Wow. That's just....sad. I blame Twitter. And Facebook. And every other social media distracting me these days.

Sadly, not much new to report. Home today with what I thought was the flu, as I woke up with a fever, but as it's gone in less than 24 hours maybe was just a sinus infection run amuck. (Stop spell checking me, amuck is a perfectly acceptable word.) Listening to book 5 in the Dresden Files, which has become my latest non-UK basketball based obsession.

Also been keeping half an eye on the fallout from the Xavier-Cincinnati brawl. Mick Cronin had gotten mondo kudos from me for his post-game presser. Sadly, his actions since then haven't been as impressive.  I think Jay Bilas put it best: "Vandy's Festus Ezeli takes a free meal, six game suspension. Cincy's Yancy Gates opens up an opponent's skull, six game suspension. Yikes." All I can say is: the Kentucky-Indiana game was also a heated environment. Both teams knew it. Didn't see any trash talk or "gangsta" attitude ridiculousness from them. Maybe that's what separates the champions from the also-rans? Just saying.

Christmas is in 12 days. I'm not nearly as ready as usual which is sad when you're grading on my curve of holiday preparedness. Hannukah is in 7 days. Yeah, not ready for that either. Can I take Boxing Day for $500, Alex?

Sweet Zeus. I'm not ready for temps in the teens and below yet. My poor heater is battling but was having a hard time getting the house about the low 70's...I just gave up and put on the fire and grabbed a blanket. No point wasting the money, right?

So...last week in the office until the Holidays. And my last week to nail down prezzies. Usually I am GREAT at buying presents. This year, not so much. Mom and Dad and the Grandma who eats babies...nada. Mom says they're perfectly happy, delighted in fact, with gift cards they can use when they travel. I stopped asking Grandma what she wanted when Papa Bush was in office....she regifts it most of the time anyway. SO...PANIC.

Does anyone on LJ work for Verizon? Can you confirm or deny the whole iPhone thing once and for all? Seriously, it's making planning out potential Xmas gifts difficult.