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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....

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....

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 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....