Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Danielle and I had a wonderful Christmas. We visited Dani's family up in Michigan from the 19 to 25 and then came back late in the afternoon to celebrate with my family. Dani and I got tons of gifts! I was under the impression that by getting married I was giving up my rights to gift filled Christmases... I was wrong... you get twice as many! It was great and I got a lot of useful gifts but it made me wish I had spent more time thinking and shopping for gifts. My new year's resolution is to keep notes of gift ideas for people through out the year.

One thing I have not enjoyed this year is that I had to go right back to work! For my entire life I've had at least two weeks off for Christmas, four in college, but not this year. The day after Christmas I had to show up at my vacant office to put in 8 hours. The metro was dead and I thought maybe I'll get to work and they'll send me home... ah! However, it could be a lot worse. With not much to do at work I took some time to research video and camera equipment and also to catch up on my favorite blog... actually the only one I read... Church of the Masses. Looking at back blogs I found one that I found particularly interesting because it played off of C.S. Lewis' Screw Tape Letters. Barbra did not write it her self... just re posted it. It is a letter from Wormwood, an older demon, to his nephew, a younger demon, about the book the Da Vinci Code. Check it out...

God Bless, James