A looming deadline and some last minute BS (did I mention that I hate Function Point counting?) have prompted me to try to get some things out of the way before the Thanksgiving holiday.  This is the first chance I’ve had to go online since last night.  Blog activity will be curtailed a bit until after the weekend.

Some random thoughts:

• Why do furnaces pick the coldest day of the year (with a looming freeze) to quit?  Fortunately it’s fixed now, but it was a bit chilly in the bunker this morning.  Of course it could be worse (thank goodness I don’t live up North where it really gets cold, like Minnesota, for instance).
• Has anyone else noticed that the Christmas commercials started really, really early this year?  I’m being dragged kicking, screaming, cursing, and fuming into the holiday spirit (or at least I will be by Friday—I refuse to start before Thanksgiving).
• I swear if I hear one more commercial touting “Our best deal of the season” I’m going to break something (damn Kohl’s must have used that phrase 17 times in a 30 second commercial the other day).
• Surprisingly, I actually like some Christmas music.  I’m not religious, but the music can be quite nice (actually, a lot of religious music is that way).  However, as I’m going through my CDs and ripping them I’ve realized that I prefer comedy Christmas music.  I like it when somebody comes up with a really twisted rendition of an old standard (like Bob Rivers’ Walkin’ Round in Women’s Underwear).
• I have to admit that I’m a doofus, since I haven’t fired my new rifle yet.  I keep getting overtaken by other crap and forgetting to reserve time in the rifle tube at Bass Pro.  By the time I got around to calling them yesterday, it was already booked through Wednesday.  They had plenty of openings on Thursday, though (well, duh, everyone’s going to be out of town or otherwise occupied).  Oh well, I just attribute it to the pre-holiday rush.

If I don’t get back before the end of the week, everyone have a good Thanksgiving.  Go forth and eat lots of turkey or whatever your favorite is.  Just remember to zip your pants back up before getting up to go flop in front of the football game (those of you who are well experienced in the traditions of Thanksgiving know what I’m talking about).