A couple of days ago I moved to house/dog-sit for Nathan, who is a friend of Seth's, and now also a friend of mine. It's a lovely two-floor house in Germantown (a neighborhood in Philadelphia that is farther out from downtown, and borders the huge park and the river that runs through it).
When people ask Nathan what sort of dog Graysea is, he says "A muppet wolf-terrier!" and it's funny how different people catch different parts of that description. Personally, I think the "muppet" part is the most accurate, and the other two words are just planted there to distract people away from it. When I asked Nathan about my hypothesis, although he didn't exactly confirm, he also didn't deny. :)
I spent a few hours yesterday driving around and trying to get a feel for the neighboring neighborhoods. I'm thinking about buying a place, and still considering getting one in this area, rather than closer to campus. I'm a bit worried about potential problems with commuting to/from campus - I'd love to bike, but I don't think the weather here will allow biking all year, and I still haven't figured out the commute time using public transportation.
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we talkin' about the same muppet?
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/wp-content/e/Rowlf.jpg
I was originally thinking more like the Storyteller's dog, called Dog :-)
Well, once I saw the picture, the wolf part struck me a little more than the fuzzy, wuzzy muppet part. Or it could be that I always associate the muppets with Ms. Piggy or Kermit and those are no lookalikes.
My friend just met Graysea on the street here in Burlington and i tried googling the "breed" and found your picture of the actual dog. Thanks, oh so helpful :)
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