Got a pop up notification that my laptop needed to install some required SFDC updates. Fine, whatever. Did so, then it asked me to reboot when convenient, so I figured that would be fine.
Windows boots back up, and suddenly the UI is screwed up and, more importantly, I can’t connect to the internet anymore (it doesn’t get past the “Acquring Network Address” part).
So I bring the laptop to work (it’s raining right now too, argh) to file a helpdesk ticket and leave it here for tomorrow. Boot it up to reproduce the symptoms so I can write a better ticket and, lo and behold, it suddenly works. UI is fixed and network acquiring is happy. WTF.

So yeah, if it’s something about my home network, then I won’t be online for the rest of the day (and possibly Monday) until this gets fixed.

Edit: Fixed now, it seems. How incredibly odd.

Oh dear god what is it kill it with fire

Edit: If you’re interested, there’s more terribleness here.

Did a bit of Black Friday madness today and bought the third season of Supernatural and the first two seasons of Entourage (yay stuff to watch)… (70% off Supernatural, 69.9% off each season of Entourage).
Interestingly, Supernatural came with a code to download all third season episodes from iTunes as well. I think this is an awesome feature, actually… since people are trying to prevent you from ripping your DVDs into video files, they give you a way to get the video files for free so you don’t have to dig out your disks every time you want to see an episode. Of course, they’re DRM-crippled downloads (and the disks are probably DRM-infested as well), but at least they’re trying.

Thanksgiving last night was awesome. There was perfectly-cooked turkey (Purple wins), stuffing (inside the bird, so I didn’t have any), mashed potatoes, candied yams, corn, cranberry sauce, rolls, and cornbread. And Canadian Mountain Dew which is apparently caffeine free due to some law that says that only cola drinks can be caffeinated there. How odd. There was also pumpkin and apple pie with ice cream and whipped cream. Also FFX.

Also Pat is here. Yay Pat.

Second year in a row that I’ve had something I am so incredibly thankful for, and here’s hoping that continues.