live free or die

this past weekend, kim, joey, and i ventured up to portsmouth, new hampshire to visit with our friends jessica and larry mcgondel (charlie wanted to stay home with his mimi pat). we ate some great food, drank a whole bunch of really good wine, and watched the red sox split the first 2 games of the alcs. saturday, we spent the day at the topsfield fair, about 25 miles south of portsmouth in mass. this was a huge fair with an abundance of food and entertainment. we saw cattle, pigs, goats, a border collie demonstration, played some typical fair games, and did some great people watching. at some point during the day, larry and i were talking about saturday night live and how the sketches are just too long and not as funny as they used to be. once back at the house, larry showed me one of his favorite sketches called mark wahlberg talks to animals, which i enjoyed very much, so i thought i would post that one along with my favorite. enjoy!