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And so begins the road back to normal. The living room must be shovelled out, the decorations must come down, gifts returned, rooms cleaned, new calendars hung up. I actually like post-Christmas better than Christmas sometimes. After all the excesses of yesterday, it’s nice to start getting back to moderation. Here’s just some of the…

6:30 a.m. That’s when the Geeky kids got us up. I think there will be naps later–at least for me there will be. Christmas went off well. We can no longer walk in the living room. I have escaped to the computer for a while and I’m thinking I need to play some Civilization. I…

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse, The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes they’ll be filled with more than just air. The children are nestled all snug in their beds While visions of video games dance in their…

Type a letter into the address bar and see what comes up. (I’m too lazy to make these links; just cut and paste yourself if you’re interested.) A: ancarett.com, adviceatyourownrisk.blogspot.com B: bitchphd.blogspot.com C: www.cheekyprof.com, www.crookedtimber.org D: dmorgen.blogspot.com, drvegeta.blogspot.com E: elb.typepad.com/halfchangedworld, www.echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com F: faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/jocalo, www.furl.net G: geekymom.blogspot.com, www.google.com H: www.haloscan.com I: infavorofthinking.blogspot.com, ianqui.blogspot.com J: jmp.typepad.com/jmp K:…

I have always enjoyed Christms Eve. For my family, it is on Christmas Eve that we had a formal meal, usually something quite different from what we had normally–like cornish game hens. We also opened a present on Christmas Eve. We used to pick one at random, but later, my parents got us pajamas that…

I’m not sure I’m really doing this for love, but . . . I got up at an ungodly hour, a little before six. Mr. Geeky and I have spent the better part of the last two days converting his late grandfather’s 8mm film to digital format (his gift to his family members). We finally…

Elizabeth, at Half Changed World has an interesting post about the problems with charming older books that contain elements of racism, sexism, classism and other things that we might not find so charming now. Though I commented there about issues with my own children, this was actually a problem for me growing up. I was…

Two links today to point us to the traditions surrounding this time of the year. First, from Grumpy Old Bookman, a reminder that a celebration has existed long before Jesus did. And then, from Sharon, at Early Modern Notes, shares some links to various traditions, old and new. Both of these help counter some of…

. . . a bubble bath, gingerbread latte and the new Newsweek (a double issue no less) all at once. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

. . . you can’t breathe through your nose. Yes, I have another cold. If I were a scientist or something, I’d probably marvel at how my symptoms are completely different from the last cold and wonder if I could compare the virus strains under a microscope and figure out what causes these differences. There’s…