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I'm back in the land of gray skies & salty roads.

Yay.

Now for some dinner.

FLASH!!!

From the bowels of the House of the Parents of SYH, a Glorious Boxing Day to each & every one of you that make up the uncaring masses!

In roughly 38 hours, I will be back in the Rust Belt. Glory hallelujah. A few hours after that, I will be attempting to get (slightly) inebriated amongst the caring masses. It'll be a swell time....
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Since I am such a giving soul, I hereby bestow upon the uncaring masses the gift of song. A song sung by that champion Jewish jester, Allan Sherman.

The Twelve Gifts of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A Japanese transistor radio.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And...
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No, I did not make it to the airport on time. I blame the idiot drivers on 275. Just because the road looks wet & it's a mite chilly (15) does not mean the highway is icy. That little wiggle your car does during braking? THAT'S how you know it's icy.

I managed to book myself onto the 12:21PM flight. As I'm meandering through the...
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I will get to the airport on time.
I will get to the airport on time.
I will get to the airport on time.

My flight leaves at 9:36AM. 15 minutes to get money from the bank, 30 minutes travel to the airport, 30 minutes to go from my truck to the terminal (since I always have to wait for the next shuttle), 15 minutes...
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I don't have to work again until the 29th.

The 17th I trek to Ohio.
The 19th I fly to Colorado.
The 27th I fly back to Michigan.
The 28th is Recovery Day

The days are just packed with excitement.

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To keep myself occupied tonight, I have decided to (quietly) scrub my apartment. Lord knows it needs it. While the dishes soak...
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For nine hours last night/this morning, I was Mayor/Dictator-for-Life of my SimRegion. 5PM to 2AM.

My alarm sounded its grating beep at the appointed time of 6:30AM. Being the man that I am, I hit the snooze button, rolled over, and instantly entered a dream in which I was running a machine whose alarm went off every nine minutes. No matter which button, lever, or...
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Last night--and a healthy portion of this morning--I played Civ 4. Wow. Even with all the crashing it did on Oninotaki's computer, wow.

Now the wait begins for it to be ported to Mac...

While I wait, I'll have to console myself with being Mayor/Dictator-for-Life of my SimRegion.

It's 15F right now. Cold, yes, but not Really Cold.

My lone experience with Really Cold came during mid-February 2001 at 1:40 AM in Laramie, WY. It was -38F, -50F with the wind chill, that arctic day. School had just let out and my warm dorm room (actually a room at Motel 8) with BEER beckoned from the opposite end of town.


It was...
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To cleanse myself of this week's inanity, tonight I watched that 1932 classic, Horse Feathers. "...whatever it is, I'm against it!"

To prepare me for tomorrow's insanity, I'm watching another classic, this one a bit more recent. 1990's Juicy Lucy.

While my cinematic choices may not be as artistic or thought-provoking as NoPantsDave's, I revel in my eclecticism.


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I...
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