Lara and I, along with my Dad's wife Mary, appeared in the Vancouver Province - a tabloid-format daily newspaper.

Toonces sizes up Eleanor before attacking.

Toonces lookes benign enough in this photo, but would soon lash out...

Toonces lands a double-pawer square to the neck of Eleanor, at precisely the moment Lara snaps this photo.

My Dad elongates the near-ear hair of his dog Ewok (or is it Charlie? I can't tell them apart).

My Dad, relaxing by the Christmas tree in his North Vancouver living room.

From left to right: Me, Dad, Mary, Lara. We spent Christmas eve at my Dad's place in North Vancouver.

I don the Bertuzzi jersey my Dad presciently purchased for my Christmas gift. Wow. How did he know!? ;)

Toonces occupies a familiar spot: around the heating vent in my mom's massage studio.