Quantum Confusion

It's a testament to how good this book is, that I was 2/3 done and still confused about many of it's concepts, but really enjoying anyway.

Ghost Legion

The help desk boys are going to be busy in the New Year.

Defending Christmas

A quiet Christmas for two isn't necessarily how we'd like to spend it, but we got to see my folks before and we'll be seeing the Atlanta Irelands after. Need to mix in some Huldens and Christensens one of these years. Still, we had a good time us two. Watched a days worth of Christmas movies from the classic of Wonderful Life to the horror of something made for the Lifetime channel. The obligatory yearly watching of A Christmas Story of course. Pictured here one of my favorite gifts, a nice donation to the Defenders of Wildlife.

Twas The Night Before Christmas

When all through the house, not a creature was cooking, not even a mouse. Mimi's on the other hand, provided a really good dinner, with their great muffins for breakfast in the morning.

Yule Log

You aren't a hard core Christmas decorator until your toilet looks like a chimney.

I Know It When I See It

The plan for today was to go wander the Asheville art district. We drove all over this sketchy looking neighborhood of empty factories and old train yards. Couldn't find anything open. And finally ended up here, on some street corner, next to the only piece of art we could find. As always we had a great time doing it, the four of us can make anything fun, even getting lost. Here's my folks with what we hope is a sculpture, and they took the same snap but with me and Mari. So, travel tips 2-4. 2 - Do the art tour on a Saturday, they're all closed on Sunday. 3 - Despite how the map represents it, the galleries are spread out in little clumps across a wide area so it doesn't necessarily feel like you're in one big artsy area. 4-I'm sure the neighborhood is perfectly safe, but it looks like you're in a graffiti strewn industrial ghetto (and not the cool, artsy graffiti, just tagging.)

Wineding Down

We went down the the villages too, including the on-estate winery. I must have been getting tired because I didn't think to take pictures of any of that, so instead you get a posthumous shot of some of the bottles.