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Even ignoring my flight cancellation fiasco, my trip to Massachusetts for Christmas/New Year’s a few weeks ago was particularly memorable, being full of a number of firsts for me:

• It was the first time that I’ve played Guitar Hero.
• It was the first time that I’ve used a Wii Fit.
• It was the first time that I’ve played Brain Age. (I apparently impressed my cousins by getting “jet speed” on the basic arithmetic tests. I stink at Sudoku though, but I already knew that.)
• It was the first time that I’ve tried Comcast video-on-demand. I’m thoroughly unimpressed by the selection. (It was particularly disappointing considering that Comcast misleadingly includes its video-on-demand selection in its advertised comparisons against DirecTV.) I like Netflix Instant Watch on TiVo better.
• It was the first time that I’ve rented a car.
• It was the first time that I’ve driven in Boston. I hate rotaries.
• It was the first time that I’ve (sort of) driven on snow. Okay, it was mostly limited to driveways, but that was still plenty scary for me. The streets I drove on were plowed.
• It was the first (and hopefully the last) time that I’ve been in a car while it rolled over. (No, this isn’t related to any of the previous items. I wasn’t brave/crazy enough to drive while it was snowing. And yes, everyone thankfully escaped injury.)