Well, it's Christmas, and Talitha is in Milwaukee and I'm stuck in the bay area. Despite being home alone for Christmas, its not all that bad, though.
For one, one of the things I love about Christmas is cold weather, and snow, and unless you live in Denver, you probably are having A Bay Area Christmas. For example, as I type this post, its overcast at 46F in the Tri-valley, 36 and overcast in Milwaukee, and 37 and raining in West Lafayette, IN. Not exactly what Bing Crosby was singing about in "White Christmas". Oh, also Florida is getting Tornado-spawning Thunderstorms for Christmas - what a present!
Second, there are two football games in a row this afternoon, and I've got plenty of beer and junkfood in the house. Since Talitha is not here, she won't mind that I veg in front of the TV all afternoon.
Third, the Linux gods finally decided to cut me a break, and aligned the planets appropriately to get Xgl+Beryl working on my Athlon64 box. Believe it or not, it was _MUCH_ easier to to this with Gentoo than it was/is with Ubuntu.
Now my computer setup is not bad. I've got a 3-d enabled Linux desktop, using my USB Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse, and I've got all of that mapped to work properly with my MacBook via synergy. Now I just got to get nice looking X fonts.
All that gunk aside, despite spending the day alone, I most certainly didn't feel alone. Several IMs and phone calls from my beautiful wife, family, and friends really made my day. So to all my family and friends: Thank you and Merry Christmas.
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