HAPPY HOLIDAYS! A thread dedicated to wtf chrstmas?

[EK WAFFLR]

I went to a Lutheran service this morning to see my friend sing in the Portland Norwegian Chorus, and the pastor delivered theeeee most rambling sermon I've ever heard, half in Swedish and half in English, which somehow concluded that Jesus is like a present wrapped at Fred Meyer, and if you don't unwrap him you'll never get to use the Jesus inside the box.

What is this I don't even.

Of course, I guess church service at the American Church in Oslo is equally baffling.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Waffle- its possibly understandable. Keep in mind that we are a nation of immigrants who often maintain our cultural identities. Im not sure what the portland scandinavian population looks like but i know a lot of midwesterners are some sort of teutonic or nordic.

Twid,
lives in avery irish and or italian city. Been to a catholic mass on st patricks that was said entirely in irish. Mocked it in church at the time.

Catholic mass should be said in Latin, you fucking heathen.

Hey man, take it up with the priest. I wasn't the one saying Mass. I was too busy irritating my Nana with the help of my cousin by quietly singing pub songs. We got pinched a lot that day. It just made things worse.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

My father and I unfucked my laptop while everyone else watched crappy movies.

Then we sat down to a truly monstrous Christmas dinner, and then staggered home afterward.

Oh, and The Van is down again.   

[Suu]

I'm spending my Boxing Day working from 1300 miles away through Google Docs while sitting under a grapefruit tree outside on my parent's deck.

It's not really weird, because people telecommute all the time, but this is the first time I've done it and I'm feeling very...important? I dunno.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I went to a Lutheran service this morning to see my friend sing in the Portland Norwegian Chorus, and the pastor delivered theeeee most rambling sermon I've ever heard, half in Swedish and half in English, which somehow concluded that Jesus is like a present wrapped at Fred Meyer, and if you don't unwrap him you'll never get to use the Jesus inside the box.

What is this I don't even.

Of course, I guess church service at the American Church in Oslo is equally baffling.

Now you know how I felt.

[EK WAFFLR]

I went to a Lutheran service this morning to see my friend sing in the Portland Norwegian Chorus, and the pastor delivered theeeee most rambling sermon I've ever heard, half in Swedish and half in English, which somehow concluded that Jesus is like a present wrapped at Fred Meyer, and if you don't unwrap him you'll never get to use the Jesus inside the box.

What is this I don't even.

Of course, I guess church service at the American Church in Oslo is equally baffling.

Now you know how I felt.

My sincerest condolences.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I went to a Lutheran service this morning to see my friend sing in the Portland Norwegian Chorus, and the pastor delivered theeeee most rambling sermon I've ever heard, half in Swedish and half in English, which somehow concluded that Jesus is like a present wrapped at Fred Meyer, and if you don't unwrap him you'll never get to use the Jesus inside the box.

What is this I don't even.

Of course, I guess church service at the American Church in Oslo is equally baffling.

Now you know how I felt.

My sincerest condolences.

You are too kind! To console myself I am eating cornmeal breaded oysters fried in goose fat.

[Richter]

XMAS:  The folks loved their stuff, and got me hot sauce, books, and used tools.  Mu hu ha ha.
A fire is tradition.  Neighbors had a fire alarm that was going off nonstop, linked to the city emerg. services, so the Fire dept. was there to make certain nothing was ACTUALLY burning.  Lady of the house was running around like mad trying to find the code, her husband, who had it memorized, was out of touch.  Dad knew them, and the firemen, so we went over, and he tried a few guesses at the code.  He kept asking me if I had any ideas, and I had to admit I did not memorize the factory reset procedures for alarm systems. 

We spent some time in the workshop after this.  I was cleaning up said used tools, then we tried to figure out a Harbor Freight bending tool.  Sucky documentation, but we were able to figure it out with some trial and error.

Boxing Day:  I spent the morning prepping a Pathfinder one-shot that I never got to run. 
Luna and I then went  out to catch some of my college buddies for games.  Dominion, 7 Wonders, and Poker.  Ended up discussing lock sports, hacking mindset, and security concepts too. 

[Luna]

Rolled out of bed the morning of Christmas Eve.  No snow.  Decided, fuck it, cancel Christmas, and plugged myself into Star Wars: The Old Republic.  Was hauled back to reality against my will by a text from a friend informing me that she was picking my miserable ass up in a half hour, and we were going to the party at Master P's house.  Set showering record, went to party, and was very politely flirted with, which was... unusual.  Fun, but... a little odd.  Five Jolly Freeholders.  (Limeaide and apple vodka, better than it sounds, and Master P makes 'em brutal for me.)

Christmas Day, went to Suu's boss's place, played with the kids.  As is tradition, I picked up the baby, and he filled his diaper.  Hid from the family in the kitchen, had fun helping cook.  Got an awesome rubber band gun.

Boxing Day, went with Richter to play games with a bunch of people I didn't know.  Had an awesome time.

Overall, managed not to be miserable my first Christmas with no family in range and no SO... which surprised the hell out of me.

[Suu]

...I caught my dad keylogging my mom. Much like in the same way I was keylogged by Herbert.

WHAT DO?

Do I tell her now and allow this shit to explode while I'm here? (Which I don't need or want.)

Do I tell her when I get home, which will allow this shit to explode post-Christmas and probably end up with my father on my couch in Rhode Island?

Do I delete the logs, and pray Dad doesn't go batshit on my mom?

Do I do nothing?

[LMNO]

Go to her computer.  Repeatedly type,

"Dad, I know what you're doing.  If you don't stop immediately, I'm letting everyone know."

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Does he know you caught him?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh. I like lmnos suggestion.

[Suu]

Not yet, he left the folder open, but now I know where the folder is, so...maybe I'll just rename the folders. Mom ain't that comp savvy, so I know she won't go looking for it.

Actually, I think the next time I'm on her system, I'm going to uninstall the keylogger as well, I just have to be shady, since I have my own laptop. I can probably do it tonight.

[Luna]

Not yet, he left the folder open, but now I know where the folder is, so...maybe I'll just rename the folders. Mom ain't that comp savvy, so I know she won't go looking for it.

Actually, I think the next time I'm on her system, I'm going to uninstall the keylogger as well, I just have to be shady, since I have my own laptop. I can probably do it tonight.

Won't solve the problem.  Either he's figure she did it and blow his stack at her, or he'll blame one of your siblings, and shitstorm will happen.

Or, he'll just reinstall it.

Blame a trojan horse.  "Mom, I found this.  Be careful, I deleted it, upgraded your virus scanner, andhere's how you look for it.  Oh, Dad, I found this on Mom's machine and killed it, showed her how to watch for it, might want to check YOUR machine."