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This is the first I have heard of a city that does not allow cursing in public. If you are heard using any curse words, you get a ticket with a hefty fine. I really don’t see how this skirted the free speech and freedom of expression ideals. Just be warned that Virginia Beach takes cursing very personally and does not allow it. At least they have posted warning signs on all the street corners – of course, I had no idea what the signs even meant until I asked someone local.

Does anyone have any experience with the new cloud computing? My boss told me look into it. He thinks it will be cheaper than having a network in our office and that it would make collaboration easier. I don’t think we can give up the office network though. We need it for emails, printing, etc. But I like the idea of accessing the cloud from anywhere – home, a hotel room, a business meeting off site, etc.

He wants to give it a trial run using word processing and spreadsheets. Then, if that works out, we can start trying databases applications and presentations. I think it is kinda cool that someone from that generation is embracing new concepts in computing.

Saw this eagle graphic on a friend’s Facebook wall. I really like the way they stylized the wings to be American flags. I have never seen any art work like this one and have no idea who created it. Wouldn’t it make a great tat?

What are the top crazy days for shopping at malls? Obviously, Black Friday is the crazy big one. But I suspect that the Saturday before Christmas is a big one, Christmas Eve is a big one, and evidently the two days immediately following Christmas are big ones, too. Now is when everyone is trying to exchange the gifts that they didn’t like or that didn’t fit. And some lucky folks received gift cards and cash as gifts, so they want to get out and take advantage of the sale prices.

We decorated the outside of the house very simply this year with candles in the windows and a wreath on the door.  Love that the newer candles go out by themselves when the sun comes up.  I remember older ones that you had to run around and unplug every morning and plug back up every evening.  I like the way candles look in the windows, a warm greeting to friends and family.

We got the tree up and it looks pretty, the same as every year because it’s artificial.  Perhaps one year we will switch up and buy a live tree.  We don’t have a lot of decorations but still I think the house looks nice.  I will be tired of it and ready to pack everything up right after Christmas.