Kryst-mas Chicks!

Tomorrow I am giving final exams. They continue on Monday. Next wednesday is my last day of class this semester, and then it's time for Christmas vacation! My Krist-mas Ornament hanging from the Holiday PothosOf course this means Christmas vacation is swiftly approaching. I must have my final grades submitted by COB on the 13th or risk severe flogging by the dean. But bright and early it's off on my South Tour (Christmas Edition). Current plans are as follows Dec 14-17, Jacksonville, FL Dec 17-20, Middle GA Dec 20-22, Conyers, GA Home by the 23rd A week ago, my plans were wide open, but they've been filling up quick! IN fact the entire Jacksonville leg is booked (and double booked). I'll be hitting 3 Christmas parties in 4 days. Eek! For those in Middle GA who will be around, shoot me an email or your number and I'll try and call when I get to town. I know for a fact I will be having Krystals on Thursday at my old haunt on Vineville Ave, just before I roll out of town. Currently on tap in Conyers is Chris's superhuge annual Christmas party. And hanging out with my main man, Josh. With the Christmas season upon us, you may be wondering what to get people, perhaps even me. Well Krystal Gift Cards are always a big hit, and even come in different holiday styles this year. You can use them to buy one of the new Holiday flavor MilkQuakes, as well. I plan to try them all while I am in Krystal Country. I would ask that those of you thinking of buying me Krystal gift cards to please refrain. It's cruel to give me a Krystal Gift card and then send me back to Burgatory. Another great gift this year would be the Krystal Chiks Calendar, available at the stores and online as well. Do you have your copy yet? Have you found the typo yet? I already have a calendar, so I am interested in a different kind of Chik this Christmas. Please watch as Brian shows you the coolest Christmas gift this year.11-30-07 Hand carved chickens and Yoopers Add to My Profile | More VideosYou'll also get a taste of Brian's sense of humor. Please note, Brians video blog runs in the PG range. I am going to run by while I am in GA and try and get my hands on one of Brian's Chiks! (Wait that came out wrong.) Save my a good'un! Last but not least on the holiday shopping front. Let me assure you there is no Christmas Spirit at Toys-R-Us at 8am on Saturday. Yes, I know, I should have gone when I had Friday off, but I was stupid. Just like the last 3 years when I went to Toys-R-Us. Primal screams from millions of kids, parents smashing carts into you and each other. Store employees with obvious shell shock hiding in any corner they can find. I did discover one fact, though. Let's call it the "Stud-finder" method of toy shopping. You carry your kid up and down the aisles of Toy-R-Us and when the screaming reaches eardrum shattering levels, you have found the proper toy for your child. Of course you have made everyone else in the store hate you. I have discovered an excellent online toy store called Ty's Toybox. They have been nominated for some huge award, and sadly that attention has caused their website to almost crumble. You can browse, but you pretty much have to call them to place an order, and the phone line's busy a lot. But the prices are great if you want, for example, a Doodle Bops Guitar. And the ladies working the phones are suprisingly upbeat, in comparison to the Zombies-R-Us employees. (No I wont tell you what I got. While Sean and my youngest nephew are too young to be using the computer, you just never know, with kids these days.) Looking forward to next semester for me, they are shaking things up.My Monday/Wednesday classes are all downtown, and yes that is a 40 minute lunch. My Tuesday/Thursday classes are all on north campus. While it is true I won't start til noon, I also won't be done until 8pm. (Office hours means I must be physically in my office, Campus hours means I must be on campus somewhere.) I also get to start teaching programming classes again. While it's VisualBasic and not C++, I can live with it. At least it's not corrosion control or sheet metal math! Anyway, as you can see, it is about to get extremely busy around here. I may be able to pop back on and post once or twice before I leave town, I don't know when or for how long. So look for a recap just before Santa hits town. And instead of cookies this year, I heard Santa wants a #1 combo!