Last page in the page-a-day calendars...

Dilbert hit a bit close to home, since my boss recently had the exact same problem with our IT people:

Dilbert: I asked for more e-mail storage space and you deleted all of my files!
IT guy: You complain when I ignore your requests and you complain when I delete your files.
Dilbert: THOSE AREN'T YOUR ONLY CHOICES!!
IT guy: I can't please everyone.


Better way to end the year I think is the Forgotten English word of the day:
williewaught: A copious draught of liquor; [from] Gaelic and Irich cuach, cup; Scotland. (taken from Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895)

(some of you may recognize the word from Auld Lang Syne: So here's a hand, my trusty fier/And gie's a hand o' thine/We'll drink a right guid williewaught/For the sake of auld lang syne)

Miracle on 34th street (balitmore lights)

Have any of you ever been to 34th street, Baltimore during the x-mas season? They really go overboard with the decorations, a whole block of gaudy, overdone, watt-filled extravegance!

Check out the lights virtually if you can't go in person!