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Having a bit of free time over Christmas vacation has given me the opportunity to see a couple of good movies. One is We Are Marshall, the story of the airplane crash in the early 70’s that took the lives of 75 football players, coaches and fans from a small college in West Virginia. What a good movie! You could feel the pain of the town as they struggled to rebuild the football team and their lives following such a devastating loss. Another good movie is The Holiday about two women who traded houses for the holidays finding themselves and love in the process. Yes, it’s definitely a chick-flick, but probably a movie that men might like as well. I especially liked the setting in the English countryside and loved the four main talented actors/actresses. A couple of other movies on my “hope to see list” include In Pursuit of Happyness and A Night At the Museum. I got The DaVinci Code for Christmas and can hardly wait to see it too! Does anyone have any opinions about these movies or others?

Yesterday I returned from a 5-day adventure to Atlanta where I attended a teacher’s meeting. The speakers were great and the people were among the friendliest of any city I’ve visited. I’ve attached some photos to this post to help tell the story of the sights I saw while in Georgia. We took a tour of CNN, visited the Carter Presidential Library, stopped by the Coke Museum, watched the Christmas Parade, and cheered on the Huskers via television in the company of the Atlanta UNL Alumni Association. The main speaker at our meeting was Chris Gardner, a man who was homeless on the streets of San Francisco for a year with his young son before making his fortune in the stock market. A movie of his life’s story is coming out in theaters soon starring Will Smith. We sampled some great southern food while we were there and enjoyed seeing all the football fans from Arkansas and Florida who were in town for the SEC football championship game. To top it all off, I was excited to visit the new aquarium with my nephew and his family who live near Atlanta. All in all, Atlanta was awesome!