A huge event today. My daughter has now been briefed on the whole Santa thing – that is to say that she is aware that Mom and Dad have more involvement than just leaving out cookies and milk.

It started with questioning in the car on how he can possibly get down a chimmney based on his girth, then questions about how he ended up using the same wrapping paper that Dad did last year. Then came the multi-Santas-in-malls issue, followed by questions on his ability to go fast enough to cover ALL kids, worldwide, in one night. At the end she just asked me flat-out if he existed, and I had to come clean. I explained that it was something for little kids to believe in, something magical. As I was saying it, I realized what a lousy excuse that is, but it worked like a charm.

Another bit of her childhood gone. Moving too fast. Must go work on device to slow down time now – before she starts dating. The only other way I have to handle that is covered in my prior post.

Yes. Another gun. This one primarily for Pammy to shoot. After I bought the .45, I borrowed one from Firing Line, and let her shoot it. She fired it once, and said in disbelief – “You BOUGHT one of these?” So we needed something more her speed.

It’s also much cheaper to shoot. .45 ammo runs about $13 for 50 rounds, if you can find it cheap. .22 ammo is like $15 for 5 HUNDRED rounds. Saving money. Shootin guns.

Saw a sneak preview last night of American Dreamz. Not sure I’ve ever been to anything this official before in terms of their asking for your feedback, etc. Interesting. I found it cool how fast things go when there are no previews and no credits of any kind.

Good movie. Funny, kinda dark. Pammy seemed to really like it. Hugh Grant was actually really good. The President (played by Dennis Quaid) seemed WAY over developed, but still funny.

I guess I’ll have to see it again to find out if they implemented any of my suggestions. I tried to get a group of folks to write “Needed more monkeys” on our forms, to see what would happen – but people take this sort of thing kinda seriously. Whatever.