The childrens' Christmas plays went on at church tonight as they do every year around this time. Afterward, Christmas bags with fruit, nuts, and candy are given out to everyone. The mere site of that large, brown bag makes me happy. The coarse, rumpled paper in my hand lets me know it's Christmas. Another yearly tradition took place today. We always make M&M cookies and fudge here at Christmas time. They're both extremely good. It's been cold and rainy, so the remainder of today was spent watching ACC games and playing Playstation 2.

When I was at Norwood Elementary I wrote for the school newspaper, The Patriot Press. I also did little political cartoons. Here's one I drew for the special "Election '92" issue we put out. Looking at it now, it seems really crappy. Since it was 1992 I was either 10 or 11, so not bad for my age.

It's a spoof of the classic Peanuts strip where Lucy pulls the football away from Charlie Brown. Bill takes the place of Lucy, pulling the ball (the Presidential election) away from Bush, as Charlie Brown. Again, not bad for an eleven-year-old. Oh, and I made this before the election. I knew Clinton was going to win.