Christmastime at the Fort

Got into the sprit a little early this year. . . Only 28 days to go. . .

Looking at the house from the sidewalk

Last year, only had the flood lights, multi color strings, and a few red lights leading up to Mr. Peabody. Everything else is new for the 2013 season.

From a little farther down the sidewalk

Several thousand LEDs seem to give the front yard a nice warm glow on a cold night

Really happy with how the front tree turned out, but didn't have enough warm white strings to finish it out. That'll be next year's addition to the display.

Closeup from the street

From the driveway

Wreath over the garage is new for this year as well

As is the 18 foot of garland and white lights around the front door. Also changed out the multi color string from the door wreath to match.

Reflections in the storm door

Mr. Peabody still standing guard

Looking out towards the street from the front door

Also put the Christmas tree up in the front room where it can also be seen from the street.

Now Pentatriaconta-Certified with GCUX Goodness. . .

From the SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) on November 26th, 2013:

"GIAC presents this certification to Christopher J. Marcinko who has met the necessary requirements and demonstrated a mastery of the subject matter and security skills to earn the GIAC Certified UNIX Security Administrator - GCUX."

Date of Certification: November 26th, 2013 Expiration Date: November 30th, 2021 Certificate Number: 1420

@christoperj:

"But now and then there are Saturdays. Big temporal tipping points when anything's possible. . ." #SAVETHEDAY

@christoperj:

Wow -- all Blockbuster stores are shutting down as of 1Q2014. End of an era. . .