Happy New Year!

I don't have any resolutions this year. Usually I have something in mind, even if I don't think of it specifically as a resolution. I can think of some I should have: post here more regularly, exercise more, eat better, blah blah blah. Boring.

Let's just leave it at this: I'll do what I can.

Happy 2009 everyone.

Vacation slide show

Some photos from our trip to Manistique, Michigan (it's in the UP, eh). It's a very small town and I'm related to a large percentage of the population. We try to get up there every summer to visit my grandparents. We usually rent a cabin on Indian Lake (from Sunset View Condos). Actually, the first photo up there was taken from just outside our cabin.

Send good thoughts . . .

My dad is having bypass surgery tomorrow. He reports (sadly) that the hospital will not bring him a vodka martini on the rocks (with a twist or an olive—he's not picky) even though studies have shown the therapeutic benefit of one drink per day. He's such a health nut.