Christmas

Well, another Christmas has come and gone. The Brady's Christmas eve party was a blast, followed the next day by the relatively laid-back Christmas day celebration at grandma's. Both parties featured prime-rib as the main course and presents galore. I still enjoy getting a great return on my gift-investments around Christmas time, and I fear the day the tables turn and I am the one coughing up the dough for outlandish gifts.

I got my uncle a 16 pound sledge hammer as a gag gift. He wasn't to pleased to get it, but I gave him the receipt so he can return it for credit. He should be able to trade the big hammer in for a few smaller ones.

I got my best gifts this year from my parents. My mom got me a DVD burner for my computer so I can copy all the movies I want and a TiVo with a built in DVD recorder so I won't have to watch commercials anymore. My dad got me a triple-action miter-chop saw so I can build my granny-unit and garage without permits.

Motorcycle Show

Valerie and I went to this big motorcycle show in San Jose a few days ago. Our goal was to find her a suitable bike to learn on. She decided on a 250cc Ninja due to its low weight and low price. It seems like a fun bike to ride and gets great gas mileage. We are looking around for one now. Of course, we also found bikes way out of our price range as well...

Thats Val on her dream bike, the BMW F-650.

Thats me on BMW's new $20,000 dirt-bike. Awesome machine, wish I had the coin...