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I almost feel guilty for the bag of loot I brought home from work today: champagne, a wide assortment of chocolates, and some fancy tea. Tomorrow (February 23rd) is Den’ Zaschitnika Otechestva (Defender of the Fatherland Day), and I’m not a war veteran, nor is this my homeland. Still, even though this holiday has always been associated with military service (it used to be Red Army Day), it’s taken on the form of Men’s Day. The cards that accompanied my gifts said things like, “pozdravlyaem s dnem vsekh muzhin!”

What I don’t feel guilty for is a day off tomorrow. I’ve worked hard and I’m ready to relax a bit. I’d planned on messing around with WP 1.5 to learn all the cool new features and plug-ins, but, wouldn’t you know it, my Stream ADSL connection has decided to go on the fritz. It disconnects after about 30 seconds, making small tasks, like reading e-mail and posting to my blog, possible, but a pain in the neck. I don’t expect to receive any tech support from Stream tomorrow, so I guess I’ll spend the day on the monumental undertaking of catching up on my reading.

S prazdnikom!