Is it just me, or are the holiday duldrums upon us?

I've been hovering near 7th Level around here for a couple of weeks now (like 7 xp to go, or something). And I realize that I haven't posted anything of worth in quite some time. I re-examined my current projects here at the office, and I realize that I am only programming within my comfort zone. Nothing is challenging me, really, and although I've had some, what I think, are good ideas, none of them really motivate me to attempt anything new, or outside my current idiom. In other words, I'm in a dry spell, or maybe just the 'Code Duldrums'.

I know that some of what I am doing could be streamlined and optimized, but I shrug and say "So?". *sigh* The attitude concerns me.

I've already toyed with sabotage (cf. this) and random emails from the CIO to people who would grasp that it wasn't actually from him to lighten the mood, but, ack, it's not working. I've determined that I lack Holiday/Perl spirit.

Someone suggest a Perl project that is holiday oriented to help us Monks that aren't on Christmas break get into the spirit.

C-.

In reply to Christmas Coding Blues by cacharbe

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