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Presents have been purchased, time to head to Michigan International Speedway
It's the big day. The Kinsey household is heading north to MIS to take part in the track's Christmas toy drive and drive five laps "at highway speed" around the legendary two-mile track. You donate a toy, you get to drive on the track. Simple enough and just the kind of unique event I'm into. We'll contribute to a great cause, give the kids an experience and hopefully be home in time for the noon kickoffs. Add in a stop at a park to let the dog blow off steam and that's a full Saturday morning.
My 8-year-old is pumped to strap in and go around the track at 75 mph or so. He's been to MIS for NASCAR and now gets to experience the track in a different way. As for the 3-year-old, he'll probably enjoy it for 20-seconds and then go back to staring out the window and wondering where the elf on the shelf (ours is named Dip) will end up Sunday morning.
• Have you heard about the Christmas star we're all going to experience this month? It's going to happen December 21. Guys, I need you to realize how lucky we are to experience this Christmas star. "Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, offering people the world over a celestial treat to ring in the winter solstice," Rice University announced in November.
“Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to one another,” said Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan. “You’d have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.”
• Vivid Seats has four tickets to the BYU-Coastal Carolina game for $9,499 each. It's a huge game, but I'm not sure it would be worth that much coin, especially when it's on ESPNU at 5:30 ET.
• Thinking back to my college years, I wish someone would've told me schools like Coastal Carolina and Florida Gulf Coast existed. My golf game would've been way better if I spent five years at CCU, that's for sure. I'll be suggesting to my kids to gain residency in one of these southern states and then go get that schooling.