I played a little guitar with hoyhoy the other day. This has made me start mentally compiling my dream band. Monroe, wake up, dude. I’m talking to you. -Deekster singing and Kahl to be the token Real Musician… I haven’t talked it over with the others, but we’re probably available for parties. Contact me for booking information.

Mrs. Bumper and I are having our yearly disagreement about The Christmas Problem. The Christmas Problem is corollary, and nearly opposite to The Fencepost Problem. The Fencepost Problem is so named because the notion of fenceposts is expository to the problem. The Christmas Problem is so named because that’s the time the problem always comes up. The problem is also evident when something arduous is almost over, but that’s a more ponderous title. Indeed I first noticed The Christmas Problem when looking forward to the end of boot camp. The root of the problem is that some people mistakenly believe that one should count the present day or the final day in doing a countdown. This is obviously folly, but some exceptionally delusional people actually try to count both! So today being the 19th and Christmas being the 25th, there are five Days until Christmas; the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th. End of lesson.

We went to the Medrano’s house tonight and watched a play put on by a small subset of the Medrano Children. I think it’s the best Christmas play I’ve seen. Based on A Christmas Carol, but with lovable Sci-Fi characters. How could it go wrong.