O Bearded One

During my "down time", i decided to stop shaving and grow a beard. Have never done anything close to that before, and figured this was the perfect time to do so. Last shaved in mid-November. Well, until yesterday, when i finally got tired of it and hacked most of it off. Had been hoping to make it all the way to Christmas and surprise the family on our trip to San Diego, but i just couldn't take it anymore. Guess i'm just not a beard guy.

Here's a photo, a rare and precious photo of a one-time phenomenon:

Detroit Santa

I thought this was a pretty funny cartoon, concerning the proposed Big 3 auto bailout.

http://yubanet.com/cartoon/Detroit-Santa.php

And i liked this quote from Dick Lamm, former Governor of Colorado:

"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want, and their kids pay for it."