight--9.11 pounds) the kind vet offered us a ride home. My faith in humanity is restored.
3. A character on House last night had been a comparative religions major at Northwestern. Beyond the extreme unlikeliness of a random person having majored in religion at NU (the year I graduated, I was the only person majoring in just religion, and the others would have described themselves first with their second majors, i.e., psychology or economics), this girl did not in any way strike me as either a Northwestern student nor a religion major. She had very obviously East Coast sensibilities that seemed untempered by a stint in the Midwest, and more importantly, she was clinging to a faith in God , and obviously a Christian God, that is rare, if not completely unknown, amongst religious studies scholars in non-religious universities.
   

Both of my teams are going to the Super Bowl!! Now what the hell do I do?

For the record, I'm rooting for Indy. Peyton deserves to get a Super Bowl ring before Rex does.

I did not make a New Year's resolution to blog more often.