I took Sachil to a farm in Berlin, Massachusetts on Sunday with his friend Jack and his mom.  We had an awesome farm-fresh breakfast, took the kids on pony rides, and had a long snowball war.  The kids are both three years old and can't make their own snowballs.  So they kept running up to me and demanding that I make snowballs for them.  And no sooner would I pack a nice snowball together and hand it to either of them - then they would immediately hit me with it at point blank range!  This had them in stitches and managed to entertain them for over an hour.  ... Afterwards, we went to the mall and visited Santa.  That brought back a traumatic memory for me:  I remember being about 5 years old or so and being scared out of my wits when my parents made me sit on Santa's lap.  Something about that giant beard and the "ho-ho-ho" was terribly sinister and frightening!  Sachil was a little uneasy at first, but he relaxed once they decided that they (he and Jack) would go up together.  Once up there, he confidently rattled off his Christmas list:  a ukelele, microphone stand, and a better sled.  He's either a lot braver than I was, or this Santa was a lot less menacing!

Changing the subject, I think that my recently released "Know when to fold 'em" video is the best one I have ever made.  I'd recommend checking it out if you have not already.  I can't make these philosophy videos too often, as it takes a lot more work than a regular video - but I do think this one turned out pretty well.

Tonight is the last lesson of my current group session.  I will be opening up registration for my next group soon.  I will be visiting my parents in Albuquerque at the end of December and into early January, so I've decided not to start the next session until I get back.  There are a couple members of the current group who are going to continue on with the next session, and I am going to cap the registration so that everyone will get enough personalized attention.  So to that end, when I do open up the registration, I will take students on a first come, first serve basis.  If you are interested in being part of my next group, please stay tuned to my blog.  I will provide the details in another entry in the near future.

Finally, in fantasy football news, I have 919 points, good for 1825th (out of over 2.1 million) in the world and 41st (out of over 68,000) in the United States.  That is only good for a tie for second in my league.  The leader has 938.  Other notables are Asa (6th, 896), Pranav (7th, 895), Louie (8th, 891), Prabhav (20th, 815), Richard (22nd, 812), Ron (28th, 778), and James Cross (30th, 731).  My team currently looks like this:

GK:  Sorensen, Myhill

D: Ashley Cole, Evra, Ivanovic, Hangeland, Shawcross

M: Fabregas, Ashley Young, Dempsey, Dunn, and O'Hara

F:  Rooney, Adebayor, and Darren Bent