Now that the holiday season is drawing to a close, I've used some gift money to treat myself to a few things I've been wanting:

• A Moleskine large address book
• Spider Robinson's The Crazy Years (okay, I haven't wanted it for long, but it got me free shipping, and isn't in local libraries)
• A wide-angle lens and two filters (one for the wide-angle, one ( Read more... )

What I've done so far:

• Gone to Stuart, Miami Springs, and Kendall to visit family and exchange gifts.
• While Jodi worked on GRE prep:
• Dropped off paperwork for 10 college transcripts.  (The registrar's office made an error in our favor, so we got two for free.)
• Ferreted out recent journal articles, chapters, and whole books by professors at schools Jodi ( Read more... )

• datan0de
• h_postmortemus's mom
• Jesus

Devin stunned me with an amazing Christmas gift: Guitar Hero with the guitar controller. I was just telling Jodi that I wanted to play Guitar Hero while I was in Stuart, since I can't play it at home. That's when Devin sprung the gift on me. Man, I can hardly wait to play this at home. *fierce grin ( Read more... )

I went to the Florida Blood Services bloodmobile, which was parked outside a theater. I figured I'd get movie passes instead of a t-shirt, and I was right; I got two passes, not good for special engagements. Certainly the best swag I've gotten for blood ( Read more... )

Well, I've gone and joined a cult. My membership badge is black and has a 30GB hard drive, and it plays videos -- I like the Clerks 2 videoblog (vodcast?) and I'm still discovering others.

turtlebat23 has forbidden me to mention her happy news, so let's just hope she blogs about it soon ( Read more... )

I've played more Monopoly this weekend than I ever thought I would. It's not really all that much fun, but Jodi likes it, so I play it. And besides, it's marginally more difficult to play than Uno and Skip-Bo. The Geevers are playing Taboo now (and arguing about whether "CD" is a valid answer for "compact disc"). This is the game-playingest ( Read more... )

Someone needs to buy this T-shirt for chrispytoto.

I've just finished writing out 33 envelopes with ZIP+4 codes for holiday cards. I still lack information for about a dozen recipients, so there will be more envelopes to address pretty soon. I even used different colors of ink so I'd remember who gets the "Happy Hanukkah" and who gets the "Merry Christmas". Hope I haven't forgotten anyone -- I'd ( Read more... )

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