1. Nancy and I spend New Year’s Eve in bed.
2. New Years Day we went to NJ to visit her mom, Dee, who is doing very well at 87.  She cooked for us and we just chatted for a couple of hours.  It was an enriching visit without the “work” I sometimes associate with family.
3. The delicious hot dogs Nancy made last night, with a topping made from peppers, onions, and potatoes.
4. My glasses; even if they do hurt the bridge of my nose.
5. Breaking Bad.  We watched the season one episode “Handfull of nuthin'” last night and it’s just so brilliant:  the flash-forward at the opening juxtaposing “no violence” with images from the explosion; teaching the class how slowly occurring change is barely noticeable, like rust gathering under a car, but when it’s fast it can be violent, like an explosion – and he’s using Mercury Fulminate as the example; and then the moment of his change: shaving his head is simultaneously his most vulnerable moment (as seen in Sklyer’s expression) and his strongest (Walt Jr:  “Bad ass”).  It is also the episode we first hear his alias, Heisenberg, which is itself brilliant.

Many thanks,

Me