Or, “Tuned Out, Turned Off, Dropped Out: How I Shutted Down My Brane For Christmas”.

I will say that it was nice to avoid the computer and the blogosphere for a couple of days. Though I was checking e-mail, I didn’t do much more than that. I need to tune out more often.

However, I will share a Christmas Eve story that provides an example of how truly out of it I was.

While the family and I were visiting my sister and her family, we remembered that we needed to take some of the recently iced Christmas cookies home to leave for Santa Claus. So Mrs. Holmes packed a couple of them up to take home. I recommended that we take a couple more home so that I could enjoy a cookie as well.

Four hours later, this conversation took place:

And I hadn’t even been drinking at that point. The holidays are dangerous.

Posted by Preston Taylor Holmes @ 8:21 am
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1. I will say that it was nice to avoid the computer…though I was checking e-mail.

   Typical blogger.

   Cute ditzy holiday story there, PTH. Mrs. Holmes is probably fielding worried-relative phone calls in your defense as we speak.

   “No, he didn’t have a nervous breakdown but thanks for your concern…Yes, his insurance includes inpatient psychiatric help…why do you ask? No, he’s not back on the smack again, grandma…”

   comment by Feisty — Tuesday, December 27, 2005 @ 10:02 am

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2. PTH, Your a much better man than I,,, I can’t visit my sister and her family without first drinking vast quantites of moonshine,,,,

   comment by Swamp Rabbit — Tuesday, December 27, 2005 @ 11:48 am

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3. You actually tune in?

   News to me.

   

   comment by Vinnie — Tuesday, December 27, 2005 @ 7:36 pm

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4. I should have posted this two days ago… But I hope that you and the entire Holmes family had a very Merry Christmas, and that you have a Happy New Year as well! Keep up the good work at this site.

   comment by Aakash — Wednesday, December 28, 2005 @ 1:30 am

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