Scraps for the blog hungry

As you've been starved of blogs in recent occasion, please accept these scraps. Sit! Good boy.

I've returned from the now traditional trip away. Had fun, drunk lots of booze, got 2-1 up in my War On The Sun and you know, survived. As usual, I picked up a bit more about the others there, noticed a few things about humans in general and learned a couple of things about myself. Also as usual, I shook most of it off as I returned to my regular routine. I'm not in a self-changing mood and even if I was, I don't think I collected that many clips of ammo to work with.

This roughly falls in line with Robbie's Cost-Benefit Principle, which I've recently heard about and indeed, dubbed it a principle, as it is awesome. Rather than the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" adage, I see it as "go for the cheapest and easiest solution that works" in accordance with the cost to benefit ratio. Feel free to clarify this Rob.

Returning to work today was a little odd too, as it somehow felt like my first day again, as though it all looked a bit new. The friendly reception I got from my aisle was pleasantly surprising; I think the holidays have put a bit more chirp into a lot of people and it's nice to catch up again.

I've also been setting up the 2 days a week thing here for next year. Combined with 2 day/nights of uni, I'm not sure if it'll be an easier or harder week than it is currently. There's also the potential problem of Tuesday night classes (until 9:30pm) interfering with volleyball. I hope it's a skip-able class and I'll just get the textbooks. But be it 5 days work or 2 work, 2 uni each week, either way is better than uni and pizza delivery.

I can also officially do Sudoku. I had tried and not understood before, but I get it now. I did an easy, medium and a hard in front of the cricket yesterday. I comprehend and respect why it was "the craze that swept the world", even if it has now been surpassed by more complex, more Japanese puzzles.

Finally, I'd like to belatedly wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, particularly to those who left comments at some stage. You're my favourites.