Over Christmas....

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First off the pictures from the last few days

http://gallery.me.com/hydra9#100109&bgcolor=black&view=grid

So one thing I am not a big fan of Mobile Me is if you are 1) away from your Mac or 2) not an iPod user then it is hard to update remotely (free product/service advice for Apple)

I am not going to go into a step by step detail about the last few days because it would be as fun as watching the second half of the Redskins season.
I am SO glad that Santa did not bring me Redskins/49ers tickets. For some strange reason I had this idea in my head to go to the game which would have ended not so well.

My grand plan for flying to the Washington area on Christmas day was an empty plane/airport. I imagined a leisure stroll down to the South San Francisco BART station and then an empty airport. Luckily I checked the BART schedule and public transit was not starting till 9:00 AM (my flight took off at 9:45 and that cuts it way too close). I HATE taking cabs. The meters and driving with a stranger I no like.  As soon as I step out of my warm apartment (this is a LIE) the rain starts pouring down like a Taylor Dayne video. Then all of a sudden a big tree cracks and falls down.

The plane is PACKED. I am sitting in the last row and I am seated next to some random. I tried to talk him into simply not going...

When I spoke to my sister Andrea, she mentioned how the roads were empty in Waldorf but once I got into the rental car the roads were full due to the demographics of Four Christmases.

The Texas crowd beat me to the Churchton compound. Andrea made a pizza out of the random items available.

Our family moved everything over a couple of days. To be honest I have no idea why more people do not do this. If you have boxing day as Christmas Eve and December 27th as Christmas (which is what we did)

Went to a Trader Joes in Annapolis and I asked about their beer and wine selection. For whatever random reason they are not allowed to sell beer and wine. If you are the governor of Maryland, this is silly and please stop.

When I travel to Maryland I do not want to check bags and I want to be light as I normally walk a mile and a half from the BART station. I was given a birthday present that was heavy and I was thinking of having to lug it but luckily it was something that was enjoyed at the compound

(if you ever need to get me a gift, you CANNOT go wrong with http://www.chimay.com/)

My non drinking thing starts in a few days. (January 1st to March 15th, did not plan on PSU being in the Rose bowl)

They are quite a few physicist that believe in parallel universes. I am glad I am living in the one that has me not going to the Redskins 49ers game. (but then again, the Redskins could have won or they could have ended ROTJ with Lando being blown up with the second death star)

My brother Jeff used some of the same material from my last trip.

Stelly is a good dog but screwed up. We all remember when Cosmo screwed up on Christmas!

Cosmo, the German Shorthaired Pointer is a reliable alarm clock. He is not a super model that "forgets to eat". He may trick you into eating twice.

This morning we had blue crabs for b r e a k f a s t. Too bad we did not have national bohemian and watching the Orioles lose 6 out of 10 games.

Am glad that I had Satellite Radio in the rental car because well, normal radio is boots.

When I checked into my flight, it showed that I had a middle seat. Luckily I was able to convince the nice lady how me sitting in the middle is well not an ideal experience. She earned an award for random of the day.

(this was in no meant to be a complete coverage of the last few days...)

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Marcus Zack Ronaldi
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