Good news: I got an A in my ASP.NET class. A 99.4 percent to be precise. It’s good to be succussful at something. It’s also good to see some validation for all of my hard work in this class.

Dumb News: George W Bush is Time’s Man of the Year. Nuff said.

We got most of the Christmas shopping done this weekend. That’s a load of my chest. I get mixed emotions about Christmas. I’m not religious at all, so that aspect of it does nothing for me. But of course, there are many aspects of Christmas, in this day and age, that are removed from religion. I celebrate it mostly because the kids enjoy it and my mother would be mortified if I outright ignored it. I tend to ignore the religous bits and focus on things I agree with: Peace on Earth, Giving, So on and so forth.

There are more reports of Torture from Iraq. Can we do more to enrage the people of the Middle East? or the rest of the world for that matter.

I’ve been keeping up with my diet of keeping my daily caloric intake under 1500 calories. After 3 weeks, I’ve lost 26 pounds. I’m happy that the wieght is coming off. I’m disturbed that after losing 26 pounds and looking in the mirror, there is obviously more to lose.