I have this program on my work laptop that shows me how long the laptop has been booted (90 days for the last 6 months), but more interestingly it says that I’ve had my laptop booted for 16 hours today, which means I’ve been working for that long. And it also says it’s only been ‘idle’ (in screensaver mode) for only 1 hour of that. I think that offically means I need another vacation.

Geez, what happened with the temperature here in toasty AZ? It’s just been downright cold. And since the wife and I are both cheapskates, we haven’t turned on the heater yet. It’s not that bad at night and during the day, but man, it’s tough to wake up in the morning. An electric blanket is looking like a nice Christmas gift this year.

Speaking of Christmas: we bought the Mr. Coffee family 2004 Christmas tree this weekend. It’s really amazing; when we were first married in 2000, we didn’t have hardly any ornaments, so the tree consisted mostly of tinsel, candy canes, bulbs, and a lot of dead space. Not to mention the fact that it was a fake tree I had since 1995, and she hated.

This year we were really amazed how many ornaments we have, not to mention the fact that 2000 was the last year for a fake tree.

I get to go to sunny and warm Minneapolis next week for some meetings, so that’s always a joy.