Way, way off topic..

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... but I can't help myself. I wanna show off my babies.
My sweet old girl Niki -- 14 year-old lab/shep mix -- left me several weeks back after developing cancer. Life has been so strange without her! But with so many pooches up for adoption after the hurricanes, I decided to open my home again -- and ruin my floors -- by adopting two homeless puppies.
Though I haven't been on a bike since adopting them (too busy picking up failed paper-training efforts), these little guys bring the same kind of joy that a good ride in the mountains does. So we're all getting fatter together.

Meet Mocha and Java...