Thankful

Had a wonderful Turkey Day with the family here in warm, sunny Palm Springs, with the weekend only mildly marred by violence here and abroad. My brother and his wife fortunately joined us from Mumbai, India. They arrived earlier this week prior to the terrorist acts that occured there. Dave seems much less concerned than the news media due to the fact that this type of activity is much more commonplace than we would think. The primary difference seems to be that the targets were much more associated with Western portions of the city. The second unfortunate incident was the Toys-R-Us shootings a couple of miles from here (drove past twice this morning). It appears they were likely gang/stupidity related and the shooters only killed each other, but it is sad that there were children so close to such a violent event. Glad everyone in my family is safe. More on our trip to Disneyland to come.