RT @asymco: Apple’s Black Friday retail store sales were its biggest of all time http://t.co/xdoQRCH9 #yg

And we’re off to deliver RC back to UVM. It’s been nice to have him home for a week.

Christmas tree is up. Only a small one this year: 12.5 feet, but it felt as heavy as our 14 footer in 2008. It’s nice to have strong sons.

In 2 out of the 5 Scrabble games we’ve played this weekend, someone has used all of their tiles. We’ve seen 70+ and 90+ point single plays.

Let the season begin: we’ve baked 10 dozen holiday spritz cookies to bring to Grandma’s house this afternoon.

The turkey didn’t make it to our house, but we had a good dinner and played great board games. We are thankful for a great family.

Turkey research: John Gruber destroys NPD’s analysis claiming consumers are clamoring for a non-Apple tablet. http://t.co/HWWCnbW1 #yg

AT&T and T-Mobile’s auditors have now arrived at YG’s research conclusion: in present form, merger not happening. http://t.co/HG6Go4ep #yg

Piper Jaffray says that Android app revenue is 7% of iPhone’s (@philiped / Fortune) http://t.co/gtOpkQNJ #yg

Another thought-provoking talk by Clayton Christensen: why the lauded pursuit of profit is killing innovation. http://t.co/MUxR18RJ