• I have nearly completed the new design for the blog… but it’s still weeks away because my schedule’s too tight.
• I am reading The Golden Compass and will be posting my commentary on it, on the book series, on the movie (when it comes out and I see it right away), and on the whole controversy.
• I read a very interesting piece from The Skeptic (a non-religion friendly magazine) on the four possible origins of the universe, and it was very well written and worthy of commentary.
• I spent Thanksgiving in Virginia visiting my new nephew – there are a few pictures below.

This has been a bit of a crazy year. I am now on new servers for Negative99 so there’ll be no more limited availabilities or shying away from blogging due to bandwidth issues… I have about 50 times the bandwidth I did before for the SAME PRICE!

I’m also finally using the latest version of WordPress (2.0.5) and have resolved to do all my posting in FireFox where I have automatic spell checking. It’s a beautiful thing.

My major task this first month of the year is to “reboot” my site. I plan on designing a new look and feel that I hope better reflects my growth as a web designer and my relative webview of the world.

See you all soon!

…you can stand on a pier surrounded by other anxious people – young, old – family and friends… each having a sailor on board a returning warship – son, daughter, mother, father… little children waving flags in excitement… grown women weeping at the sight of their husband’s boat… and to see the first glimpse of that dark gray sail… slowly and purposefully rolling down the river… and then the horns – every horn – every warship in the port (including the brand new Virginia) sounding a full 60-second long blast in unison to welcome home these 12 million pounds of American military ‘love’ – the very sound of glory resonating through the entire harbor. Awesome! Don’t even think you can know what it was like.