On this most wonderful cold day - only wonderful because it brought with it a day off school - I should tell you about our dog, Shooter. He is a funny dog. He is really a 10 pound dog trapped in the body of an 85 pounder. Yes, he's a large one, but he insists on being a lap dog. In fact, he's laying on my lap at the moment. You may think that isn't so strange. The strange part comes into play when he decides to climb ALL the way on the lap. You read that correctly, he will climb all the way onto your lap if you let him. Silly dog.