Christmas has passed, and my traditional blog entry on the family’s gift exchanges still hasn’t been posted. That’s because we’ve all been preoccupied with said gifts.

For those who aren’t really interested in personal stuff like this, feel free to skip this entry.

As a graduate student, I didn’t exactly have a lot to give, but I had a good idea of something everyone wanted:

• For mom, my dad and I both chipped in to get a webcam, so she can video chat with me and other family members long-distance.
• For dad, I got a $25 iTunes card, because I knew there were quite a few songs he was wanting to download.
• For my older sister, I got one of those digital photo keychains.

My sister got me a second Wiimote so that whenever I’ve got people visiting (my niece and nephew, for instance… or my girlfriend…*hugs*) we can play two-player games.

Despite the fact that I really had no idea what I wanted for Christmas this year, other than one little thing, my parents still managed to give me quite a bit that will be of use for the rest of grad school (and some stuff for play too):

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Shows how often I update my blog here.

Turns out that, because of a glitch in the “Bad Behavior” plugin that I have installed here to counteract spambots, everyone was being prevented from commenting.

And because I post so little, I didn’t learn of this bug until 20 days after it was discovered, when I tried to post and was blocked from doing so.

So anyway, sorry for anyone who’s tried to leave a legitimate comment here during that time… I’ve upgraded to the latest version of the plugin, so only actual spammers should be identified as such now.