I continued my tradition of spending the holidays back east remembering what the cold feels like.  It was great to spend time with family and friends, and to ring in the new year on the right coast.

Howdy all. I survived last week in San Francisco, and have made the trek to New York City for some more geek adventures. Right now I’m enjoying a nice cup of coffee at “Joe – the Art of Coffee” breaking in my new EVDO card and catching up on e-mail. I’m around for a bit, so if you’re in the city (or live in the city) drop me a line.

This morning I arrived in NYC courtesy of a JetBlue redeye. This weekend is going to be filled with family, friends, and, by a lucky coincidence, comics. That’s right, New York Comic-Con happens to fall during the same weekend as Passover, and so I’ll get to enjoy both. After the great time I had at the San Diego Comic-Con I am excited to see what this will have in store. I do know that the creator of my favorite web comic, VG Cats, will be there. Enjoy this video featuring Leo and Aeris from his strips.

While I was in NYC over the holidays, one night was spent at the bar “Rififi” in the East Village. When Common People by Pulp came on I had to hit the dance floor with my friends, since it holds a special place in my heart as one of my favorite rock anthems. Apparently this guy felt the same way:

Later, during the brief interlude during which I actually was motivated to break out that rare “Engel shake”, this song came on. I had forgotton about this ditty until last night, when it popped back in my head, and I dug it up online by doing a lyrics search. I have decided to take this rambling post as an opportunity to test out the new, most excellent Yahoo! Media Player (DISCLOSURE: I work for Yahoo!, but I think this is rad independent of my paycheck). It is a great piece of webware, and my apologies to Lucas and Ian for sullying their player with this cheesy song (it seemed a lot better at 3am…).

Well, I left New York City yesterday. I closed out the trip with an excellent day filled with lentil soup, the board game “Power Grid”, and a stop by “Pomme Frites”. It was great getting to catch up with family and friends, and thanks to everyone who rocked along with me in the city.

Here is a smattering of pictures from my visit.