Happy Christmas one and all

Some freezing rain is on its way here for Christmas morning, adding some glistening icy sparkle to tree branches. Hope we don't lose power. If we do, we won't have a spare generator.

I'm watching A Christmas Story on TBS and Ralphie just woke up to a yard coated in ice. That might be the scene around here.

I got my present today when AAPL closed up $6.94 on a day when the stock market closed at 1 PM. It's a new record and a new 52-week high. Apple is having a special event on January 26. It's just a rumor but that's when a new tablet might be introduced. This is very exciting. Read all about it:

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AppleInsider | Possible Apple tablet multi-touch tactile keyboard detailed

Merry Christmas!

And Best wishes.

Did ya hear about Coakley saying she would have voted for that travesty of a health bill (on a radio program) ?And seemingly forgot her objection to the Stupak provision?

Disappointing! Oh well, politicians, what are ya gonna do?

Eleanor Clift and John Maclaughlin just chose Hillary Clinton for Person of the Year.

My wife just told me we got a Christmas card from my high school friend. When I was a homeless teenager in 1965, his family took me in. I worked that summer as a research assistant in a microbiology lab, saved my money, bought a 1959 Renault and paid for tuition and books at a community college. A month into the first semester, his father asked me for $10/week for food. My world came to an end, the stress was overwhelming, I came down with a bad case of mono, and was forced to withdraw from school and move in with my mom until I was well enough to join the Army.

He got married, moved away, his wife developed MS, she had breast cancer and died. He married another woman who survived breast cancer. They'll be in the area soon and they want to get together with us.

My friend is very far left. When we were in HS, we went to the sorts of places lefties hang out. When I got back from Vietnam, I had another year to serve. His mom got in touch with me, said he was being drafted, and asked me to write a letter that might help get him a deferment as a conscientious objector. I wrote the letter but it wasn't enough. He had a mental breakdown. He was as anti-war as they come. He voted for Obama, though I tried to talk him out of it. I told him who Obama really was, that he was nothing like what anyone expected him to be.

That Christmas card was special. There was a little note that said, Ron, I'm beginning to think you were right about Obama. I smiled. It made my day.