E:\LETTERS\Xmas10.txt 2010 With Dave and Joy Beeson: A Year of Renewal January read February read March read April read May read June read July read August read September read all read This year we replaced our roof, refrigerator, furnace, air conditioner, water heater, the nanny switch on the washing machine, one of my teeth, and the shower head. We're considering a new freezer, and the washer won't last much longer. We also had a concrete parking pad poured in front of the shop; makes it easier to park the Buick, because I can feel the front wheels bump over the edge of the pad and know I've backed up far enough. And Dave got two new Web cams. Some time during the year I gave up on mixed-case filespecs for the Beeson Banners and started letting PC- Write make them all upper case. Should make the Banners easier to hack into next year. (Pity Comcast won't create an index on the fly the way Earthlink did.) In January, we got around to blocking off the unused fireplace to keep the heat in the house. That made it much warmer by the television. My scenery-muslin sheets finally started wearing out, and I started making linen sheets. I learned to put capers in my tartar sauce.