An original work of poetry for you:
Christmas Day is drawing oh-so-near,
It’s the most secretive time of year,
Planning and decorating,
Celebrating and scheming,
Hmm, I think it’s about time for beer.
Now, enjoy the pretty lights! (Make sure you have sound enabled.)

My new favorite site, at least for awhile.
(no, I’m not dead or giving up “blogging”, just a bit lazy, and not much worth noting)

As with a somewhat recent encounter regarding “help”, I came across another fun little anomaly courtesy of technology. I’ve recently been toying around with Facebook, and decided to take a Movie Quiz. As a result, I was notified of this:

So, does this explain things? Is this a clue to solving my personal [...]

Like solving puzzles? Feel like spending a couple hours? …Quite fun at first, then trying, then a bit frustrating, moving on to down-right aggravating, finally clicking the cheat/solve link? See if you can escape…Sagrario’s Room.
(thx Husk)
By the way, if you like this one, also check out Vision.

Perhaps this is why my 4th grader’s standardized math test put him in 12th grade math levels…
Verizon Math failure
This has both entertainment value and shame value. Don’t let this be your kid..
thx Jeff & failblog.org

Today is SysAdminDay (that’s System Administrator Appreciation Day).
So, go hug him or her. Don’t say why… just do it and then go back to your desk and send them an email with the link to the SysadminDay page–on the off chance they don’t know that it’s today.