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But can I say how reassuring it is to get back from Thanksgiving feasting and find a letter in the mail telling me that my cholesterol has _dropped_ by over 60 and my only problem now is that my good cholesterol is a little _low_?

Not that I shouldn't still lose a bunch of weight, but it's good to know all that whole wheat bread isn't for nothing.

Short Thanksgiving: Dad good though I'm a bit worried about his health. Brother and sister-in-law good but increasingly stressed about lack of baby after 3 years of trying. Sister-in-law's mother, host of Thanksgiving, great cook but stressful conversationalist. fajitasand pseudosilence and antoniusrex immense amounts of fun to hang out with and game - and very useful commentary on Aalterdam! darkforge and his lady-friend were brunchalicious. Seeing retsuko was great and I hope that yebisu9 gets to join her soon. And last but not least, baby tiger cubs at the San Diego Zoo - so sweet.

Hey! East Coasters! People we don't get to see a lot!

A. and I will be at Anonycon from Friday, December 1st through Sunday, and then in New Haven Sunday night. You should come. Not just because of us, but because of the way cool games, and fun people, and lots of laughter.

We will also be available for visitation from December 22nd-31st (excepting Christmas) in Madison, NJ or NYC, although our traveling will be limited as we will be accompanied by Eowyn, the Cutest Puppy in the World. But we're an easy NJtransit ride from NYC.

And if folks would be up for a quick Alea on Friday, December 30th, that could very much be arranged, but you may already have other plans.

It turns out Alito was a proud member of the "Concerned Alumni of Princeton," a group which published statements like these in the 1980s:

"May I recall, and with some nostalgia, my father's 50th reunion, a body of men, relatively homogenous in interests and backgrounds, who had known and liked each other over the years during which they had contributed much in spirit and substance to the greatness of Princeton...I cannot envisage a similar happening in the future with an undergraduate student population of approximately 40% women and minorities, such as the Administration has proposed." --Shelby Davis