Its Xmas Eve!

Of course, as Futurama fans know, that means you might have a run-in with this guy.

All kidding aside, I got back last night from a very quick visit with my parents and will be spending the rest of my vacation at home. Having gotten the apartment in (semi) order, I decided to put my Sirius outdoor antenna out, which is always interesting because our building seems to swallow radio signals; what with its heavy brick, concrete, and steel construction. It probably doesn't help that the decks are concrete and we live on the ground floor, with 5 additional concrete decks above us. I think the antennae that comes with the home kit (in Canada anyway, in the US there seems to be much better selection of accessories) was designed to be screwed down to a roof or open wooden deck, i.e., for people lucky enough to have a house.

I have very little news to relate as most of the people who report it are on vacation, so I'll put in some subtle Christmas humour courtesy of Explosm.net:


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