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Random Holiday Thoughts
* I vaguely remember some Xmases during my childhood when everyone in the house was passing nasty colds back and forth, and the breakfast beverage was Sprite, all to keep the stomachs calm. I remember looking over at my parents on the sofa, who looked happy for my undiluted joy at Santa's bounty, but also remember that their faces still bore some degree of discomfort and pain.
I also remember one or two Xmases from my youth where I simply could not fall back asleep. I awoke at, say, 12 or 1am, and it was o-vah. The night became a series of increasingly tense negotiations with Dad to see when "morning" actually began, and I could go downstairs.
Friends, let me just say that cosmic payback -- combined cosmic payback, for that matter -- is a bitch.
* Given the circumstances, I've had the opportunity to watch Finding Nemo a good number of times over the weekend together with my boys as we recuperate together. I liked it when I first saw it, and am impressed with it the more that I think about it. Nemo* is tightly written, clever, funny, and plays to universal themes of fear, loss, and love. And the room keeps getting dusty near the final scenes.
Carry on.
Gattigap
* As are most Pixar pictures, but that's for another day.
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