Bumbles bounce

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate the birth of Jesus (although we celebrate it about 9 months off from the actual date -- astronomers have confirmed that the "star of bethelehem" was actually Saturn reflecting through an astroid belt with a lot of dust in it. Which occurs regularly, and actually occurred on April 9th of 4 b.c. if we want to get technical -- but who really cares. Happy holidays to those of you who celebrate a different holiday, except those of you who only bask in the commercialism of the season and are just in it for the loot. If you fall into this group, then I have a different greeting for you. . . . . Bah! Humbug!

I am still busy at work, hence the lack of posts. I should be back to a reasonable amount of work after the 1st, so I will have some time to goof off and waste company time with posts again. Not that I would ever actually do that. . . . ok, Santa is watching so yes, I occasionally do goof off if I have nothing pressing on the agenda for the day. I just need to be independantly wealthy.

I will have a very eloquent (considering the source of the eloquence) post about a blogger friend who did me a wonderful service and made this Christmas for me up very soon. I have to get pictures of the items she provided so I can adequately convey the wonderfulness of the gift. I am a big fan. It was through her generosity and help that I was able to circumvent the budget for my wifes birthday gift, since I was able to save so much on the Christmas presents. . . . yes, I cheated the rules, but I followed the spirit of the budget. It is just a maximum allowable expenditure, not a suggested. I just rolled the extra Christmas money over to the birthday. It's all very legit.

I got this for my wife for her birthday (immediately after Christmas). I think she'll like it.


It's an ipod nano, 4 gig. I even loaded up a few pictures and songs to get her started. I will be in charge of keeping the songs that she wants on it loaded up. That is just one of my jobs. I get her a present and it creates more work for me. Oh well, I love her, so what else am I gonna do.

Anyway, have a wonderful holiday, and I hope you all get what you deserve. . . . no, scratch that. If you (myself included) got what you deserved then most of us would get coal. . . . or a spanking. That last has some possibilities ;)

Much love to all, and to all a good night.