Sign My Cast

Long story short, the joint at the top of my left foot is FUBAR and last week I got a cast put on. I'll be in it for four weeks, the hope being that the immobilized joint will settle down of its own accord. It better — the alternative is surgery with a 4-6 month recovery period and some loss of motion in the foot to boot.

This being my first cast and all (and hopefully my last), I definitely want to take advantage of that whole cast signing thing that I missed as an overly-cautious child. But let's face it, a lot of you reading this aren't going to be able to put pen to cast in person. Don't let that stop you from joining in on the cast signing fun — you can leave your well wishes and bad jokes in the comments. So have at it, and thank you for your support!

That's the Spirit!

It used to be that I'd mark the beginning of the Christmas season when Norelco would start running the ad where Santa is zooming around the snowy countryside in the an electric razor head. Those were good times.

But this year, I got my first winter holiday reminder a few days ago in an anxious email alert from the fanatics at the American Family Association. Yes, the war against Christmas has begun again, led by those infidels at Sam's Club who have refused — no doubt out of their devotion to our Dark Lord Satan — to use the word "Christmas" when referring to wrapping paper and ribbon in an August circular.

The AFA says it just wants to "keep Christ in Christmas," and I wish them good luck with that. I'm sure that slinging accusations of religious intolerance at everyone who doesn't share precisely your narrow vision of piety toward plastic Santas and shiny bows is exactly what Jesus would do.

Notice Anything Different?

No? Good. I spent a good chunk of yesterday updating the HTML and CSS of this site, not to change the design, but just to put into my personal blog what I've been learning recently with my work for clients. These changes will also, hopefully, make me solid with IE7 when it's finally released to the masses.

Of course, if you see anything wonky (content aside), let me know.