By the way, My Mom's visit
My Mom was going to make a guest appearance on the blog but had too much fun while she was here to waste any of her time writing a silly old blog entry for me. (Is that a good excuse or what, Mom?) So, she compromised and posted her favorite photos from the trip on my flickr site instead. AND, she even wrote some captions to boot! Take a gander here (what does THAT even mean? Take a gander?):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ririsu/sets/72157594446308616/