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Anyone who is upset by the dormant state of this blog should submit complaints to Customer Service. But all is well...I'm sure you know by now that I'm still in Maryland living at a friend's house, and Allison is most of the way through Semester #1 of vet school. We're both excited for the semester to be over, so that we're not living 20 hours away from each other anymore (and so she can get a break from constant studying, of course). She'll be back on the east coast in late December, then once again (my third time) we'll hit the road for the Midwest in January. A lot of folks have been asking about my job situation, and it's looking like I'll be able to continue working for my current employer while I'm in Kansas. The details are still being worked out, so hopefully that will come together very soon. If not, I got a really intriguing email from a man in Burundi who wants to use my bank account to move $4,500,000 into the U.S., so I might go with that. I'm still deciding...

I was out in Kansas for Thanksgiving (but one week early) and we had a gay old time. I cooked my first turkey and nobody died, which is how I measure success when cooking poultry. The Little Apple is small! I'm getting to know the 10-15 folks who Allison hangs out with there a little better, and since there are only 25 people in town I am about halfway there. Thank God that my boy Mike has a PS3 with college football...this electronic device will surely be integral in maintaining my sanity for the next 3-4 years. Here are some things to listen to:

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Easily my new "favorite band name to say out loud with a British accent" (The Wombats used to hold that title)...their album You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into is an energetic good time. It's got a cool mix of styles like New Order, The Killers and maybe some Daft Punk. Warning: do not read the title of this album if you are moving to Kansas.

There's a cool song called Manhattan on the new Kings of Leon album...so download it and think of us! Or get the song I currently have on repeat - If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It by Snow Patrol.