I’m not one to promote finding happiness during the holidays based upon the gifts you receive. I mean, as always, I’d much rather get nothing and have the chance to go home and see my family than anything else. But sometimes you just get something that’s hard to beat and you’ve been wanting to have for years. And this year’s gift is, in fact, something that I have wanted to have for as long as I can remember. I’ll use pictures as a description here, because I think it pretty much says it all.

One of the not so unknown things about me is that I’m obsessed with the Braves and have been since I was a kid. I mean, I helped start and write for BravesBlast.com. Normal people just don’t do that kind of thing.

I figure corporations and celebrities write open letters to the public all the time (or I guess have people write them for them), so I should be able to do the same. As a lot of people know, I’ve been complaining a lot about the HOA for my neighborhood recently and their nonsense rules. For one, I have a real issue that the HOA here has absolutely no representation from the homeowners on it. Something just doesn’t seem right about that to me. I’m not going to use this point to complain, however, as it is an apology letter after all.

I’m writing this as an open apology to my neighbors for my continued violations of the HOA’s “rules” for the exteriors of our homes. I have a tendency to ignore the notices they send me…

There are few things finer to watch than Georgia losing a football game, especially when it comes at the hands of Georgia Tech.  When you can’t actually be at the game however, you have to make sure that you’re not missing a second of the action.  This presents a little problem when there are multiple games that you need to be watching at the same time, as was the case with the GT vs. U(sic)GA game yesterday, as well as the VT vs. UVA game.  So to keep an eye …