Posted on December 29, 2009
"All Aboard!"
It’s only been four days since my last entry, the usual number of elapsed hours between the Thursday of one week and the Tuesday of the next, but it feels like so much more. Granted, the Christmastime Extravaganza kept us hopping, but there’s something more to it than that. Something elusive and transient, yet somehow concrete and permanent. It’s the relativity part of time defined through example and negated by experience. In a way, the period between Christmas Eve and today passed in the blink of the proverbial eye, yet there seems so much temporal distance between the two points that I almost can’t remember the days as having come around at all. It’s a strange and fascinating study in perception to consider time flying while it also stands still, and the only way I can describe it is to tell it. Read More
Posted on December 24, 2009
"Tickets, please!"
‘Tis the day before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature is stirring except me clicking my mouse. As I write this, it’s early morning and I have only a precious few minutes until the clock strikes ten and all the little portals to Hell otherwise known as Retail Stores begin opening their doors for the final shopping moments of the season. Fortunately, I don’t have very much left to buy, unless you consider everything to be a lot. Oh well, I’m sure the crowds won’t be all that bad. Right? Right?! Read More
Posted on December 22, 2009
Slouching Towards Christmastime
Christmas Eve is just around the corner, and we’re booked solid straight through from now until the famous fattened elf retires his red suit to the armoire for another year and joins Mrs. Clause in the infamous* North Pole hot tub for some well-deserved relaxation on Christmas Day. Tomorrow, we’re taking Trey for a magical ride to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus via a roundtrip journey on The Polar Express. Read More
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