Friday
After a night of erratic sleep, I wound up taking a nap this morning. It was good. And, it was apparently necessary. While out and about this afternoon, I stopped had coffee with Perry.

Then there was tonight’s coffee get-together. and were there. It’s been a long time since we’ve gotten together with Ms. , hopefully it won’t be that long until we see her again. We were also joined by an unexpected guest: an ex-coworker from the Dungeon of Doom the REC. We caught up on what had gone on in our lives over the past couple of years. And then, it was on to dinner at Cheers North. It was an well-spent evening.

Stray Toasters

  • When I got in from Moab last night, Jess told me that my package from Amazon.com had arrived. This caused me a bit of concern as I didn’t recall having ordered anything from them. So, I opened the box. It didn’t explode or shower me with acid, so I took that as a good sign. Inside was a book. Sent by my friend, Joe. Along with a note that made me laugh.
  • Unrepentingly “creatively acquired” from :

    The Friday Five for December 17, 2004: A Dash of Holiday Fun

    1. What is a fond holiday tradition from your childhood?
      There are a few. One is going to Christmas Eve Mass with my uncle, when we’re both at my mother’s. Another is getting to open one gift on Christmas Eve. And the last would be… staying up past midnight to open the rest of the gifts.

    2. If you could start a new holiday tradition, what would it be?
      I don’t know, but it would not be “Christmahanukwanzakah” (although, I have to give credit to Virgin Mobile for the amusement factor alone).

    3. What is your favorite Christmas song and who sings it?
      Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth by Bing Crosby and David Bowie

    4. Is there a certain event, food, television program, etc. that makes your Christmastime complete?
      Event: Other than opening presents (and not having to put out fires), not really.
      Food: No.
      TV Program: Not really, but I can always make time to watch A Year Without Santa Claus, because who doesn’t like the Heat Miser and Snow Miser songs!?

    5. Does is traditionally snow where you live at Christmastime? If not, do you wish that it did?
      Most winters, yes.

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  • I looked at calendars tonight at coffee. I still don’t know what I want for my 2005 calendar, but I did have an epiphany: I’m waiting until after the first to get it. It’s amazing how much they’ll cut the price on them after the beginning of the year.
  • Gummy worms!
  • K-3P0 *cracks up*
  • DC Comics’ Christmas card this year feature Jim Lee’s rendition of the Batmobile from Batman Begins.
  • Top Ten Science Advances of 2004
  • : If you haven’t done so already, you might enjoy signing up for and checking out Legion World. New LSH artist Barry Kitson has been posting some costume design sketches in the forums.
  • You’ve undoubtedly seen a car with fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror, but now there’s something for the gamer’s car.
  • …and on the subject of dice, check these out, too.

Namaste.