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Big, bad ass site news - the long awaited pictures from DragonCon 2002 (they’re only, what, five months late?) have been posted to the site in our totally redesigned Out of Focus, using the latest technology that I could find for free on the web. And as an extra special bonus, I will be allowing MCG the ability to add his photos to the site as he deems fit - so be warned, in a few months, all you’re going to see is an near-endless stream of Emily doing the things that babies do, all of which are designed to render us incapable of speech as we “awwwwwwww” all over them. Most of the other pics have been moved here as well - those that have not will be in the next few days.

I’ve never fallen asleep while watching a Bucs game before - but this time I came damn close. MCG actually DID fall asleep, which is unheard of for him.

The Christmas party as Ron’s was actually quite a bit of fun, even with the endless parade of children threatening to collapse the house at any given moment - those that weren’t lamenting how lame the party was, anyway. Amazing - ten years ago, I would have found that kind of party lame as well - amazing what happens to your sensibilities when places like Ybor turn annoying.

I have to say, this might be the greatest christmas idea ever. Who doesn’t love those old wire model stop motion holiday specials, especially ones that have the screwed up family sensibility of the fifties and sixties? You think they’d even consider making a family special with a toy gun (albeit a squirt gun) as a supporting character? Not to mention the biggest, baddest character in all of christmas television: Yukon Cornelius. Oh yeah.

I sawThe Two Towers Tuesday night, making the pilgrimage to the geek equivalent of Promise Keepers, only with women as members (all three of them, mind you), and without having to make silly pledges that any basic human being would respect without such an organization’s existence. It was a 12:01 showing, and with all the previews, I didn’t get home until almost 4am. But that’s ok, it was well worth it, and had an unexpected bonus. I got interviewed on the news by a reporter dressed as Arwen, while waiting in line for my loan application on a popcorn and small Cherry Coke to go through. As a result everyone in the Tampa Bay area now knows that I am, in fact, a big honking loser. Here it is, reviewed for your convenience.

Gollum is unreal.
Jaw-dropping battles. I hope
that they make a third.