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Another Christmas adventure. This year I spent the holiday with my family up in Killingon, VT. My brother put in a movie today called Ski Patrol. It just so happens that this movie, released in 1990 was my absolute favorite movie as kid. I must have seen it about a thousand times. Yet, I hadn’t seen it in nearly 5 years. You know what I learned? 5 years wasn’t long enough, I still knew every word 🙂 It’s okay though, I had a very fun time watching, and it was great to spend some time with the family. Hope everyone else had a great holiday as well. ...

I promise to write more on my vacation later, but I wanted to give a little preview. Here is a photo of my California friends. Just wanted to point out that three of us are relatively serious photographers. Why is the Sun behind us?

I found the best gadget. Amazon just released the Kindle and this thing looks great. Its an ebook reader with some additional features that distinguish it from the rest. Firstly, this device has a EVDO built in. What does this mean? No need to find Wifi to download a book, Kindle connects like a cell phone to the amazon store to get your books. Actually, Amazon even opens up Wikipedia access so you can look up articles on the go. Secondly, this device is created by amazon. They are a company in the right position to see that a large quantity of their books make it to correct format for this device. One complaint, so far the price of the technology books is still prohibitively high. These books are still greater than 20 dollars, which I still see as a large amount to pay for an electronic document. Can’t wait to see this thing in action, though. Maybe that will change my perception of the cost. ...

I’ve been meaning to make a trip west for several years, but have never gotten around to it. That is about to change. I will be heading out to the west coast around the Thanksgiving holiday. First, I’m heading to Colorado to see a side of my family I have not seen in many years. My fathers brother and sister are out in Fort Collins, Colorado. My parents have actually been out there several times in the past years, but due to other circumstances I have been unable to make it out there. I’m going during thanksgiving so I can see my grandparents and my step cousins who will all be in for the Holidays. Once I’m done in Colorado I will be heading to northern California. My good friends from both college and high school have found themselves in the same relative area. Both left almost immediately after college. I have not made it out since they left. This trip is long overdue and I can’t wait to see how they are getting on out there. So, if anyone happens to be out in Colorado or Cali, let me know! ...

I could get started on some of the most interesting things I’ve done when I was tired (like talking to a telephone poll) but I would like to share a quick story. A friend of mine and I were taking the subway the other evening when she walked right into the turnstile and it did not turn. She looked down at the darn thing wondering why it blocked her entrance. After a few seconds of puzzlement she realized that she had forgot to swipe her metrocard. ...