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16
Dec 10

Special Church Christmas party

Santa paid a visit to the Special Church Christmas party. The guests lit the advent candles, ate cake, got presents and sang songs, including perhaps the greatest song ever written “Cowboys and Coyotes.” It involves a lot of howling and noise making and you would not believe how good or catchy this song is.

What was cute were the people coming up to Santa saying, “I believe in you, Santa.” And they really, really do.

“Smile, Santa!”

“I am, you just can’t see it through my beard!”

This is a project of my mother-in-law’s, because she’s just an awesome lady. She runs this program. It isn’t even her church. And she has a special inside connection to Santa, because she’s an awesome lady. Special Church is the neatest thing. I’m glad we get to be included in it from time to time.

We had dinner at Tutti’s. This is in one of the reviews on Trip Advisor: “We got the worst table in the place, a two top, which is almost in the kitchen and we didn’t even care.”

I cleaned my plate. I got the gold star. Just insanely good.

Late into the evening we visited a family friend. We were in the house of a man who has been featured in Sports Illustrated. I think that might be a first for me. He may have been on the short list for casting of the most interesting man alive campaign. The man celebrated Christmas as a child on Old McDonald’s farm.

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9
Dec 10

Caledonia soul music tell me what it is

Newspaper nominations were due today. The Crimson sent off eight candidates for awards today. Some of them will do very well, I suspect. We’ll find out in a few months.

So that was part of the day. And my fingers are covered in newsprint. If a police officer stopped me today he would suspect I escaped during booking. And he could fingerprint me with ease.

Had a few meetings today. Handed off my grades. Investigated a camera repair issue. And now I’m down to the Big Database Project at the end of the semester.

It is a great feeling. At the end of the night I just sat and enjoyed it for a few minutes. I have an official end of semester song, which I picked up a year or so back. When it is all done, I turn to Van Morrison.

It must work, the nerves can step down from DefCon 3. The shoulders relax just a bit. I almost nodded off listening to that.

Also, it is still ridiculously cold.

Brian and Elizabeth joined me for lunch at Moe’s Barbecue. I’m beginning to like that place. And I discovered last weekend we’ll soon be getting one close to home. They can’t open soon enough.

They don’t have pie, but many will be pleased to learn that they offer banana pudding.

More tomorrow, of something.

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25
Nov 10

Happy Thanksgiving

The Yankee likes pecan pie. Really likes it. (She shared with others.)

I had the opportunity to say the blessing over our family meal. We had 10 people, which is small by our standards, but one wing of the bunch is out of the country this Thanksgiving. We prayed for the family that was with us, those who were elsewhere, the food before us and our great prosperity.

I asked for strength and health for those who need it and peace and patience and understanding for those who seek it.

And I hope you have all of those things, too.

Happy Thanksgiving, from ours to yours.

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18
Nov 10

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes …

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11
Nov 10

My last class

We met this morning, discussed a book chapter, watched a few videos, talked a bit about experiments and the university’s Institutional Review Board. We talk about them a lot.

We talked about our professor’s newest family addition. His wife just had a daughter. We talked movies — strictly professional — and then we thanked our professor. It was well-deserved; his was one of the better class experiences I’ve had in the program.

I met with one of my committee members and we discussed my upcoming comps question.

I walked out of the building, chatting with one of the journalism professors. Like that, my two years of classes had ended. There’s a final paper in the media effects class, and then comps in January and then the dissertation, but the classwork is done.

I picked up a symbolic gift for my mother. I’ll give it to her next year when I finally finish the entire program. I had lunch a celebratory plate of my favorite vegetables.

It isn’t comfort food, but close enough. The downside being that I fought the rest of the day to stay awake. I didn’t pull an all-nighter last night, but came close. I slept for just a bit, and enjoyed an early evening nap before dinner.

I took pictures of random things, but you’ll see them Sunday. It was a good, tired, fun day.