Jan 02, 2004

Okay, now it really is!

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 12:16 AM

Happy New Year! Well, I always have mixed feelings about new years, but it was a nice evening last night anyway. Per an annual family tradition, my family got together and played games until midnight at which time the house was properly covered in confetti made of shredded Christmas wrapping paper (dual usage!!!). That took until about 1:45 to clean up.

Depending on your view, you may or may not consider it a bright idea that I decided to save last year's confetti and use it again. Depending on your view, you may or may not consider it a bright idea that we decided to use the outdoor blower/vac to get the paper gathered up (yes, I was in a completely sober state of mind — I don't drink — however the urge to get done and get to sleep may have motivated the bad choice of using the blower/vac without turning it on outside first). Either way, the end result was dusty — year old Christmas paper and a outdoor blower/vac combine to spread a lot of dust. So I dusted too. And then I was covered in dust and had to get that washed off — but overall, I was asleep no later than about 2:30 a.m. Not too bad.

Today, I didn't get much accomplished. I slept late, fixed some problems on FaithTree.com and setup my one of my Christmas presents — some shiny new Crucial RAM for the PowerMac G5. With this new ram, I'm now up to 1.5 GB of ram, which should be enough for my purposes — it's twice as much as my x86 desktop has.

Finally, my complete Christmas and New Year's greeting is below. Due to delays in the legal department, it's a bit late.

From me (“the wishor”) to you (“the wishee”), please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday season, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious / secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

We (“wishor”) wish you (“wishee”) a financially successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2004, but with due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures or sects, and having regard to the race, creed color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting this greeting, you are bound by these terms:

1. This greeting is subject to further clarification or withdrawal.

2. This greeting is freely transferable provided that no alteration shall be made to the original greeting and that the proprietary rights of the wishor are acknowledged.

3. This greeting implies no promise by the wishor to actually implement the inferences contained in this correspondence.

4. This greeting may not be enforceable in certain jurisdictions and/or the restrictions herein may not be binding upon certain wishees in certain geographical locations.

5. This greeting is warranted to perform as reasonably as may be expected within the usual application of good tidings, for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first.

6. The wishor warrants this greeting only for the limited replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wishor.

7. THIS GREETING IS PROVIDED BY THE WISHEE “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE WISHEE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GREETINGS) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS GREETING, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.