Coffee and Code

Well, if anything, it has been an interesting holiday season.

I have been dog-sitting for a friend in Galisteo, NM, for the past week. Said friend as two gigantic white dogs that slobber often. His place is a former cantina that, if memory serves, is one of the oldest structures in NM... at least 300 years old, anyway. It is nice to be away from the city for a while, but I miss my girlfriend and have been drinking way too much whiskey.

If I am thankful for anything this season, it is The Internet. I was able to completely avoid all retail stores, including the dreaded cesspool of frantic consumerism that is the Villa Linda Mall at Christmastime. (Imagine 1,500 anthropomorphic Poodles on methamphetamines converging simultaneously on 200 fire hydrants. Got it? Keep it.)

I must give a shout-out to Claudia and Don for the excellent Happy Winter Whatever cookbook. It was definitely the coolest thing I got for Christmas. Claudia also sent me my very own glow-in-the-dark St. Isidore statue, the patron saint of the internet... and a copy of Everything You Know is Wrong, a publication of Disinformation.com. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. Thanks also to Mom and Dad for a book about becoming mature. I'm not too sure if I should read it, you guys... I would sure hate to grow up! But rest assured, I will be a good boy down here. Promise!

As usual, I am extremely late at getting presents sent out to my people. My apologies, and you guys will get some loot soon.