Well, and I just finished buying the last colored mini lights for trees left in Colorado. We searched all over and now have 300+ lights for the tree. That should be enough to make happy, I hope. Now we're at Atlanta Bread, then we'll hop over to the mall and probably see . got me a nice חנוכה (Chanukah) present - Empire by Orson Scott Card. I hope to start reading that soon. Well, bug is getting fussy, so we'll head on out.

Christmas list

My Christmas list: * Transflash / MicroSD card (NOT MiniSD!!), for my phone's MP3 feature * USB Hub - 4 or more ports, USB 2, for my laptop's desk * BlueTooth USB Nub, for my laptop <-> phone connection * Circular saw, for cutting wood so that I can build book cabinets, etc. * Gift cards (Lowes, Borders, Home Depot, Target, Visa/MC, CompUSA, etc.) * 6' bookshelf (yes, we have lots of books)

Interview

Well, just got done with the interview (well, and lunch). Sounds like a very interesting company, sounds like I've got realistic expectations of salary/hours/work/benefits. Hopefully they'll call back in the next couple of days and offer me the job. :) I would actually get to work with other geeks! I haven't really done that except maybe for a short time once or twice. It would be a lot of hard work, but I think I could fit in well, and I definitely think that I could get a passion for it. It's been so long (4.5 years) since I've worked in a software shop (well, close enough). Signal just hasn't been challenging for me, and I think this is a place where I'd have to quickly adapt (adding C#, Atlas/ASP.Net AJAX, and MySQL, all of which I've played with or worked with a little). They're really flexible on dress code and even working conditions. I could be working by Wednesday at this place. I hope I'm not trying to bite off more than I can chew, but it's a great opportunity. Now we'll also see if that other job interview schedules itself. Well, back to the old job for the last day (in theory, revised).

Today and tomorrow

Well, today was OK. Went out to Babies'R'Us, the inlaws' house, the library (we saw there!), and the mall (got to see ). Had lunch late, tried some of Sonic's cheesecake treats. They were good, but filling. Got a "First 1000 words in Hebrew" thanks to my wonderful wfe . And now is playing with yarn and making poo in his diaper - oh the fun of being daddy. I get to put together a website tomorrow for an interview on Monday (as my previous work is an internal/associates only site), and try to demonstrate that I have a clue with ASP.Net and VB.Net. I also get to finish up the stuff for Signal on Monday (or Tuesday at the latest). We get to take our holiday pictures tomorrow (to print up and send with the cards we got today at the mall), go to Target to get glue to fix the recently broken lint filter on the dryer, drop off my brother's card at my family's house, and eat at various points in the day. Oh, and it'd be nice to have some time to work on , but I won't have time for that, I'm sure. EDIT: Oh, and I want to go to the community Chanukah celebration tomorrow. Not sure when we're going to fit that one in...

A funny for DBAs (overheard at my work):

nvarchar(60). I feel dirty just typing it.