Magnificent Monday Tuesday: The 3am Post

Picture by The Ken via his phone.

And so it's Tuesday, and an early one at that. I got home pretty darn late Sunday night and didn't feel like blogging, then Monday was pretty much a no go, so I opted to not blog instead of doing a really crappy one. As such, I am now writing this post and boy oh boy do I have a way to start the week off.
So, first off let me say that everything is just fine, however I'm currently sitting in an ER room next to my wife who became rather ill over the course of the day today (yesterday?) It's looking like a pretty bad case of a stomach bug, but after some stomach meds and a little bit of morphine she seems to be feeling pretty good. I'm not gonna lie though, I'm pretty sleep deprived right now having only gotten around 5 hours of sleep from Friday to Saturday, 6 hours from Saturday to Sunday, and another 6 from Sunday to Monday. I'm now going on my 17th hour of no sleep for the day and let me tell you, I should have gotten some damned seep last night when I had the chance. Maybe this'll give me the motivation I need to get to sleep in a timely manner each night. The fact that maybe, just maybe, I'll need to pull an all-nighter the net day.

Ken's Take: It's Beginning to Look Kind of, Sort of Like Christmas...

As you can see here, there is a key time during the Christmas rush when you should do your Christmas shopping. Exactly 5 days prior to Christmas, i.e. the 20th of December,there is a temporary lull in the stupidity of pedestrians where the level of driver stupidity surpasses that of the pedestrian. It is during this time that you are less likely to be at fault if a car ends up hitting you and thus have your presents scattered about the parking lot. Take note that this does not decrease the chances of being actually being hit by a car during this time. That statistic is much too severe to even be mentioned.

It's Wednesday, and in three more days, four if you count today, a large number of the population will be taking part in a tradition wherein members of the family gather together in order to exchange gifts. It is currently speculated that the exchange of gifts has the dual purpose of an acknowledgement of peace between parties, often between members of different families, and as some method of conditioning for the offspring by correlating the number of presents with obedience of the child. It would also appear that parents use this time to teach their children the power of Big Brother through a being named Santa Clause who can, and will, break into your home and knows full well throughout the course of the year what kind of person you've been through extensive surveillance. However, in order to reinforce a positive image, parents dictate that Santa is a good thing because he brings you presents. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I will not be doing the whole Santa thing with my children.

Ken's Take: It's a Holly Jolly-OMG SANTA'S COMING!!!!

(Photo by kevindooley via Flickr.com)

It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for that post. The one that shows up to your Halloween party in khakis and a a t-shirt that has "Unfrigginbelievable" spelled out on it and calls themselves the god of PNWage. The one that you talk to at the water cooler with certain sense of respect because you know last Saturday it beat the living crap out of someone at a certain club that you go to. The one that will happily supply you with a kitten and a pair of boxing gloves after a bad break-up. The one that will always be there, whether you want them to be or not, watching your back, in a "I just wanted to test out my new night vision goggles and I thought you'd understand" sort of way. That post.

Today's title was inspired by two things: this clip, and the fact that the holiday season has officially kicked in. How do I know this? Well, simply put, I noticed that my neighbors put up Christmas lights and tinsel. That's about it. ... Oh! And Starbucks has their Christmas-y (Christmas-ee? Christmas-ie?) drinks out now, and thus the holiday season was been born out of wedlock between a surge of consumer spending and corporate marketing. Honestly though, 'tis the season to be jolly. It really is! It also happens to be one of the only times I can say 'tis without getting weird looks. And during this marvelous season we are reminded of the things that matter through: Santa, gifts, in-laws, eggnog, and any other assortment of items only really available during this time of year.