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Welcoming back...Myself!!

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So after an unintentional sabbatical from blogging, today seems an appropriate time to reflect back on the second half of 2011 considering it's the NFL playoffs and there are no night games scheduled.

Let's see, since the last post, the following happened, in no particular order.
- Made a trip to the Northeast (Boston) and to the Northwest (Portland) in a span of 2 weeks for professional and personal reasons.
- Moved from Vernon Hills to Prospect Heights, leaving behind a fully-furnished apartment to a clean-slate whiteboard (literally, the paint in this house is snow-white).
- NFL season started and ended (September to January) and thus the exile from blogging.
- Joined a Fantasy Football league and for a change, won the regular season and finished 3rd overall for a rookie season.
- Gave in to a long-standing demand and got a good deal on ...wait for it....An Apple product. We are officially in the Apple cult. Proud owners of a 4th generation iPod Touch. Somewhere Steve Jobs is saying; "I Win" (evil laughter all around).

A note about Fantasy Football. While the excitement about the league was palpable, it took the fun out of the NFL games. Instead of enjoying the great season, it made all the Pseudo-General Managers (Read: the suckers who lost valuable Sundays) battle it out for individual glory and the few superstars to earn their position in the team. Heartbreaks and blowout victories of a made-up league has unfortunately lost a customer; I am no longer playing Fantasy Football starting next year. This is a commitment I intend to fulfill for myself and for K, who has given me dirty looks all throughout the season for trying to stare and refresh the GameCenter website and the FF App on the iPod Touch for the best part of 4+ months, just in the hope that my player is going to score and score big.

More importantly, 2011 was probably the quickest year to fly past me in recent memory. The whole year was a blur with lots of great times and anxious moments. Welcomed the new year in the company of relatives and we are off to a fast start once again (it's already the 8th).

Here's to a great 2012 to all of you. Spend the year enjoying life because once December comes along, let's hope for 2 things (1) That the Mayan Calendar is wrong and (2) If they happen to be correct, there are no regrets for the life we spent on this Earth.

Cheers and Go Pats!!

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