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Getting in just under the wire for my best of 2008 picks. It’s a very eclectic mix. However, there is one gaping hole, the Ski Boy and I just did not get to very many movies this year - five or less. Sheesh. I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions, but perhaps our resolution for 2009 […]

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Brrr…..It’s very cold here in Alaska. Fourteen below at our house this morning and we live in Anchorage’s banana belt. It was 20 below in East Anchorage. But those temps are totally the tropics compared to Interior Alaska: Fifty below zero. Ugh….
Here’s the view from my office window - check out the amazing fog bank […]

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We’ve just wrapped up (so to speak) Christmas Day 2008. Absolutely delightful. Mom and Lowell and Sethy and Maia - just perfect!
Well, almost perfect - After Maia opened one of her gifts, I caught a vague glimpse of it and saw that the gift was an NPR goodie from Peter. I then blundered by blurting […]

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Today is one of those, “I LOVE Winter” days. Brilliantly sunny. Cold - but not below zero. Fresh snow and hoar frost covering all the trees. Christmas card perfect.
Tygey and I did a nice walk at lunchtime and here are few shots.
Tyge closeup. He is so darn photogenic!

The new overlook overlooking the new Chester […]

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This ad is about a year old, but it is so damn funny. And for those of us who live in snowy climes, it rings very true.

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The Ski Boy and I are finishing up our annual December shopping extravaganza in Seattle. Although, this year we didn’t seem to do that much purchasing. A few odds and ends here and there - and of course a brand new pair of Fluevogs for me.
Tonight was our 4th annual December dinner with Kim and […]

Read: Christmastime in Pike Place Market »

This announcment via Mom, from Tygey:

Tyge has purchased a small bank so he can obtain Federal Bailout dollars to cover his extravagant Christmas expenditures. When it came to Christmas presents this year, he had visions of grandeur.

Read: Tyge is in the Bailout Line »

Via Very Short List, this awesome Nokia N96 video/ad of “Bruce Lee” playing table tennis with nunchucks. Evidently the video went viral in China in a nanosecond and one can certainly see why.

Read: Bruce Lee, Nunchucks, and Ping Pong »