so christmas openhouse was tonight. for those of you out of the loop on this, it's a taylor institution. every year the guys on my floor go nuts and spend 3-4 days decorating our floor so the rest of campus can come and oogle about it. the theme for this year was christmas in the 70's and as usual it was a smash. our lobby was a studio 54 type disco and each hallway had a theme to build on; 70's movies and tv, 70's pop culture, and 70's music respectively. my hall was 70's music, or at least four of the songs from that era. beginning with 'the carwash, 'i shot the sheriff', 'kung foo fighting', and 'hotel california', there were four songs represented in a 50 foot length of hall. as it happens my door was right in the 'i shot the sheriff' section which was adorned as a jail with a sheriff slumped over his desk, shot in the back, original huh? so here i was for much of the 4 hours of this nontypical weeknight openhouse, listening to bob marley's rendition of the song on a constant loop. some might say 'cool, bob marley', not true. alan jackson said 'too much of a good thing is a good thing' but while bob marley is incredible, some things just shouldn't be done. after the mahem i take stock of the evening; overall tonight was a good night. catching up with old friends, a run to steak 'n' shake with my penthouse brothers, a phone call from my sister, a chat with a great friend, bob marley, ya know all the things that really matter.