As promised, I selected just 24 photos to represent the year, and hit every month except for April and September, I think. Click any to embiggen at Flickr.

Let's see if I can get one of those new-fangled LJ Collapse things to work...
( I think I got it... oh it's just the old LJ Cut... )

So on the morning of Xmas Eve, I drove down to my Mom's house on the Jersey Shore. The plan was that my brother and his brood would come down for lunch on Sunday, and on Monday I'd leave to go visit raqs and literalman, and then return home. Those of you in the U.S. and who have been paying attention will realize the snag in this plan: a gigantic blizzard ( Read more... )

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Seriously, man. There can be no finer childhood Christmas remembrance than the new post by Hyperbole and a Half, The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas.

Go. And remember, Axe-Murderer Santa says, "MERRRRRY HO HO HO!" (or else, I guess)

A very happy and joyous Solstice is now past, spent in the good company of friends and lots of music and singing and dancing. Am off to my Mom's for Christmas. Until later!

'Fess up -- who out there has been dreaming of a white Christmas?

Whoever it is, KNOCK IT THE HELL OFF.

(Okay, actually, it's still very pretty to walk through falling snow. And at least it's *warmed up* to the 30s. And the inch or so of snow that we got over the ice definitely gives better traction. But still.)

You know what the definition is of "BAD CAT"? A cat who removes an ornament from the tree and has to play with it, loudly, at 4:27am. A cat whose name is MORGAN.

(This was, luckily, one of the styrofoam ornaments that I hang on the lower branches with just this eventuality in mind. I'm a little bummed, though, because -- and raqs will know what I'm ( Read more... )

Last night raqs called me to report that I have apparently been identified as an Enemy Combatant in the War on Christmas by one B. O'Reilly. Because apparently, having a Christmas tree with white lights, instead of COLORED LIGHTS THE WAY GOD INTENDED, is an assault on Christmas Values, or some damn thing (thanks to neodods for the link). Of course, folks ( Read more... )

I didn't do much but huddle for Valentine's Day (for the usual reasons, but also because there was a giant storm socking the Boston area that day) -- but I did this, for a group I'm in. ( This way to comics-geeky EQ fanart... )

Yeah, I've been quiet lately. I do have stuff to post about (various things: went to a Canucks game on Thurs! an SGA ep write-up; etc.), and maybe I'll get to that over the lovely week off that I have coming. And thanks to having gone to Revels last night, I now feel at least a little bit of holiday spirit (The theme this year was German, and ( Read more... )