Monthly Archives: December 2004

Another Path

By danieldyl | Published: December 31, 2004

This rainbow came out this morning after rain poured all night long.
In Return of the King, as Gondor was seemingly on the verge of being overtaken by the armies of Mordor, Gandalf comforted Pippin with this description of heaven:
…the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The [...]

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Our Own Peanuts Christmas

By danieldyl | Published: December 28, 2004

I thought I’d share with you a short clip from Christmas 2003 of the kids and their cousins dancing to the Charlie Brown theme (Quicktime, 1.9 MB). On the piano is their older cousin from Texas.
Hope all y’all had a wonderful Christmas holiday.
Update: This video has been uploaded to Google Video!
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Tsunami Disaster

By danieldyl | Published: December 27, 2004

It saddened me deeply today to learn how many so far have perished from the devastating earthquake and resulting tidal waves that hit south Asian nations. Here are a couple of ways we here can help.
Here’s an amazing set of pictures showing a tidal wave engulf a Thai resort.
Sadly, the world also experienced an incredible [...]

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Scared of Santa? Me?

By danieldyl | Published: December 22, 2004

When I saw this hilarious photo gallery of kids scared of Santa a couple days ago, I had to dig up my own “scared of Santa” picture from my childhood:

That’s me at two years old being held by my mom because I refused to sit on Santa’s lap. My sisters didn’t mind though. Our eldest [...]

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Niece on the Nutcracker

By danieldyl | Published: December 20, 2004

My sister’s 7-year-old daughter gets interviewed along with other Nutcracker performers by KQED radio. She’s the one who says, “The hardest thing about it is keeping the beat and getting to my place at the proper time.”

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