• Travel with podcasts is great: It really helps when you’re driving at night or for stretches on the Natchez Trace. I listened to both Matt Chandler and Rob Bell. And a variety of music, but some of the long stretches were helped by The Postal Service and The Album Leaf.
  • When the number of people in a family gathering increases, so does the propensity to laugh at things that are not funny…at all.
  • Two year olds ride in cars much more quietly when they have dry clothes on.
  • Christmas lights and traditional decorations: GOOD. Big blow up creations of Scooby Doo in a Santa hat and animated Grinches: NOT SO GOOD.
  • Lasagna and fudge at my grandmothers is hard to beat.
  • Books are good gifts to give me. I got 3 good ones. This one, this one, and this one.
  • Rest is a commodity that is not easily measured. I’m not sure how to measure it. But it’s not measured in hours.
  • I’m starting to really like 24. I’m in the middle of Season Two. I’ll have to play catch up for quite a while. Season Six starts in a couple of weeks.
  • I’ve gotten really behind in my blog reading.
  • Christmas isn’t the same as it used to be. But I’m not sure that’s a bad thing.
  • Driving on the Natchez Trace is either peaceful or boring. I’m not sure which.
  • Watching your kids open presents is better than opening your own.
  • Domino’s Pizza is a good Christmas Eve dinner tradition. And I guess heated up Domino’s leftovers on Christmas night is too.