A tree decorated with festive lights glows at dusk, near Arosa, Switzerland on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella) (via Christmas 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com)
This photo makes me happy, I am not sure why.

A tree decorated with festive lights glows at dusk, near Arosa, Switzerland on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella) (via Christmas 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

This photo makes me happy, I am not sure why.

Christmas Tree Decorating 2009 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Amy and I did our annual Christmas tree decorating video.  We have some awesome new ornaments from our trips this year, so we had to use only a couple of bulbs.

robotindisguise:

Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ in the fall of 2008 that kept the firm from collapsing. The payment was supposed to be wired electronically, but because it needed to be made on an emergency basis on a holiday, Mitsubishi cut a physical check, perhaps the largest ever written.
Above is a copy of the $9,000,000,000.00 check.

robotindisguise:

Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ in the fall of 2008 that kept the firm from collapsing. The payment was supposed to be wired electronically, but because it needed to be made on an emergency basis on a holiday, Mitsubishi cut a physical check, perhaps the largest ever written.

Above is a copy of the $9,000,000,000.00 check.

Rockets are way cooler than the Space Shuttle.
Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Rockets are way cooler than the Space Shuttle.

Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Factoid: This is my favorite Beatles song.  I am not a huge Mraz fan, but this is a great cover.

There is so much awesomeness in this picture it is ridiculous.

There is so much awesomeness in this picture it is ridiculous.

Eric Tan’s “The Crash”

Eric Tan’s “The Crash”

Maybe I am the only person in the world who hasn’t seen this, but I thought it was pretty brilliant.

Four circles, I swear.

Four circles, I swear.