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 <tr><td> <td> Time Trap <td> Shooter <td> <td>
 <tr><td> <td> <td> The Gift <td> <td>
 <tr><td> <td> <td> The Midnight Sky <td> <td>
+<tr><td> <td> <td> Assassin's Creed <td> <td>
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 <center><table border=10 bordercolor=gold cellpadding=3 align=center><tr><td align=center colspan="5"><font size=+3>2022</font></tr><tr><th><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><th><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><th><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><th><img src="star.gif"><img src="star.gif"><th><img src="star.gif"></tr><tr><td> The Unforgivable <td> The Mitchells vs.<br>the Machines <td> Don't Look Up <td> Stowaway <td>
 <tr><td> JoJo Rabbit <td> The Adam Project <td>The Eternals<td>  <td>

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 <TABLE align=center><TR align=center><TD><img src="berry.gif" align=center><TD><font size=+3 color=dark>Erich and Margie's<br>2023 Holiday Web Page<TD><img src="backberry.gif" align=center></TABLE><P><font size=+1>
 
-<font color=red size=+2>December</font> &nbsp; Erich made icing from scratch for the first time.  We won the trivia contest at Michael and Deborah's solstice party.<p>
+<font color=red size=+2>December</font> &nbsp; Erich made icing from scratch for the first time.  We won the trivia contest at Michael and Deborah's solstice party.  Because of uncharacteristically cold weather (below freezing, rare for our area), we postponed our usual Christmas trip to the dog beach a few weeks.<p>
 
-<font color=green size=+2>January</font> &nbsp; We attended Bill & Judi's New Year's Day bocce pot luck.  Margie had to leave early to walk the dog, but Erich teamed up with Patty and we won!  Because of uncharacteristically cold weather (below freezing, rare for our area), we postponed our usual Christmas trip to the dog beach, and Pancho had a good time.  Erich played games at Regina and Miguel's place.  At Chick-fil-A, Margie ordered one packet of ranch dressing and received 9 of them.  Margie and Missy did Lake Woodruff.  Erich watched seasons 1 and 2 of "Ozark".  We competed in our annual mini-golf tournament, and got 3rd and 6th out of 10.  Erich had another math paper published.<p>
+<font color=green size=+2>January</font> &nbsp; We attended Bill & Judi's New Year's Day bocce pot luck.  Margie had to leave early to walk the dog, but Erich teamed up with Patty and we won!  Erich played games at Regina and Miguel's place.  At Chick-fil-A, Margie ordered one packet of ranch dressing and received 9 of them.  Margie and Missy walked around Lake Woodruff.  Erich watched seasons 1 and 2 of "Ozark".  We competed in our annual mini-golf tournament, and got 3rd and 6th out of 10.  Erich had another math paper <A href="https://erich-friedman.github.io/papers/triangles.pdf">published</a>.<p>
 
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-<font color=red size=+2>February</font> &nbsp; After 25 years, Erich gave up the responsibility of updating his dynamic survey at the the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, taking a on a co-author to do that for him.  We celebrated Pancho's 11th birthday by Margie taking him to the dog beach instead of our usual movie.  He did not seem impressed.  We drove down to see Erin & Tom for a day, and Margie disappeared for a few hours to have lunch with her college roommate Alyn.  Erich went over to Regina & Miguel's place for game night.  On the day after Valentine's Day, Margie found a love letter in the park.<p>
+<font color=red size=+2>February</font> &nbsp; After 25 years, Erich gave up the responsibility of updating his dynamic survey at the the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, taking a on a co-author to do that for him.  We celebrated Pancho's 11th birthday by Margie taking him to the dog beach instead of our usual watching of "Groundhog Day".  We drove down to see Erin & Tom for a day, and Margie disappeared for a few hours to have lunch with her college roommate Alyn.  Erich went over to Regina & Miguel's place for game night.  On the day after Valentine's Day, Margie found a love letter in the park.<p>
 
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 <font color=green size=+2>March</font> &nbsp; Margie and Missy did Lake Woodruff again.  Margie saw a Pileated Woodpecker in our yard.  Erich struggled with chronic back pain for the entire month and lost 8 pounds.  But he watched <a href="https://erich-friedman.github.io/movies/index.html">a lot of movies</a>. We saw one of our favorite singer/songwriters, Brian Smalley, perform at the Deland Outdoor Art Festival.<p>
 
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 <font color=red size=+2>April</font> &nbsp; Erich started taking blood pressure medication.  Erich watched the first 3 seasons of "For All Mankind", season 3 of "Star Trek - Picard", and season 3 of "The Mandalorian".  Erich realized that 4 of the 9 last names of other couples living on our street begin with the letter "B", a 1/237 chance.<p>
 
 <font color=blue size=+2>Sylvia</font> &nbsp; Erich's friend Sylvia visited from Germany.  We ate hamburgers watching skydivers land.  We went to St. Augustine for a day, where we went to Fort Mantanzas, did a distillery tour, and listened to some live music.  We walked the Black Bear Wilderness Trail and at Lake Beresford Park along the St. John's River.  We visited the Pioneer Settlement in Barberville.  We did dinner and shopping and dessert in Winter Park.  We attended Joan's derby party, where we ate like kings and Erich won bocce.  Sylvia tried deep dish pizza and various liqueurs for the first time.<p>
 
-<font color=green size=+2>May</font> &nbsp; Erich watched the first 3 seasons of "Game of Thrones".  Erich finally got over months of back pain.<p>
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+<font color=green size=+2>May</font> &nbsp; Erich watched the first 3 seasons of "Game of Thrones".  Erich finally got over months of back pain.<p>
 
 <font color=red size=+2>June</font> &nbsp; Erich gave up sweets for 3 months.  Erich watched season 3 of "Star Trek - Lower Decks", season 1 of "Star Trek - Strange New Worlds", season 4 of "Never Have I Ever", seasons 3 and 4 of "Ozark", and season 4 of "Game of Thrones".  We replaced the larger of our two A/C units.<p>
 
 <font color=green size=+2>July</font> &nbsp; Erich watched "The 7 Lives of Lea" and season 6 of "Black Mirror".<p>
 
-<font color=red size=+2>August</font> &nbsp; We attended the opening of Judi's gallery show in Daytona.  Erich watched seasons 1 and 2 of "Black Mirror".  Margie Facebook post about the upcoming Eagles tour "Steely Dan? The worst should not be paired with the best" received a heart from Deacon Frey, Glenn's son.  Erich bought clothes (besides underwear and socks) for the first time since he retired.  Erich's website went viral on TikTok.<p>
+<font color=red size=+2>August</font> &nbsp; We attended the opening of Judi's gallery show in Daytona.  Erich watched seasons 1 and 2 of "Black Mirror".  Margie's Facebook post about the upcoming Eagles tour "Steely Dan? The worst should not be paired with the best" received a heart from Deacon Frey, Glenn's son.  Erich bought clothes (besides underwear and socks) for the first time since he retired.  Erich's website went viral on TikTok.<p>
 
 <font color=green size=+2>September</font> &nbsp; Erich watched season 4 of "Sex Education".  Longtime colleague and friend Gareth passed away.  We watched season 1 of "Unstable".  Erich started a backgammon club.<p>
 
-<font color=red size=+2>October</font> &nbsp; We went to St. Augustine to see Dewey Via.  Erich watched season 3 of "Lupin".  Erich was contacted by one of his students who graduated in 2005 to remind her how to solve the Rubik's cube.  Erich bought his 4th computer ever, to replace the one he bought in (wait for it...) 2009.  But his credit card declined the charges and it took NINE phone calls to fix the problem.  We saw the partial solar eclipse.  We had a lovely evening with the Brantons and Dunns.  We saw Bill Nylen's group play at the Abbey.  We watched slides of the Dunn's trip to Iceland.<p>
+<font color=red size=+2>October</font> &nbsp; We went to St. Augustine to see Dewey Via.  Erich watched season 3 of "Lupin".  Erich was contacted by one of his students who graduated in 2005 to remind her how to solve the Rubik's cube.  Erich bought his 4th computer ever, to replace the one he bought in (wait for it...) 2009.  But his credit card declined the charges and it took NINE phone calls to fix the problem.  We saw the partial solar eclipse.  Margie's friend and former professor George sent some wise sayings, such as "The idea is to die young as late as possible" (Ashley Montagu).  We had a lovely evening with the Brantons and Dunns.  We saw Bill Nylen's group play at the Abbey.  We watched slides of the Dunn's trip to Iceland.<p>
 
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-<font color=green size=+2>November</font> &nbsp; Margie picked up some trash in our neighborhood.  We went to a country concert in a nearby park, and then the next day went to the Barberville Fall Country Jamboree.  We went to the Deland Festival of the Arts, and bumped into Missy, Regina and Miguel, Richard and Dorothy, Patty and Don, and Jim.  Gotta love small towns.  We saw all of the above people and more at Joan's Thanksgiving potluck, where Michael and Erich continued their bocce dominance.<p>
+<font color=green size=+2>November</font> &nbsp; Margie picked up some trash in our neighborhood.  We went to a country concert in a nearby park, and then the next day went to the Barberville Fall Country Jamboree.  We went to the Deland Festival of the Arts, and bumped into Missy, Regina and Miguel, Richard and Dorothy, Patty and Don, and Jim.  Gotta love small towns.  We saw all of the above people and more at Joan's Thanksgiving potluck, where Michael and Erich continued their bocce dominance.  Margie found a strange rock formation while walking the dog.  Erich started playing poker again.<p>
 
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+<font color=red size=+2>December</font> &nbsp; We went to St. Augustine to see Dewey Via again.  Erich watched seasons 1 and 2 of "Parks and Recreation".  We played mah jongg with Missy, Barb, and John.  We had lunch with the Brantons and retired colleague Donna.  Erich won $42 at poker.  Margie found a very acrobatic snake on our house.<p>
 
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 Erich's holiday puzzles can be found <a href="https://erich-friedman.github.io/puzzle/holiday/2023/index.html">here</a>.  You can see our archive of our previous holiday web pages <a href="https://erich-friedman.github.io/xmas/">here</a>.<p>