Pauls Rants and Revelations

So another Christmas has come and gone. The presents are delivered and, hopefully, accepted as satisfactory, and the after effects of some of the more jovial holiday spirits is wearing off with the aid of some aspirin.

This christmas was a pretty good time for my family. My side of the family didn’t do too much celebrating as its just not something that we do. My mom gave the grandchidren presents and it was a very good time. Past that though it was not so much in the way of celebration.

My wifes side of the family couldn’t be more opposite though. This year, we hosted the holiday shenanigans at our house which was a very carefully planned event as we have a small place. But much fun was had and presents abounded in a pleasant and fun time.

My favorite gifts received this year was from my wife who got me a great new coffee travel mug and my very own Dignation tshirt from Jinx. I know that some would be only mildly excited at such gifts, but for me it was totally great. The mug I cold use (which I am doing so at this moment) and the diggnation shirt was something that I wanted. Its cool because while my wife is not even close to the level of geek I am it is heart warming that she recognizes and accepts that part of me. And as if I couldn’t be happier about it, she is also going to get me the Orange Box from Valve so I will be killing off combine soldiers and portal-ing through walls soon. (Rock)

My kids also had a great time and really loved the stuff they got. I was pleased to see that they had more fun playing with their cousins instead of comparing toys as some children tend to do. Perhaps they will yet escape the consumerist bug that seems to stagnate the holiday season.

I hope that your holiday was as good as you had hoped. For now, though, its time for work.

-Cheers

Its a fair question, really, and more than a few folks have thought about it. So much so that someone created the site to answer just such a question.

Here, for your amusement, is my score:

22

If you want to find out yours, click the link in my score. 22 isn’t bad I guess, even though they are just kindergardeners.

-Cheers

Just wanted to say to those folk who celebrate the spirit of Christmas (or at least enough to pass around the presents) a happy time of it.

Drink lots of eggnog, eat every sugar cookie you can find, and pass out on the couch, camera at the ready, just in case the Fat One decides to stop by your place.

-Cheers

Busy, busy, busy. Work has been crazy buy this month and I do not know why.

It should be about the time when people are not wanting to start anything big, but here I am both rushing to get something rather huge done and just starting today on another very large deal. Its crazy.

At least christmas will provide a break. I got my son a bow and arrow set and I can’t wait for him to open it. He’s gonna be so excited.  Hopefully I got that terabyte UBS backup drive I asked for, but I’m not holding my breath. Its weird for me present wise because I already have everything I want really, and what I really need I can not afford to get. Weird, huh?

-Cheers and Merry Christmas in case I forget.

Sorry for the lack of updates but its been crazy busy at work.

In the midst of the confusion, my family and I went out and got our christmas tree. It is by far the largest we have gotten yet at 7 feet. Not the largest on the planet, but in an apartment, this is not a small tree.

At this time we put it up and unbaled it but have yet to decorate it as its a bit hectic around here still. The house smells like evergreen though so its a nice change from the usual stench of hours-old breakfast and desperation (thats another story though).

The weird think is that I am not so much liking the tree at the moment. See, whenever I come downstairs, I see the tree out of the corner of my eye down the hall and my brain immediatley thinks there is someone in the house.  The tree is not human shaped at all, but its still a bit disturbing as it happens everytime I leave the office.

Perhaps I’ll just work in bed or something. I have a laptop so it doesnt matter really where I work. I just want to avoid having to explain to the kids why daddy repeatedly shot the Christmas tree with a 12 gauge (yes, it sometimes surprizes me that much).

-Cheers

I went downstairs to see what happening with the family and my kids were playing in their room. My son was wearing a little feather band thing that they made in school for Thanksgiving.

I thought it was nifty so I said “You’d make a cool Indian, dude.” He then, in all seriousness, says “It’s Native American, Dad”, and continues playing with his legos.

My wife and I look at each other and laugh at what had just come out of the mouth of our 5 year old. We thought it was quite funny.

But on second thought, should I be worried that he, at only 5 years old, is toting the PC banner around?

Either way, its still funny for a kid, especially our kid, to say.

-Cheers

So I have yet another dentist appointment today, but this time its for extractions. 3 of them. It seems that, despite my best efforts and the careful ministrations of my oral hygienist, there are some teeth that cannot be saved.

Bummer.

If I can I’ll save the teeth and post a pic. Perhaps it will convince some of you (and you know who you are) to take better care of your chompers.

At the very least it will serve me as a reminder to get in touch with the tooth fairy to renegotiate the whole quarter-per-tooth malarkey. I’m thinking a fiver per is a good starting point.

-Cheers

–UPDATE–

They didn’t let me keep the teeth. They said it was a biohazard. Yes, like if my teeth had ebola in them or something type of biohazard. At least a got a vicodin script, but those always make me loopy and paranoid. Well see what happens.