Merry Crimbo Everyone!!!

Yes, Crimbo.
Commercial Christmas.
Christmas was originally about the Nativity, Mary, Jesus and all that jazz.
How did a celebration of a religious Icon become a mass consumer paradise?
Clever marketing sure played a part. Thomas Nast created Santa Claus as an illustration to a children's poem. But I digress.
So I call this season Crimbo. Commercial Christmas. Buy Buy Buy.
And I am a sucker for family. Bought gifts for my siblings. As a way to show I appreciate them.
For all you cynics out there, I try to buy useful things they will enjoy and use.
And nothing too expensive either.

So I got a few things for Christmas:
IPod Nano leather cover
Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Knit Hat, Gloves, Muffs (Useful, College is really Cold)
Steven Colbert's I Am America: and So Can You

I find the Colbert Report to be mildly amusing, but Colbert's latest book is pretty damn funny
One phrase: "Lavender Armageddon"

Later Crimbo day, I helped out the Family at the Restaurant. A few thing I have learned from this experience (and many before)

1. Jewish people like Chinese Food
2. People will waste a lot of food, but not cocktails or beer
3. The Holidays are very busy, expect service quality to decrease considerably
(The system is pushed beyond optimal capacity)
4. Please be patient during the holidays
5. The more high-maintenance your order it is, the more likely it will turn out wrong
(A customer with Celiac's disease had a very particular order)
6. Other people want to enjoy the holidays as much as you do. Be gentle.

So that's my rant of the week.

Take care, merry holidays.

Finals Done

Ah, the Inaugural post. Since I am just one out of countless rambling blogs in the Intertubes, I won't waste your time with countless drivel about what you should think. Life is more interesting than that.

On a lighter note, here are some wub-comics that I think certain audiences will enjoy.

XKCD
Requires a certain level of experience to understand the humor, but is clever nonetheless

Bunny
Whimsical, Random, and thought provoking. Abstract art without the snobbery

SMBC
For the morbid curiosity within all of us. Don't show this to the kids

I just finished my finals. They weren't too bad. It also helps that the first term grades do not distinguish between a C and A (God bless Pass-No Record)

For those in the know, this is easy. I'm looking at majoring 6.2, but 6.01 is BS, and it pains me to see 7.015 go. 10-250 is being renovated so where's 18.03 IAP held? I'm doing 6.186 over the IAP but I'm prepared to go AWOL and IHTFP when 6.270's all "Robo > MAS".

I'll be playing Team Fortress 2, handle WuMaster125