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1. Today would have been my grandmother's 93rd birthday. She's been gone four years. I could spend a lot of words on it, but the upshot always ends up being the same: I wish she were here.

2. The biggest challenge of doing business while visiting family isn't finding the time or the privacy to get your work done. It's not knowing where they keep something like a roll of tape.

3. Seems like every 1980's action movie could have been about fifteen minutes long if the protagonist had had a cellphone on him.

4. New rule: NFL Network games only count in the standings for those viewers who can watch them. you're on your own figuring out the playoffs

5. The iPhone's camera can take some really, really nice photos in the right lighting.

6. Ask to see a dog that snores while it's awake and I'll show you the one lying next to me.

7. I really don't know what the hiring of Bill Parcells as the new Miami Dolphins Vice President means for the future, but it's going to make being a fan much more interesting at least.

That's all I've got. I'm on vacation :-)