I have come down with a cold. This looks to be the worst one I've had in years.

Christmas was pleasant. My cousin has a three-month-old son, who was relatively quiet and a delight to all the women. Another of my cousins introduced his long-term girlfriend. I hear they met at a robotics club at RIT. I hope they make beautiful robots together.

My stint with Fidelity Investments ends Thursday. I have applied for a permanent position with them.

Been looking up spoilers and videos of Final Fantasy XIII. It's gorgeous. It lands in the states this coming March.

According to the Finns, they're responsible for the harvesting and distribution of Santas. Behold.

And here is a related safety video.

Happy hunting.

I tip my hat to bakaninja for this one.

Happy winter solstice! And I mean that in the most atheistic, astronomical sense possible. From here on out, the daylight gets longer.

Final Fantasy XIII was released in Japan. I couldn't help myself, I've been watching a playthrough accompanied by the hilariously bad translation of a British expatriate on youtube. Pretty....

Apparently, octopi can use coconut shells. From there it is a slippery slope to spears, then sandwiches, then nuclear weapons. We're doomed.