This was a funny headline (and decent quick read): Friended by Mom and Dad on Facebook. As an aside, there's someone from our past that keeps on trying to "friend" Court. She's ignored the request twice now; we'll see what happens.

Hope you guys had a good set of holidays. The break down here has been fun, but I brought tons of work with me. I picked up this new watch that sets itself according to the atomic clock in Fort Collins. It's not the most fashionable, but my inner-geek is glowing. It *syncs*itself*with*an*atomic*clock* up to 6 times a day. [Update: I know what time it is today, because my watched synced with the atomic clock at 7:46 am this morning. Yup, still glowing.]

I've decided to apply to another university--not because I want to relocate per-se, but because it's much, much closer to the extended family. (The school's in NC.) I'm not even 100% sure why I'm doing it though: (a) I really hate the idea of moving; (b) they'd have to make me one heckuva offer, which includes tenure; (c) my dad's kind of an asshole anyway. But we'll see. They need someone with exactly my skill set, so they have sufficient motivation to make an aggressive offer.