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The dual Christmas arrangement again worked out well this year. We celebrated with ye olde Davison clan on Dec. 23 here then took I-5 down to the Bay Area the next day and celebrated again on the 25th with the Lillys. Both X-mases were terrific as was the drive down. The Odyssey performed wonderfully, and the kids were only whiny toward the very end when,...

After a wonderful Davison Clan Christmas celebration today, we head tomorrow down I-5 to the Lillys and Christmas part 2. We are slightly ahead of the game in terms of packing, the downside being that virtually nobody has received a Christmas card from us yet. Look for them on Tuesday or Wednesday. (Sorry.) Today's affair was great. The kids really enjoyed...

Caught Little Miss Sunshine this evening at the local cheap theatre. Highly recommended.

Jonah's a boisterous boy nowadays, a situation made none-the-better by constant weeks of rain. He is remarkably full of energy, and on days like today where the cold and wet weather dictates we be primarily inside, getting him sufficiently exhausted can prove a real trick. He's very smart—though obviously I'm inclined to think so—and especially...

"I am thankful for dragons." —Jonah's preschool-made Thanksgiving tribute art page, full of pretty colors and designs, and, obviously, what he's most thankful for. Personally, I don't think life would be worth living in a world without dragons. The art page Jonah made at church, this one of pre-drawn turkey with various crayon scribbles overlaid: "I...

I am trying not to sound too condescending when I say hurray for the electorate in joining the rational world who saw Bush et al. for the evil incompetents they are some six years ago. Let's just forget that you were late and embrace the idea that you showed up all, shall we? Seriously, you know a political party has gone astray when it rouses even me out...

Because that's about the size of it if you're voting GOP in the upcoming mid-terms. Of course from the sounds of it, you could vote straight Democrat in a number of states and still end up supporting the bad guys. Electronic voting machines—thankfully absent here in Oregon—are a mess. Early prediction: Democrats do as well or better than...

From Davison Online, September 15, 2005: Complicating matters is that Erin and I don't know how many kids we're going to have. We've been blessed with two thus far, but, God willing, we were always going to have at least two. Elisha's arrival means we've hit that minimum number, and we've really got to think carefully about what we want to do going...

Last Tuesday night I finished rolling the Rust-o-leum epoxy paint all over the garage floor and began waiting the necessary seven days for it to fully dry. Although I didn't have to, I chose to sprinkle little multi-colored speckles all over the floor, figuring that it improved the look over just a flat blue/gray paint. (These speckles make no performance...

"I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible." This, when said to Vice President Cheney, gets you arrested. The difference between Republicans and fascists is what again?