My Dad's birthday is on Sunday, which is also New Year's Day. I asked him how old he is gonna be and he said 75. All I could tell him was, "Man, that's a whole lotta birthdays." And he agreed. I took him over to the Union House for lunch yesterday. They have a fish fry (my choice) and pierogis (his choice, and there's that word again!) on Wednesdays and Fridays. You could tell it was the holiday season and it was raining, because even the old timers weren't there.

Still narrowing the choices for Amateur Night, a.k.a. New Year's Eve. Several joints currently in the running. The decision will be made soon.

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Times Square festivities will have a Nawlins feel to it. He said "Ball drop." heh heh heh heh

Looks like rain for the Tournament of Roses parade. Does anyone watch that anymore? I see CBS bailed this year.

Enron's chief bean counter pleads guilty and will testify against Lay and Skilling. BTW, Skilling's lawyer is Dan Petrocelli from the OJ civil trial, in case you don't have a program with a current roster. It's funny, because back then he was a good guy and I'm sure he'll come off as a bad guy during this trial.

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Watch the play at the end of the Alamo Bowl last night. The Wolverines got hosed on several fronts. No flag on Nebraska for running on the field, some of their own players quit on the play, and one more lateral would have enede the play with a TD.

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