"In my sanguine state, I didn't even notice that I had just told Ubuntu to hibernate instead of shutdown. Generally, I tend to avoid hibernating my notebook. Over the years I've become accustomed to treating an OS like my office; the first thing you do when you open the door in the morning is open up some windows.
"So I hopped on a train and headed back to my place, a.k.a. Casa del Penguins--more because of the absence of heating than the (admittedly above average) volume of Linux machines in attendance..."