Category: Holidays

Easter

Better late than never, I suppose, but here’s hoping everyone had a good Easter today. Growing up, I could never understand why Easter always fell on a different day each year, rather than like “regular” holidays like the Fourth of July, or Thanksgiving. Ironically, it was some computer programming trivia that clued me in to… Continue reading Easter

April Fool’s… Not

No, I don’t really care for April Fool’s Day on the Web. I find it amusing for exactly 90 seconds when the occasional, well-done, online April Fool’s prank shows up, but when sites like Slashdot and others have every other item an April Fool’s joke, it gets really old really fast.

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year one and all. Hopefully 2004 will be kind. I’ve already decided that for 2004 one of my big themes will be “data aggregation.” Oh, and I’m working on my own “Top X of 2003” type lists just for grins. Should be up in a day or 2. Mostly un-mainstream.

The Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And… Continue reading The Night Before Christmas

O Tannenbaum

Busy busy weekend. Most of it was holiday-oriented, though, and you can see the fruits of a good part of that in our nice six foot Douglas fir that’s laden with ornaments there on the right. Click for the larger image in all its glory. And of course, I couldn’t resist including a picture of… Continue reading O Tannenbaum

Cold!

Damn, why is Halloween so cold anymore? It seems like when I was growing up, it was never this cold. Now, every year we just about get frostbite trick-or-treating. Seriously, it was in the teens Friday night. Last year was colder. Global warming, my ass. 🙂