With it being the holidays and all, I feel the need for a bit of reflection.  I read a saying somewhere, “New friends are silver but old friends are gold.”  I was thinking about that over these holiday parties.  I've got a few old friends I've been able to keep as the years have dragged on.  I recently ran into a guy I knew well from college.  Having dinner with him was great.  Just this past Sunday I went to a holiday party with one of my best friends from High School.  It was awesome to talk to her as well.  However, this has been the year of new friends for me.  I started going to the user groups this year, and that's not only brought me closer to Brendon, it's introduced me to Paul, Keith, and Michael.  There are actually so many people out there now that I see on a monthly if not weekly basis; I can't name everyone's name.  And it seems like my meeting new people has been speeding up as the year draws closer to a close.

I just wanted everyone to know that I've been having a blast and I can't wait for next year.  I haven't had this much fun since college.

-- Matt Ranlett

PS - you'll not be seeing me link to MSN Spaces anymore.  I've not got the time nor energy to maintain two blogs.  I never put anything up there anyway, so consider it dropped.