Happy New Year, Friends List! How is it 2008 already?

Sarah and I are back from visiting her relatives, including the grandparents I hadn't yet met. I think I behaved reasonably well and my allergies didn't completely do me in. ( Blah blah blah travel )

Sometimes the excessive cost of shipping gifts between continents is a good thing. As is a sense of humor. Humour? Either way, I enjoy my new extended family ( Read more... )

During Sunday's episode of The West Wing, there was a commerical for Red Lobster. You really have to hand it to them them for eschewing the tempting "Merry Christmas" messages in favor of the more generic "Happy Holidays." However, I couldn't help but think as I watched the food on the screen...are we missing the point just a little? Because a good ( Read more... )

E: ...blah blah blah Passover ( Read more... )