Spent the past weekend with my father and brother and Amy (or is it Aimee?) in the far north. Brought Elizabeth with us because she would be spending the next few days with Papaw and Nanna (the designated nicknames for her paternal grandparents). We surprised Dad with a Blu-Ray player and The Dark Knight, and for those who may have missed it, I take it back, I was wrong, movies in HD are god damned sexy. Now, the gift I was expecting was the Logitech G15 keyboard, and I'm very happy with it. I'm also very happy for my Dr. Pepper pajama bottoms, which are full of win.

Christmas 2008 was spent working. And driving. A lot.

Now, there's a precursor to all of this that you need to be aware of: my cell phone does not make outgoing calls. I can receive them just fine, but I can't dial out. It could be that it was dropped into a lake, or took damage in some fall from an amusement park ride, or was too close to a solar flare, or I just didn't pay my bill this month. I'm sure it was one of those.

For the past couple weeks I've thought, "Man, I've got to post an update to the site," but honestly, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I've got things I want to gripe about, such as when Vickie and I went to see The Mist with Robert and Nichole. Here's a tip for you: don't watch it, it will make you hate humanity and you will be pissed about the ending, whether you've read the book or not, you will be pissed.

The past few days have been all about damage control. Recovery from Christmas, recovery from web issues, recovery from nausea... So, no, I haven't been around much lately. Too much to do and not enough time to do it in. So here's the quickie recap: Robin joined us with the Gauck family for Thanksgiving where Turkey and mass quantities of Good Eats were had, not to mention some Wii gaming. December brought me at least ten hours of overtime just about every week which was a godsend (although we didn't know it at the time).

God damn I hate being sick. Oh dear, look what I've done. I've gone and blasphemed right off the bat. The first words of this entry violates one of the ten commandments, the very foundation of our system of laws. Surely this does not bode well.

When I get sick, I mostly suffer from the cough, and it lasts for DAYS and DAYS and a couple weeks to boot. I'm still sick. But "I've recently made a deal that will keep the Empire out of here forever." Details to come soon.

A Christmas Story

Oyea, oyea, you've got your avatars back. Here's what you've gotta do though - sign up.

You'll see a log-in box on the right. Register as a new user and I'll validate ya soon enough. Then each time you come back you'll be logged in. What's the point? You get avatars. Yup, you can put icons by your comment posts. That not enough? Fine, consider this: soon the photo album will be accessible to registered users only. How ya like them apples?

Seriously, though, man, seriously, let's get serious.

Wishing you a satisfying exception to your work year! Er, I mean, Merry F'n Christmas.