2006 Wrap-up
It's Christmas Day here in Atlanta, and all is well. The trip from Fargo to Maryland last weekend was amazingly quiet, due perhaps in part to my brother Dan and sister-in-law A.J.'s generous purchase of battery-powered Nintendo games for each of the kids. They played Super Mario Brothers wirelessly against each other all the way across the country, and most of the way down here to Atlanta.
Last week was nuts, with our days and nights fully booked up with professional and family demands. This week, it's only our nights that are booked up, and only with family demands. Should be a little more restful.
I've been getting hassled for a "Fargoing" update, but here's the thing: I haven't been in town, really, since Dec. 7. It has been Fargo to Maryland to Omaha to Fargo to Maryland to Atlanta, and that Fargo stop there in the middle was only about 18 hours long. So I haven't had much to say about our Fargo adventure since then.
A great friend of ours recently wrapped up her bloggging year by stealing a technique from several other bloggers: "[M]y year in review as encapsulated in the first line of the first post of every month." It's a cheap trick, but the results aren't half-bad. Because – just as in poetry – good writers borrow, and great writers steal, here's my attempt at greatness:
January: "We're well-launched into 2006, and the idea that we'll be elsewhere this time next year is beginning to seem more real."
February: "The City of Fargo is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the movie of 'Fargo' with an outdoor screening on March 1."
March: "Here's an example of the kind of news item I used to pay no attention to, but now read out loud over the kitchen table to Jen:"
April: "Jen's new hobby is perusing the online classifieds for Fargo house rentals. Hey, here's one:"
May: "Not much to report."
June: "Well, just as the Washington area is about to lose us to North Dakota for a year, it is getting what I believe is its first North Dakota-themed restaurant, Agraria."
July: "We're still moderately well on track to get out of here on Tuesday morning."
August: "The story of how I spent roughly three days studying for the bar exam between packing the house, driving across the country, unpacking the house, meeting the Judge's past clerks, attending the wedding in Austin and then getting my tail back to Maryland will be a much better story if I actually pass the exam."
September: "So the kids flipped on a football game while we were in the hotel room last night, and I was pleased to see the University of North Dakota handling themselves well against an ACC opponent, Georgia Tech."
October: "It's sugar-beet processing season here in the Red River Valley."
November: "For the record, the bar exam saga has ended, and it turned out to be, to my great relief, a 'tale of triumph against overwhelming odds.'"
December: "It looks like summer is over for good."
Have a cool Yule and a groovy new year.
Last week was nuts, with our days and nights fully booked up with professional and family demands. This week, it's only our nights that are booked up, and only with family demands. Should be a little more restful.
I've been getting hassled for a "Fargoing" update, but here's the thing: I haven't been in town, really, since Dec. 7. It has been Fargo to Maryland to Omaha to Fargo to Maryland to Atlanta, and that Fargo stop there in the middle was only about 18 hours long. So I haven't had much to say about our Fargo adventure since then.
A great friend of ours recently wrapped up her bloggging year by stealing a technique from several other bloggers: "[M]y year in review as encapsulated in the first line of the first post of every month." It's a cheap trick, but the results aren't half-bad. Because – just as in poetry – good writers borrow, and great writers steal, here's my attempt at greatness:
January: "We're well-launched into 2006, and the idea that we'll be elsewhere this time next year is beginning to seem more real."
February: "The City of Fargo is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the movie of 'Fargo' with an outdoor screening on March 1."
March: "Here's an example of the kind of news item I used to pay no attention to, but now read out loud over the kitchen table to Jen:"
April: "Jen's new hobby is perusing the online classifieds for Fargo house rentals. Hey, here's one:"
May: "Not much to report."
June: "Well, just as the Washington area is about to lose us to North Dakota for a year, it is getting what I believe is its first North Dakota-themed restaurant, Agraria."
July: "We're still moderately well on track to get out of here on Tuesday morning."
August: "The story of how I spent roughly three days studying for the bar exam between packing the house, driving across the country, unpacking the house, meeting the Judge's past clerks, attending the wedding in Austin and then getting my tail back to Maryland will be a much better story if I actually pass the exam."
September: "So the kids flipped on a football game while we were in the hotel room last night, and I was pleased to see the University of North Dakota handling themselves well against an ACC opponent, Georgia Tech."
October: "It's sugar-beet processing season here in the Red River Valley."
November: "For the record, the bar exam saga has ended, and it turned out to be, to my great relief, a 'tale of triumph against overwhelming odds.'"
December: "It looks like summer is over for good."
Have a cool Yule and a groovy new year.
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