Just got done watching the San Diego Chargers WIN a playoff game!  It wasn't looking good in the first half (0-6; Titans) but we came back strong in the 2nd half.  What a great feeling and over such a simple, relatively silly thing.  As Dan said while we were waiting anxiously for half-time to be over, "we're not curing cancer here."

As to the rest of life?  No real big news there either.  But we did pass a very pleasant 3rd Christmas with Mom, Charlie and Anya, and the two of us.  The promised deluge became a reasonable rainstorm and we remained warm and dry with stuffed stockings, yummy scones and a coq au vin that filled the house with amazing smells.

Mom and I especially enjoyed learning about Charles and Anya's Emergenetics Profile.  This tool is a wonderful shorthand for understanding how others think and behave.  Once again, not a cure for cancer but definitely an aide to understanding of self and others.

Tomorrow it's back to "real life" with 2008 already 1 week under the belt.  I'm looking forward to tackling more words on the novel, having a good workout, spending time with Dan and plowing through the pile on my desk.

Oh!  And I should have another California Initiative up on the Voter's Guide by tomorrow night if all goes according to plan.

I'm off to finish ironing napkins while singing, "We are the Champions."