Over Thanksgiving, the family took a 10 day trip to Florida. 10 days of togetherness was great. We spent three nights on a Disney cruise and a few days at DisneyWorld. Between those days, we took a day or two to relax. Met up with my oldest friend while we were in Florida and met his girlfriend and baby for the first time. Spent some time doing touristy things. Spent a ton of time in the car. All in all, we had a blast.
We took a ton of pictures from our travels and the best among them have been posted up to Flickr. Links to follow.
Disney Part 1
Disney Part 2
One of my biggest pet peeves on the internet is the shameless self-promotion that comes along with being the proud parent of someone or the proud owner of something. I don’t have a problem with the occasional post about how great your new toy is or how wonderfully your child performed in the recent spelling bee. I cringe when every single post is about them or it. Someone probably thinks I’m going to be a bad parent because in three weeks, I’m going to allow myself to still be me and I won’t post pictures of my newborn every 45 minutes. I will post the occasional picture or story. I’m a private person and I tend to think my private life should stay that way.
That being said, apparently folks want to see the occasional picture of a new toy or a new kid.
I won’t post a picture of the iPad, but I will say the device is far cooler than I expected it to be. I ordered it because it was cool and because I saw potential. I am enamored by it because of the myriad things it can do extremely well. Reading books on the device is a great experience. Having all of my useful PDFs with me on a device that is comfortable to interact with and not as cumbersome as my MacBook Pro is a joy. Being able to watch TRS, iFanboy or Diggnation on a plane with the iPad is a worth the price of admission. I don’t have to compromise my media consumption for portability.
I also bought a bunch of comics today and got myself a cool Flash ring with the purchase of Flash #1 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapaul. Gorgeous book. Great art. Can’t wait to read it.. and I got a cool ring to boot.
Finally, some of you may have figured out from my tweets or facebook status messages recently that I bought a Camaro. When I was 17, I wanted to buy a muscle car but decided to spend a year at DePaul University instead. Fast Forward 18 years and I’ve continued to want a muscle car. I have the coolest wife in the world and one that fully supported me getting the car I really wanted. It may be that she wanted to use it to pick up chicks, I have no idea. In any case, my 35 year old self is currently gloating to my 17 year old self. I bought the Camaro I wanted and am happy as hell to have it. For those of you asking for pics, a few are included below. It’s got a black exterior and interior. A sun roof. and everything inside I’d want… with the exception of a v8 and all of the tickets that engine would bring with it. 
