Ahh, the holiday season is upon us once again. Now to see if I can make another season without seeing that stupid movie. (Yes, [A Christmas Story](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/), I’m looking at you.)
Check this video out. I'm impressed, but I'm glad I don't live on his street.
I really think that the department stores start playing Christmas Music earlier and earlier every year. (Yes, I realize I'm just posting this on 12/13. The Christmas Music has been driving me nuts for over two weeks now).
I don't think I'd have as huge of a problem with it if the music was to change up occasionally. We get new normal music every day — why not a new Christmas-related song every 500 years or so?
[ Incidentally, I know I've been a bit lax in updating the blog recently.. I keep having these wonderful thoughts that need posting that I keep telling myself I'll post when I get back at a computer. Then I forget. Doh. ]
Well, now that finals are over, I had no further excuse to prevent the inevitable de-grinching of our house — Diann was forcing me into buying a Christmas tree. 
Well, so we hooked up the Christmas tree last night, ran the lights (only 300 this year; no Griswald Family Tree this year). However, if I can't be a Grinch, at least I can still be a nerd. So, I decided to use some leftover X10 gear to set the tree up for remote control lighting. I still wasn't satisfied.
Phase 1: Make Christmas Tree Remote Control.
Phase 2: …
Phase 3: Profit!
No, seriously. Phase 2: setup my FreeBSD box and `cron` to automatically turn on and off the remote control. I love being nerdy. Oh, and lazy.
Phase 3: … Yeah, so there's not a Phase 3. I didn't collect underpants anyway.
So, that part of the nerdiness is in. Then Christopher (my little brother) wants to setup a website, so I helped him get an install of Movable Type going. It's hosted here on my box, and viewable here. Welcome to the world of Blogs, Christopher!
