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My Christmas vacation has come to a close; I'm back home again and able to play with all my new toys. GC got me a wine rack to replace the old, battered cardboard wine box I had been using. He also got some speakers for my fauxPod (off-brand iPod) so I'll be able to listen to it in the kitchen, instead of blaring music from the living room. GC's parents gave me a super-fancy deluxe pepper mill and salt mill. I bought some Tellicherry peppercorns and fancy coarse sea salt to fill them. I also received several cookbooks and specialty food items, so I'm raring to get back into the kitchen. I avoid the grocery stores on the weekends, because there are more people there on the weekends and people tend to ruin my shopping enjoyment. In the meantime, I'll work with the bits and pieces that are left after three weeks of no grocery shopping.

Because of my extended holiday vacation, we didn't have a 12th Night party this year, but we did have a Guitar Hero party last night. I'm not much of a video gamer, or a musician, but I rocked some guitar anthems. My strategy was to tune out the music and concentrate on the dots on the screen. It takes two turns to really get comfortable with the guitar; after that, it totally rocks. Fortunately, we don't have the game. I could foresee myself getting addicted to that game, and rockin' out in the living room all day. GC got a guitar amp for Christmas, so he's the real Guitar Hero.

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