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Random Stuff

It has been nearly a week since I’ve put anything up on the blog, and a lot has gone on. It has been pretty busy. So, let me talk a little bit about the blog posts and other stuff I didn’t get written that I wanted to, and may yet show up in some format or another.

“Driving my eldest daughter to college” As many of you know, my eldest daughter is a sophomore at Mary Baldwin College. She is fifteen and participating in their Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. I wanted to talk with her advisors and professors to see that we set things up so that she can get the most out of the experience. One of the problems is that she looks at the college catalog and says, “I want to take all the courses”. So, we may juggle things so she can stay an extra year and do something like a double major and a triple minor, or something like that and fit in more of the courses she wants.

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Kim, Mairead, Miranda, Fiona, Barley and the Snowman

This afternoon, Miranda and Fiona went out to make a snowman. I joined a little bit at the end, and then we did a family picture.

Be sure to stop by at Flickr to see other recent pictures.

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R.I.P. - Lars Toomre's grandmother

My thoughts and prayers go out to Lars and his family.

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"And so this is Christmas..."

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun

Every year, we get the standard holiday greetings, with the typical two page letters describing what our friends have been up to. I’ve never sent out letters like that. These days, I simply encourage people to read my blog. One of the typical two page letters did include a link to a friend’s blog.

So, I’m taking a few moments to think about the year that has passed and write about our Christmas season. One of the most popular blog entries I’ve written is about the smoking jacket that I got for Christmas last year.

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The war on Christmas

For a very interesting perspective on the War on Christmas, please read this post.

It makes me wonder if Santa is ordering secret wiretaps on elves.

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