just because everyone expects this from me, i must give my two cents about the steroids scandal. barry bonds sucks. so does jason giambi. i didn't like either of them much before, but c'mon people-- drugs are bad. they do bad things to your body, and to your reputation. ask mark mcguire, who had to quit baseball before he became so top-heavy that his pelvis snapped. ask hank aarons and babe ruth, whose legendary records may be besmirched by someone questionably worthy. ask ozzy osbourne (good luck getting an intelligible answer). i feel (slightly) bad that this is coming out in the media as a very targeted attack, but barry made himself his own asterisk.

another major oil spill disrupts alaskan wildlife. so sad.

see below for pictures from our christmas tree selection party. yay! i love christmas trees.