Happy holidays

I try to put together a holiday card each year by myself. This year I decided to try and make my own snow crystals with some help of math and Java. I think I got quite nice result (for time spent), enhances in some image processing software and composed with a nice thought that might make us all think for some time.

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Be who you want to be,
go where you want to go,
love who you want to love
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-Santana

A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows

Yes. I did it. I've finally managed to finish all the published books from series A Song of Ice and Fire written by George R. R. Martin. He promised three more books from the series but they were not yet published. I must say I can hardly wait to get my hands on them once they appear in this realm. The timeth book tells a lot more about few characters and their story.

You really get to know why things are as they are and what drives certain individuals to do what they are doing. However the book concentrates on the characters that, at least for me, are less interesting and I miss the dragons a lot. I really do hope they will play some major role in events that are yet to be. Also some of great villains (if they really are that) had no part in this book. And this is one more reason why the next book is so anticipated. It should air soon and I really hope that's true.