Merry Christmas! Hope you have a wonderful day. πŸŽ„

Decorated Christmas tree with ornaments beside a fireplace in a grand room with wood beams and a chandelier

Merry Christmas Eve! πŸŽ„πŸŽ…

Four people smiling beside a decorated Christmas tree, two wearing matching Santa sweaters, two in red plaid shirts.

Wassail Tea, Lefse, Carrot Cake β€” these are some of the traditions of Christmas for us. πŸŽ„

Kitchen counter with a plate of rolled lefse flatbreads, a bundt carrot cake on a cooling stand, and a gallon jug of wassail apple cider

ChatGPT’s Year in Review is pretty neat.

ChatGPT Year in Review poetry card on pastel gradient reading a limerick about building worlds with data POAPs and Weekly ThingChatGPT Year in Review card listing three themes: Creativity Through Collectibles, Building and Evolving the Weekly Thing, and Leading with AI and PurposeChatGPT Year in Review stats: top 10% messages sent, first 0.1% of users, 722 chats, 4034 messages, 223 images, Jul 30 chattiest dayChatGPT Year in Review card showing five prompt phrases including That's peak Thingelstad energy on a pastel gradient backgroundChatGPT Year in Review badge showing a glowing quill in an inkwell on a tiered pedestal, labeled Most Likely to Turn Life Into a Limited-Edition DropChatGPT 2025 archetype card titled The Strategist showing a 3D owl holding a chess piece with plans and pieces nearby, shared by 3.6% of usersPixel art desk scene with a lit candle labeled Things 4 Good, colorful keyboard, open journal, POAP coin, and city skyline at night

This is a big deal.

America’s Food and Drug Administration approved a daily pill version of Wegovy, a weight-loss treatment manufactured by Novo Nordisk that is usually injected. Eli Lilly, a rival drugmaker, is expected to receive regulatory approval for a similar pill soon. Pills–which are less effective than jabs, but far more convenient–mark a new frontier in weight-loss drugs. β€” The Economist, World in Brief, Dec 23, 2025

100 Years of the Opry!

Four people posing in front of a colorful Grand Ole Opry wall mural celebrating 100 years of the Opry

Opry Country Christmas

We went to the Grand Ole Opry for Opry Country Christmas. It was a fun evening with a wide variety of music.

Hand holding a red holiday show program inside the Grand Ole Opry theater, stage and audience visible in background.Grand Ole Opry stage with Merry Christmas backdrop, performers on stage, full audience seated in red chairs, ON AIR sign litGrand Ole Opry auditorium filled with seated audience watching performers on a lit holiday stage with stained glass backdrop and Christmas trees.Grand Ole Opry stage during a Christmas show with performers in holiday attire, lit by a festive bokeh backdrop and Christmas treesFour cowboy-hatted musicians perform on the Grand Ole Opry stage decorated with Christmas trees and a fireplace backdrop.Grand Ole Opry stage filled with performers and children in holiday attire, with a large orange and red Christmas backdrop and seated audience

Legend of the Yeti Escape Room

We got a very slow start in the Legend of the Yeti room at The Escape Game Nashville today. This was one of those times that in hindsight there was an obvious thing that we just didn’t explore enough in the first section of the room. The game master missed that we hadn’t found that one puzzle and we managed through it but it caused us challenges to the end. We did ultimately solve the room and it was a ton of fun. I’m pretty sure they gave us a few minutes extra though! Room 84!

Four people smiling together inside a themed escape room with a stone yeti sculpture and a countdown timer on the wall behind them.

We completed the Ruins: Forbidden Treasure room at Escape Game Nashville today. This was a really well done room with good puzzles and very immersive experiences. Solved in 55m 12s. Room 83!

Four people posing and smiling with a Captain Mac cardboard cutout wearing a Santa hat at The Escape Game Nashville.