I bought a HUGE, 10 cm wide Moss Agate heart necklace, complete with a resident goat. Or Capricorn, as Astrology fans would call it.
And, because the stage is lit in green and because it's excellent hacking music here's the theme music to 'Das Boot', played live by Klaus Doldinger himself:
OK, 5 minutes is definitely not long enough. Here's the full length soundtrack:
I especially love the nice touch of the person and the dog on the beach in the bottom right corner. The other thing I love about it is that it's millions of years old, then someone found it by cutting the stone in just the right place, someone else made a beautiful necklace out of it, and I have the privilege to admire and wear it.
(What about code? This blog is about code, not baubles! Eh, ok. I'm working on it. Lots of news next week, so watch this space.)
... read no further if you haven't tried to solve the Christmas Riddle yet(but want to).
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Because every solution should have a decent spoiler space,
I will first show off the lovely Christmas present I got, which is a beautiful, sterling silver Ganesha ring:
Ganesh is the overcomer of obstacles and his mount is a mouse.
Ok ok, enough about my bauble addiction..., here is the advertised solution to the Christmas Riddle:
We start with a hint:
This is an Osiris rose, and, one day I hope to grow one.
Take a close look. Notice something?
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Solution: The rose the husband picked was the only one that didn't have dew on it's petals, since his wife spent the night inside the cottage with him.
