Oh, I forgot to mention one of the films previewed on Friday. Calendar Girls is about an English gardening club whose middle-aged female members make a calendar featuring pictures of themselves in various states of undress to make money for one of their husbands who has, from what I can tell, cancer. It's based on a true story and stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walter.

I should also note the absolute testosteronic trough of the weekend, when the wife took me to a craft fair at a local school. There were a few booths of interest for me (a couple food-related ones and a guy selling old maps), and we did manage to get a Christmas present for one of the kids in the family.

Football helped restore manliness from there on out, as did a hockey game (BU wins 6-1 over Merrimack). The christening we went to was pretty much a push as far as gender balance goes, but was a splendid afternoon.

Ending the week with the Pats game was nice, if but a little bizarre at times (please see the game ending play off of Ty Law's second pick as an example). It also stuns me what may be the team's biggest obstacle to going deep in the playoffs is their punter. I can't help but think that there are 4 or 5 guys out there who the Pats can bring in who can punt better than Ken Walter, who reportedly ranks 32nd in the league (the NFL.com page only gives the top 30 punters, and he's not among them).

Considering all the other positions he's played this season, perhaps Dan Klecko can take over.