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"xtc" (groan). I am Jim Akula, and I am responsible for
running it.
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recommend you download
the Cooliris plugin for your browser.
The Web-based photo software powering this site (Gallery2 v. 2.3) has a PicLens plugin for showing slideshows. However, PicLens has been replaced by the much fancier Cooliris, which works with this site as well as tons of other blogs and some commercial sites (like Flickr and Hulu). It is available as a free plugin for Firefox (which you should be using to browse the Web) and Internet Explorer (which you shouldn’t). It is super slick, so I recommend installing it before exploring the galleries here. It’s also just fun to play with.
Soon, Sam and Mari will be replaced as the, er, “top dogs.” But for now they are wonderfully spoiled pups who get walks through the Arnold Arboretum at least every week. The Arboretum is absolutely beautiful any time of the year, but perhaps never more so than after a snowfall. An opinion I think the dogs share.
Here’s some pictures of them frolicking in the snow.