The Mandelbear's Musings

...to dimakoi and joecoustic!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to caprine!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to kissmyassterisk!!!! Have a great one!

...to septemberlilac and phoenixpdx!!!! Have a great one!!

...to slweippert!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to paltergo!!!! Have a great one!

And a happy belated birthday to anyone I missed over the last week.

...to min0taur!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to admnaismith!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to mclain143!!!! Have a great one!!!

... to tfabris!!!! Have a great one!!!

... to my nephew asavitzk!!!! Have a great one!!!

... to my Younger Daughter, super_star_girl!!!!!! Have a great one!!!

It's going to be weird not having a teenager any more.

Hmm. OK, I guess. My time at work was mostly spent on a combination of triage and archiving for my files. Including figuring out which parts are open source, and so can be put up as part of my portfolio.

I also brought home the Mac Mini and an enormous (160x1200 20" Dell) monitor that I may decide to take back on Monday because it's just too huge and power-hungry. It has a 20" usable area, but at least a 2-inch-wide bezel around it, making it about 25" overall. I also have a 1920x1200 monitor that's about half the weight, and not much bigger overall. That one's a keeper.

We went out to Red Lobster for Colleen's birthday dinner. Yum. The RL is in the same shopping center as a Ross; I picked up three assorted shirts, two with colors that should go well with my new silk sport coats.

I had a couple of painful twinges in my left side. Possibly a gallstone or kidney stone. Seems to be gone for the moment, but I don't trust my body any farther than I can throw it. Or something like that.

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... to morganhillchris and, um...

Who's this mdlbear person anyway, and what is he doing on my friends list? Oh. Right.

... to erin_ruston!!!! Have a great one!!!

... to almeda and callahanshappy!!!! Have a great one!!

...to kitespirit!!!! Have a great one!!

...to filkerdave!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to rms_butterfly and victorthecook!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to lysana!!!! Have a great one!!!

... to quadrivium!!!! Have a great one!!

...to brmj and willowisp!!! Have a great one!!

...to saffronrose!!!! Have a great one!!!

...to kyrielle!!!! Have a great one!!

... to my dear friend, singing partner, and sister-of-choice pocketnaomi!!!!!

May your next year be filled with love, joy, and music!