All I Want For Christmas.
Ok, I don't really need anything. But, if there were a Santa Claus, here's what I'd want him to bring me:
- wireless base station for my Powerbook. (so, i can surf from the sofa!)
- movies passes/blockbuster gift certificates/starbucks cards/home depot g.c.'s/Delta SkyMiles
- a Segway HT! (these things are just freekin cool)
- Microsoft Office
- A stereo/cd player
check out my Flash christmas card if you haven't already!
12.12.2002
BookCrossing - Home - FREE YOUR BOOKS!
A cool site... cool idea. If you're a book reader, check it out!
I got a new hat.
Christmas tipping?
Does anybody tip their mailman? I've heard of this practice. But, I don't really get it. What extra service does a mailman do to deserve a Christmas tip? They put your mail in your mailbox. Isn't that their job? MY mailman rarely even gets that part right. I often find that he skips my house if a car has blocked my mailbox. He's too lazy to get out of the truck and walk the 3 steps to the box. When he's not skipping my house entirely, he sometimes gives me mail that isn't mine! It either belongs to somebody I've never heard of that lives several blocks away. Or, he gives me mail belonging to the woman who hasn't lived here in over a year! When I get a package that's too large to fit in the mailbox, he does get out of the truck and bring that to the door. He always seems really pissed off about it too. And, he never brings the rest of the mail with him. He just hands me the package and walks off. The rest of my letters still sit out in the box for me to retrieve. So, I'm not giving my mailman a tip this year. In fact, I'm hoping I'll get a new mailman for Christmas.
12.11.2002
the book of seg. phillip m. torrone. segway ht human transporter
You gotta love the Segway. If I had an extra 5 grand, I'd probably get one myself!
Christmas Cheer
So, I'm driving to the library this morning.. It's a dark, gray day. It's raining. I've got the wipers on; I've got my headlights on. And, I'm approaching a truck driving without headlights. So, I politely give him a flash of my lights. I figured he must have just forgotten to turn his on. And, instead of giving a thank-you wave and turning on his lights, the guy sticks his arm out the window and gives me the finger.
Merry Christmas to you too, pal!
12.9.2002
This was a picture from last December. I faked the lights. Maybe next year I'll have some way to string up my lights. But, I don't currently have any electrical outlets on the front of the house!
When I was a kid, we lived really close to James Brown's house in Augusta, GA. Every year at Christmas, he would deck out his front yard with all sorts of wacky decorations: light up figures, candy canes, snowmen... and the piece de resistance: A Black Santa Claus! We would go over to his house and wander around in the front yard checking out all the crazy stuff. It was a little tourist attraction, right there in my own neighborhood.
Another thing I used to love to do is to go to "Fat Man's". It's a place that has room after room of xmas decorations. They had this cool popup santa claus in the back. That was my favorite thing. And they always had boiled peanuts cooking at Fat Man's too. That was another great tradition.
I didn't get a tree this year. They're just too freekin expensive. Maybe next year.
