Hello, 2005!

Wow, 2005 sounds like a big number.

We had our usual sushi and sauerkraut dinner yesterday. It's traditional to eat cabbage on New Year's Day in my Pennsylvania German tradition, while Ken's family has a feast of Japanese food. I think they make a good combination.

Eli, Julia, and a college friend Dan (left to right) had dinner with us. Dan is from Pittsburgh and we found out that he and I had both lived on the same block of the same street, although not at the same time. Coincidences no longer surprise me.