I do feel sorry for y'all who have been without power. I live on the same block as (former) Governor Leavitt, and I figure that's why we've never had such problems. Our street was even plowed, but I did see Mike shoveling his own driveway the other day. I think there was a Secret Service dude helping him, though.

While thinking about the coming year it dawned on me that some time during the last 20 years or so I past my prime (whatever that is). I'm only in my 50th year, and I can't remember how or when this happened, but it's OK. I also realized that for some things in life (e.g. astronomy) there really is no prime time. We can have fun and do good work until we're either dead or senile - I'm not sure which comes first.