I have returned from my Holiday holiday.  I am back, hard at work on Internet Explorer the Next.  I will, hopefully, have more interesting things to post soon.  In the meantime, for those of you who may care, I present a brief summary of my Midwestern Wanderings:

I flew home, spent time with my father and grandmother, hung out at The Coffee Shop.  I drove halfway across the state to my Mom's house, stopping for a night in the town that houses my Undergrad University.  I drove back home, repeat.  Flew to Chicago, saw The Ike Reilly Assassination on New Years Eve, flew home, repeat.  Flew back to Seattle.  There were, of course, other details but this is not really the forum for such things. 

Anyway, I am back.