Urox's Journal: Power coding eve

It's 4:50AM PST. I've been up since 9AM. I've been coding since 10:30AM. Despite starting this morning with an allergy induced migrane (which drove me home in case the OTC drugs failed and I had to take something stronger), I have been coding solid. Okay, that may be a slight exageration. It takes between 6 to 10 minutes between my compiles and I am trying to optimize an ancient piece of code. In the time that it takes to compile, I have occasionally had the free time to make something to eat, quickly confirm with my mother what I am buying my brother and sister for Christmas, find out that the insurance company is closed so I don't discover why they sent me two differing health insurance cards, and writing the first ever (if I can actually get it out this year) of my Yule Greeting letters.

See, I am what many would call pagan. I'm not any of the top five religions and have beliefs that some would call faith based and I would not since I believe they have a root in science as yet undiscovered. Many of my relatives are blissfully ignorant of my non-Christian (since most of them are Christian) beliefs. Since I am most decidedly not Christian, I am quite aware of many adopted traditions that are "pagan" in origin. In any case, I have decided not to reference Christmas explicitly seeing as it is merely a time when work is shut down so I have time to spend with my family... and the traditional gift giving. And censored anything that might tip the more devout that I am heathen-like.

Many of my relatives are also not aware of the notion that people dating often share the same house these days. Yet another omission.

Other than my mother, I am pretty much the only computer geek in the family. All my friends that I would normally write to would understand my humor. I find myself trying to explain what a pre-IPO company is to the relatives and wonder if they will stare at my sarcasm html tags

Since misery loves company (or shared burden is lessened the more that carry.. take your pick), I'm wondering what your holiday censorships are.

Well, I've just found 6 more items I can optimize in the code, but since I have to check the delta on each of them with proprietary compilers and language, that will likely take over another hour and I think it is time for a long nap break :)