Monday
My father cracks me up. Since I live in the land of “Eight Months of Winter,” I have gotten in the habit of calling him when it snows here. The calls usually go something like:

Dad: Hello?
Me: Hi, Dad. It’s snowing. Again.
Dad: *laughs*

I’ve been doing it for a couple of years. I don’t call every time it snows, but often enough to keep the joke running.

A couple of years ago – and taking me completely by surprise – Dad got DirecTV at the house. His rationale: He’s retired and should be able to relax and enjoy whatever he wants to watch. Which is great. But considering that we never got cable there when I was growing up, it was a bit of a shock. One of the channels that he watches is The Weather Channel. So, now, half the time when I call him about snow, his response is something like: “Yes, I saw that,” followed with him asking how badly we got hit.

This morning, he had apparently been watching and saw that there had been some snow in Utah. This time, however, he called me. It made me laugh.

The rest of the day was fairly peaceful. and I spent about an hour folding and putting away laundry. And, in doing so, we also came up with a few things to take to Deseret Industries – it’s the LDS Church’ version of Goodwill. And they’re all over the valley, too.

Then it was off to get . We got a bite to eat and then headed to the Sandy location of Nickelcade to meet up with Kate, Perry and Max. As I’ve said before: It’s a great way to spend some time and not pay an arm and a leg to do so. (: They do have a DDR Extreme machine there. There was a kid there playing it who might have given you a run for your money. But he also had a tendency to hold on to the back railing as he danced. I think you could take him.) Then we all headed to Baskin-Robbins to partake of tasty iced creams. After that, , Nox and I came back here where Nox and I proceeded to play The Ray Lewis Game. Uh… I mean “Madden 2005.” It was the first time that either of us had played it. We’re hooked.

News
USA Today: How much would make you smile?

Stray Toasters

  • I have not only cotton candy but also caramel popcorn!
    Bow down. Be jealous.

  • and : I hope that you’re feeling better soon.
  • I had an apostrophe epiphany about the iTunes mp3 renaming dilemma this afternoon. It made the prospect of tackling that project a lot less daunting.
  • : The New Legion World: Barry Kitson talks “Legion of Super-Heroes” And, don’t forget that Issue #1 hits the stands Wednesday.
  • : New eps of Teen Titans start on 08 Jan 05.
  • By way of The City Paper: Stranger Than Fiction

I get the feeling that there was something else that I wanted to add, but I can’t figure out what it was. Oh, well. I should hit the rack as tomorrow marks the return to the gym.

Namaste.