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So the holidays came, ate all my food, and are starting to pack before the arduous trip to the airport.

Bigish news items... First, it's 2008! For those of you not keeping track, take note as you write those first new years' checks/affidavits/confessions/etc.

Oddly, we made it all the way until 10:30pm before realizing that our new, cable-less life left us stranded without a rowboat to the sea of humiliation Dick Clark must by now be swimming in. Tell me, true, did he make another appearance this year? Still, the thwump-thump of distant fireworks and/or automatic rifles got us in the spirit of things as we watched a variety of inappropriately-themed Japanese TV shows.

The car! The car! We got a new car! Now, should I ever leave wife and baby stranded at home, they can easily escape the dangers of a house full of chores for the safe confines of any of several local malls and.or boutique shopping districts in the Bay Area. After driving the Jetta for (WHAT) 8 years now, it's a big change. Higher ride, fatter feel... Like a car that's overeaten at the pump. Safety and features aside, it'll definitely be a while before I try to squeeze into any tight parking spots. The funny bit is, it's STILL so much smaller than the average SUV when you line them up.

More on the new goal in a later post, but for now I will say that, barring unforeseen circumstances, after 22 years together, I finally broke up with Mountain Dew. Again. For the last time. Excepting Japanese Mountain Dew, which is a whole 'nother thing.