January 2023

Nick's 16th birthday was a simple affair, he got a small cake and cookies from Mema, which be proceeded to light up in a near multi-alarm blaze, melting the wax on a good china plate.  He lives on paper plates, but when he goes for something outrageous like flames and sugar, he grabs the good dishes.

He learned the meaning of BFE this month, so that's something.  And he taught me about tank armor which he'd learned from podcasts, so that's what he's listening to frequently. 

Overall I was traveling for work to CES, where I saw my first concert in 30 years, Def Leppard at The Virgin, and got a demo of Handy.com.  I also did axe throwing for the first time on a short trip to see my California team.  Lots of travel early this year.