Christmas is coming;
The goose is getting fat.
Please to put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny
Then a ha' penny will do.
If you haven't got a ha' penny,
Then God bless you!The Muppet version of that has been running through my head for the past week. You're welcome ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, I was the Dallas suburb of Richardson attending Juniper routing protocol training and meeting the Texas-based part of my work organization. The class itself was poorly taught, but my team mates and I -- who took a similar course this summer in Columbus -- caught on to more of the hows and whys during the lab practicals. The best part ( Read more... )

Today has been a beautiful day. I slept in despite the cats' best efforts and finally crawled out of bed around 10am. I donned my walking togs and hit the neighborhood streets for a three mile walk. The scent of roasting birds hung in the air which made the walk more pleasant than usual. Got home and grunted and groaned my way through arm & leg ( Read more... )

We wouldn't be a nation if it weren't for 1776.

On a, only slightly, more serious note, I found this via epbot:

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MucinexDM for the win! The pills are the size of horse pills and taste like ass, but I'm not coughing, not wheezing, and I have my voice back. WHOO HOO!

Also, ( these shoes )

It's been a lovely visit. Mom and I got lots of quality time together and not all of it was spent harvesting our Farmville crops. I even got to spend a fair amount of time with the siblings. We're all usually so rushed during these visits. I'm not sure what made the difference this time.

beaz and Melinda's baby still hasn't arrived, but he's dropped ( Read more... )

My HOA gave me a lesson in never ascribing to malice that which can be explained by stupidity this week.

I came home Tuesday -- from a very long and involved day at work -- to find a Holiday Decoration Violation Notice securely (and I do mean SECURELY) taped to the storm door. It seems that our winter (not Christmas, winter) wreath and snowman ( ( Read more... )