The Penderyn Puppy

My dog's famous. Well...a little famous. Kind of. But he sure as hell is cute.

Penderyn Distillery - The Penderyn Puppy

After naming him for the whisky, I had to let them know at the distillery. And I do love sending pictures of him. And the whisky is, by the way, pretty damned good stuff.

Want a biscuit?

That Wasn't Where I Was

I was planning to go to the Best of 2006 draft event at the Drafting Room in Exton today. Planned to meet Jack Curtin there, planned to get me some of the beers that made me select the Drafting Room as the Best Local Beer Scene for 2006.

But as Robby Burns said, the best laid schemes...gang aft agley. Not only did we have a disturbing problem with the Passat (lost the turbo for about half an hour, with a severe concurrent loss in power; it's fine now, after an Italian Tune-Up (Fun!) I think I had some oil sludge in the turbine casing), well, we got a new puppy.

That's him, fast asleep in my arms outside the Wegman's in Downingtown (so near, and yet so far...). He's a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, about 15 weeks old, very friendly, and just as cute as a box full of buttons. His name is Penderyn, yes, named for the Welsh single malt whisky, but it was my son who pushed for that name; he just liked it. I was pushing for Ci (Welsh for "dog", pronounced key), but I rolled over. (The other picture is my wife Cathy running with Penderyn in our backyard.)

Not a bad reason to miss what I'm sure was a great event.