Category: Misc Stuff

My sister had a baby right before Christmas…here is a link to a picture that my parents took:

Here’s some random pics of Cyndi…my smokin hot wife:

Not only have I been up since 3:30am today, but I’ve had 2 other early mornings this week and a few late nights.  I’m headed to bed when A Christmas Story is over for the first showing in about 15 min.  Merry Christmas everyone!

Image from sprocket003 via flickr 

So what is your strategy for opening presents?  Do you wake up early and do them all at once?  Do you dole them out through the day?

When I was a kid, we opened everything in the morning.  Cyndi’s aunt and uncle open presents throughout the day so there’s always something to play with and you don’t get overloaded. 

Image from phil_g via flickr 

Given the amount of snow that has happened (both here in the UK and in the US) I’ve been thinking….why not put sea water on the roads to deice them?  I mean, we put salt on the roads to melt snow/ice.  Some places also “pre wet” the salt and make a brine.  Isn’t that what seawater is?

Now, granted, this wouldn’t work if you had to truck it great distances…but for a city on the coast, I imagine it would cost virtually nothing to pump a tanker fill of seawater and spray it on the roads.

I don’t think anyone does it do there must be a reason…..

Image from SDOT Photos via flickr 

If you are into the whole Santa thing–we aren’t–you can head over to NORAD’s Santa Tracker page.

I’ve got tomorrow off work.  I need to wake up at 3:30 so I can get some people to the airport.  What should I do with the rest of my day?  What movie should we watch?

[Update 12-24-2010 16:38:43] Well, we walked to the center, had coffee at Costa Coffee, and Lydia and I got Cyndi some last minute Christmas gifts.  Tonight, we are going to watch A Christmas Story.  Oh, we also ate some chicken fingers, toad in a hole, and potato skins.

Image from Valerie Everett via flickr 

For Christmas, my sister got me a set of Star Wars cookie cutters.  Cyndi and my mom made cookes yesterday with them.  The cutters are AEWSOME!

Thanks Melanie!

[Update 12-25-2010 18:49:16] Edited the post to include our picture.

According to this article on the BBC page today, Tron 2 only cost $170 to make!  I’m sure they meant $170m (million) but just missed it.  But, I thought it was a funny error.