Off topic but important enough to post on the main page given the holiday and love for family...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/pageoneplus/quotation-of-the-day-for-tuesday-dec-25-2012.html?src=twrhp

"No one really cares. Your father goes, gets deployed. War — it’s normal. It’s not like a big deal that we’re still at war."

Tyisha Smith,

speaking of the world outside the Fort Campbell military post, where she is a senior in high school. [A12]

wow - hard to know how to respond

I'll just thank active military and veterans because it is a crazy world out there and it's because of y'all Christmas is as awesome as it is in this country