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Christmas Eve Overnight Open Thread (12/24/18 )
Luke Chapter 2, King James Version And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Celebrate The George Washington way.
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S CHRISTMAS EGGNOG RECIPE
“One quart cream, one quart milk, one dozen tablespoons sugar, one pint brandy, ½ pint rye whiskey, ½ pint Jamaica rum, ¼ pint sherry
—mix liquor first,
then separate yolks and whites of 12 eggs,
add sugar to beaten yolks,
mix well. Add milk and cream, slowly beating.
Beat whites of eggs until stiff and fold slowly into mixture.
Let set in cool place for several days.
Taste frequently.”
It was 25 December, and little George Adamson ran to the window, hoping to find a white world on the other side. But once he drew the curtains, disappointment set in. It was another year without snow on Christmas Day. Now, as a geography lecturer at King’s College London, he knows who to blame for his misplaced expectations: Charles Dickens, who populated his stories with snowy depictions of the holiday period. That people like him imagine a snow-covered Christmas has always intrigued Adamson. In the UK, where he grew up, December is not a particularly snowy month – yet shops sell cards with white Christmas illustrations and restaurants decorate with fake snow. Where are people taking on these expectations if they haven’t lived them?
Yes Horde: It is a wonderful life. H/T Bluebell
Christmas celebrations at National Parks, which by the way will remain open during this 'fiscal crisis'.
It's never too late to fall in love, Especially for Santa Claus.
We all know Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus have been married for years, possibly centuries. But a St. George man finally popped the question to the woman he loves, 40 years after they met at a St. George middle school. The two 53-year-olds were hired by photographer Alyssa Ence for a family party in St. George. Ence is a professional photographer based in St. George
The American Spirit, helping others who need it. Modern day Paul Bunyan and his twin sons.
LAKE STEVENS — They not only got buff, they got famous. Shane McDaniel and his 20-year-old twin sons, Henry and Harrison, spent eight months slinging axes to transform their East Lakeshore Drive home into a fortress of firewood. Instead of selling the wood, which McDaniel values at $10,000, he’s giving it away to people in need. Free, with delivery.
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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Merry Christmas Wishes.
Notice: Posted with permission by The Ace Media Empire and AceCorp, LLC. Who by the way knows who has been naughty or nice. I wish Ace, my fellow Cobs and all of you Morons a Merry Christmas.
[OregonMuse] ***UPDATE***:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 10:05 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:05 PM (UGqF8)
https://youtu.be/2qlHgKfApmI
Posted by: Zaklog the Great at December 24, 2018 10:05 PM (GJdmj)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:05 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: tbodie at December 24, 2018 10:07 PM (4IFkp)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:07 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:07 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:08 PM (UGqF8)
Posted by: tbodie at December 24, 2018 10:08 PM (4IFkp)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Need Gifts? Bluebell's Shiving for Dummies Available at The Outrage Outlet! at December 24, 2018 10:08 PM (0QYMt)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2018 10:08 PM (mfOi4)
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 10:10 PM (pQBgp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:10 PM (UGqF8)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2018 10:10 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 10:10 PM (pQBgp)
Either that or you would have hung bells on all of those reindeer, you could have heard them coming
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: tbodie at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (4IFkp)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (f3oO4)
Christmas light are flashing,
Have a very Merry Evening,
And Peace into your hearts, be dashing ...
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 24, 2018 10:13 PM (LPnfS)
When I think of Nat I think of...
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols, being sung h y a choir
And kids dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows, a turkey and some mistletoe
If you belong on my lawn you know the rest.
MH,,, thanks man,,, for all year.
Posted by: teej at December 24, 2018 10:13 PM (W8e/N)
CW Jr is at a workplace Christmas party, and I've been alone pretty much all day. I can't say I've enjoyed it; some co-workers decided to be asses (again) and I've been stewing about it since I left work.
It's just me and the boy tomorrow. We're cooking a turkey roast, throwing in some low-carb veggies, and watching a lot of movies. Neither one of us had the money to get a gift for the other, but that's OK.
I'll force myself to look for the positives in the next 36 hours. Or I'll just sleep a lot. I'm trying to keep my options open.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 24, 2018 10:13 PM (bfbq4)
I thought I heard that this is the last year of the NORAD Santa watch (probably for fear of offending a certain sub-element of our diverse population)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (f3oO4)
Posted by: joncelli of the Tribe of the Drunken Moose at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (1FhAQ)
You too, lurkers. Front and center.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (f3oO4)
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It must require personnel to operate. Parks are mostly open but trails and areas that need personnel are closed.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (f3oO4)
It's ok, I know who wins.
Posted by: WTF Do I Know at December 24, 2018 10:15 PM (9gHOW)
Posted by: Toni Garcia at December 24, 2018 10:15 PM (N5mle)
May Santa bring you some voodoo dolls and some very sharp pins ...
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 24, 2018 10:15 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 24, 2018 10:15 PM (cqNba)
Wait, can't be, there's a church there instead of a Planned Parenthood center
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:15 PM (0Ntuf)
When I was a kid we lived in western NY for a few years. I was not familiar with the term "lake effect snow" at the time but we sure got it.
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 10:15 PM (sdi6R)
Is it The Ace Media Empire or AceCorp, LLC (the red-headed step-child of Th Ace Media Empire) that knows who has been naughty or nice?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2018 10:16 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Toni at December 24, 2018 10:16 PM (N5mle)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:16 PM (CLcKT)
Love the GW eggnog.
Few remember rum's place in American history, it's been relegated to touristy tropical drinks in the mind of most bartenders and drinkers.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 24, 2018 10:16 PM (6X9rc)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:16 PM (LujYx)
I really like this port.
Rich,,, and the brandy kicker is nice too.
Posted by: teej at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (W8e/N)
You too, lurkers. Front and center.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (t+qrx)
Okay, fine....
(I might as well be a lurker these days.)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (bfbq4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (AllCR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aP2FMuvwkk
Posted by: Off the reservation at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (vWMNq)
I'm not use to this much company for this long.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: tbodie at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (4IFkp)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254273342361600
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254361754025984
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254537545740288
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254639941238784
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254726704599041
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:18 PM (0Ntuf)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254817792303104
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077254919005052928
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077255027176235013
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077255145099091968
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077255253169455104
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (0Ntuf)
Bless all of you!
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:10 PM
Which he stole from the Africans.
Posted by: A. Sharpton at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (DMUuz)
I'm not use to this much company for this long.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (aA3+G)
Are you talking about the blog or actual real-life gainful employment?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (t+qrx)
NORAD Santa watch (probably for fear of offending a certain sub-element
of our diverse population)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (f3oO4)
I haven't heard or seen anything saying that.
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (pQBgp)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (f3oO4)
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'Round these parts, we call it "Bull Run."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:20 PM (UGqF8)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 24, 2018 10:20 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:21 PM (LujYx)
https://tinyurl.com/yadf76we
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (AllCR)
Laughing and laughing. That is NOT a happy pup.
Posted by: joncelli of the Tribe of the Drunken Moose at December 24, 2018 10:21 PM (1FhAQ)
Yeah it's pretty. Come over here and shovel mine for 3 months George. You won't be so enamored anymore.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 10:22 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2018 10:22 PM (AllCR)
You too, lurkers. Front and center.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (t+qrx)
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((((hogmartin))))
Thanks, good friend. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: DynamiteDan at December 24, 2018 10:22 PM (MqzWH)
The climate change, then as now, was entirely natural, and not influenced by Man's activities.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 10:22 PM (fDU8w)
"serve to to make the Yuletide bright"
What do I win teej? Do I have to get off your lawn?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:23 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:20 PM (UGqF
I believe the losers call it "Bull Run".
Posted by: WTF Do I Know at December 24, 2018 10:23 PM (9gHOW)
NORAD Santa watch (probably for fear of offending a certain sub-element
of our diverse population)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:14 PM (f3oO4)
I haven't heard or seen anything saying that.
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (pQBgp)
That's a court martial offense!!
I have heard though, that Santa has been outfitted with JDAMS and a few bunker busters for our muzzie "friends'.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 24, 2018 10:23 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:23 PM (cS3Yq)
Do they know you're famous? And should be treated with the utmost respect,,, at least in your presence?
Imma get the Taylor out and see if I can remember Mary Did You Know.
Love each other fellow babies
Tis the season
Posted by: teej at December 24, 2018 10:24 PM (W8e/N)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:24 PM (CLcKT)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077404446966059014
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077404545062449152
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077404635885944832
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077404718371090432
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077404854975377408
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1077404963209388032
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:24 PM (0Ntuf)
Bless all of you!
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
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Thanks Man from Athens
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:24 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (UGqF8)
In New York, you can get arrested for wassailing.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (aKsyK)
The MIL has been here since Saturday. The whole house is starting to smell like polident.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (cS3Yq)
I'm not use to this much company for this long.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (aA3+G)
Are you talking about the blog or actual real-life gainful employment?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (t+qrx
Children 3 of them and a future son in law here plus a total of 5 dogs.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:20 PM (UGqF
Personally, so do I, but there's far too many newcomers hereabouts nowadays, and the sign on the gates uses the wrong terms as well, so...
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (f3oO4)
Bingle Jells! *hic!*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 24, 2018 10:26 PM (QzJWU)
.....
NYC nephew procured me a bottle of 10 year old tawny port on his trip to Portugal 6 months ago and gave it to me for Christmas.
Love that kid. Such a thoughtful young man to think of his uncultured, hillbilly Uncle in Tennessee like that.
I think I'll save it to drink with him before he gets married some day.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 24, 2018 10:26 PM (3AZRT)
The climate change, then as now, was entirely natural, and not influenced by Man's activities.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 10:22 PM (fDU8w)
The dickens you say.
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 10:26 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (aA3+G)
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FIVE DOGS? Crap.
That's five more dogs than I'd let stay at my house.
Merry Christmas to you MisHum. Your labors are greatly appreciated here, especially by me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (UGqF8)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (f3oO4)
Ya know, it was the best of times and the worst of times
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (0Ntuf)
I find it peculiar no one has claimed the mega mega millions jackpot from 3 months ago.
Maybe it's a fake? How would we know if they rigged the winner numbers to be un-played by anyone.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (aA3+G)
3 kids and one future kid in law are ambulatory and have working hands yes? If so, why are YOU working?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (t+qrx)
A University of Massachusetts student was asked to remove a sign from her dorm window saying "Fuck Nazis, you are not welcome" because it did not foster a sense of inclusion.
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:28 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:29 PM (LujYx)
Because of the lactose-intolerance, don't ya know...
Posted by: Hillary! at December 24, 2018 10:29 PM (Z1eux)
I'm very depressed because my grand-children will never know what snow is!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:29 PM (f3oO4)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (Ow8WE)
2019 almost, and 99% of the problems in this country are imaginary.
At the top of the list is Global Warming. Then nazis.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:20 PM (UGqF
Personally, so do I, but there's far too many newcomers hereabouts nowadays, and the sign on the gates uses the wrong terms as well, so...
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For some reason I read these comments as if they were spoken in a Shire pub. It could have been lifted directly from TLOTR.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: DR.WTF at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (aA3+G)
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FIVE DOGS? Crap.
That's five more dogs than I'd let stay at my house.
Merry Christmas to you MisHum. Your labors are greatly appreciated here, especially by me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:27 PM (UGqF
Actually 3 of the dogs are mine
And they are easier to deal with than the 2 legged kids
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (aA3+G)
2019 almost, and 99% of the problems in this country are imaginary.
At the top of the list is Global Warming. Then nazis.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (LujYx)
How about Nazi global warming?
Posted by: joncelli of the Tribe of the Drunken Moose at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
These guys, e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7byjAaLcRM
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (AllCR)
And thank you and Merry Christmas to you to.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (E7svB)
Posted by: literally serious at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (77jVU)
Posted by: Weasel - Senior Special Assistant to bluebell for NoVaMoMe 2019 at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (MVjcR)
https://youtu.be/mfJaCtHVtps
The tiger around 1:20 is especially badass.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:28 PM (I2/tG)
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I wonder if that is "and ... not welcome" or "or ... not welcome"? Confusing.
Posted by: Undocumented at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (+mfcd)
FIVE DOGS? Crap.
That's five more dogs than I'd let stay at my house.
*scratches Cicero's house off travel list*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (LsBY9)
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 24, 2018 10:30 PM (Ow8WE)
Then George took the troops home and drank some egg nog. Or at least that's what I would have done.
Posted by: joncelli of the Tribe of the Drunken Moose at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (1FhAQ)
https://tinyurl.com/yblwlzbf
This has to be the first time in history that a once successful and dominant culture has welcomed in the invaders who intended only to destroy it. I don't understand it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (UGqF8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:17 PM (aA3+G)
Are you talking about the blog or actual real-life gainful employment?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:19 PM (t+qrx
Children 3 of them and a future son in law here plus a total of 5 dogs.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (aA3+G)
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This would make going back to work seem like a vacation.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (I2/tG)
newcomers hereabouts nowadays, and the sign on the gates uses the wrong
terms as well, so...
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:25 PM (f3oO4)
Great. Just what Virginia needs, more yankees. Because all the states that they live in are just awesome.
Posted by: WTF Do I Know at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (9gHOW)
Posted by: Weasel - Senior Special Assistant to bluebell for NoVaMoMe 2019 at December 24, 2018 10:32 PM (MVjcR)
Look busy guys, Weasel's here!
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Burger Chef at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 10:34 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 24, 2018 10:34 PM (Ow8WE)
I thought as a Christmas movie, it would be free this time of year.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:34 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:35 PM (aA3+G)
Look busy guys, Weasel's here!
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (t+qrx)
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Busy? Not familiar with the term!
Posted by: Weasel - Senior Special Assistant to bluebell for NoVaMoMe 2019 at December 24, 2018 10:35 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Usntakim profoundly deplorable at December 24, 2018 10:35 PM (0OmEj)
https://tinyurl.com/yblwlzbf
This has to be the first time in history that a once successful and dominant culture has welcomed in the invaders who intended only to destroy it. I don't understand it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (UGqF
????
Posted by: A trojan horse at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (77jVU)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (E7svB)
More power and perks for the ruling class.
Democracy constrains the rich and powerful - turning your country into an authoritarian cesspool benefits them.
How much money do you think Maduro has socked away?
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (UGqF
Doing the work so that their Elite Betters don't have to
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: joncelli of the Tribe of the Drunken Moose at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM
There was actually a secret weapon development for something like that.
Posted by: otho at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 10:34 PM (RfzVr)
Actually they get along quite well for the most part.
But, you always have to be on your toes.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:37 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:38 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (I2/tG)
All of it in Venezuela.
Posted by: DR.WTF at December 24, 2018 10:38 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Burger Chef at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (RuIsu)
Fuck Nazis Must Die!
Posted by: 80's Straight to Video Shelf at December 24, 2018 10:38 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:38 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:38 PM (cS3Yq)
The tubing hill was closed so there was that.
How has yours been going?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:39 PM (aA3+G)
This has to be the first time in history that a once successful and dominant culture has welcomed in the invaders who intended only to destroy it. I don't understand it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (UGqF
Allow us to introduce ourselves.
Posted by: The Romans at December 24, 2018 10:39 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
These guys, e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7byjAaLcRM
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 24, 2018 10:31 PM (LPnfS)
These guys have wassailing under control: https://youtu.be/AKpmg5DrpC0
Posted by: joncelli of the Tribe of the Drunken Moose at December 24, 2018 10:39 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:36 PM (I2/tG)
All of it in Venezuela.
Posted by: DR.WTF at December 24, 2018 10:38 PM (T71PA)
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All of their dollars. He does not want any of that bolivar shit.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 10:40 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Swiss Bankers at December 24, 2018 10:40 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 10:41 PM (E7svB)
https://tinyurl.com/yblwlzbf
This has to be the first time in history that a once successful and dominant culture has welcomed in the invaders who intended only to destroy it. I don't understand it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2018 10:33 PM (UGqF
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Dry, Cicero, very dry. (is there such a thing as dry sarcasm?)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:41 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:41 PM (0bu2O)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 10:40 PM (ffYR/)
Once again, the conservative, empanada-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 10:41 PM (t+qrx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFUx_KC1bHQ
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 10:42 PM (sdi6R)
He's denigrated for grousing about giving Bob Cratchit Christmas Day off, WITH PAY...
Yet nobody complained about the poulterers and delivery teamsters who had to work on Christmas Day so the Cratchits could have a big turkey
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:43 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 10:43 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:44 PM (0bu2O)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:39 PM (aA3+G)
I'm ready to go back to work!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:44 PM (cS3Yq)
"Nazis welcome!"
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2018 10:44 PM (OiC69)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:44 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2018 10:44 PM (LsBY9)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 24, 2018 10:45 PM (3AZRT)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 10:43 PM (0Ntuf)
IIRC, it was a Christmas goose that was the featured delicacy at the Cratchit's Christmas feast. A large, plump one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 10:45 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:45 PM (0bu2O)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2018 10:47 PM (ObAPf)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned
Happy Christmas Eve Birthday to you ...
Happy Christmas Eve Birthday to you ...
Happy Birthday, Blanco Basura,
and Merry Christmas tomorrow, back at you ...
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 24, 2018 10:47 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 10:28 PM (I2/tG)
The SA, SS or Gestapo had nothing on the Fuck Nazis. I'd seen grown men tear their heads off rather the meet the Fuck Nazis.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 24, 2018 10:47 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:48 PM (0bu2O)
The regular stuff, which is pretty much moonshine, is potent. I'll admit I didn't like it. I haven't tasted the better variety (same ingredients but more work put into it). That's $225 for a 375 ml bottle (the regular is $98 for a 375).
60% rye, 35% corn, 5% malted barley.
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 10:48 PM (pQBgp)
It was great before they had a child. Traveling is not so easy with a 5 year old.
That is my bestest Christmas gift.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:50 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:39 PM (aA3+G)
I'm ready to go back to work!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:44 PM (cS3Yq)
Thats not a good sign
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 10:51 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 24, 2018 10:52 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:11 PM (f3oO4)
__________________
Do the Mexican drug cartels that control the national parks in the sw U.S. shut down their drug and smuggling operations in the parks when the government shuts down?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 24, 2018 10:52 PM (fqUgw)
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 24, 2018 10:52 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:52 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:41 PM (0bu2O)
Happy Birthday, Blanco!
I can relate. My birthday is January 2, just when everybody is tired of the holiday season and wants to get back to normal.
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 10:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: THAT GUY at December 24, 2018 10:54 PM (IuUh9)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:54 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2018 10:55 PM (ObAPf)
Posted by: Usntakim profoundly deplorable at December 24, 2018 10:55 PM (0OmEj)
You have 1 birthday, 1 birthday every year.
But there are 364 unBirthdays,
and that is why we're gathered here to cheer!!!!!
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 24, 2018 10:56 PM (LPnfS)
It was great before they had a child. Traveling is not so easy with a 5 year old.
That is my bestest Christmas gift.
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That is an awesome gift AHL.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:56 PM (IDhUW)
Tomorrow's events mean I must depart anon, but Merry Christmas to all the commenters, posters, lurkers, COBs, and the Ace his own self.
~H
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 24, 2018 10:56 PM (f3oO4)
Steak and shrimp dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Waitress was cute as heck. Had a nice slice of carrot cake at home for dessert.
The rest of the day was troubleshooting audio problems on the new OS install I did yesterday. Got that sorted, too.
How was your day?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:58 PM (0bu2O)
But there are 364 unBirthdays,
and that is why we're gathered here to cheer
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Brought to you by the mad hatter from Alice in wonderland
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 10:59 PM (IDhUW)
I've got it better than my nephew. His birthday is tomorrow. Gets overshadowed a bit.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:59 PM (0bu2O)
I still remember when Obama tried to barricade them shut, even veteran memorials to create a fake sense of how bad a government shutdown was. I'm so glad we're rid of that disgusting shit.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 24, 2018 11:00 PM (/qEW2)
But there are 364 unBirthdays,
and that is why we're gathered here to cheer!!!!!
I really like this rhyme, but does it come with beer?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:00 PM (0bu2O)
memorials to create a fake sense of how bad a government shutdown was.
I'm so glad we're rid of that disgusting shit.
IIRC, he had Park Rangers out at the Vietnam memorial making sure no one crossed the barricades they had set up.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:01 PM (0bu2O)
Posted by: THAT GUY at December 24, 2018 11:03 PM (IuUh9)
It was great before they had a child. Traveling is not so easy with a 5 year old.
That is my bestest Christmas gift.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 10:50 PM (cS3Yq)
Is your daughter in law staying behind?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 11:03 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:01 PM
IIRC, it was a group of disabled WWII vets on some special commemoration that were shut out...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 11:03 PM (CLcKT)
Sounds like about two blocks over from here.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:04 PM (0bu2O)
Posted by: KT at December 24, 2018 11:04 PM (BVQ+1)
Posted by: geoffb at December 24, 2018 11:04 PM (zOpu5)
You're gonna make me look it up, aren't you?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:04 PM (0bu2O)
How was your day?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 10:58 PM (0bu2O)
My Arizona desktop PC has Linux Mint 17 on it. First bootup after a long period idle, the speakers don't work. Shut down and reboot, and the sound works fine. Somehow the boot manager doesn't see the sound card first go-round, I guess. I just live with it, but if there is an easy fix, I will try it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:05 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:01 PM (0bu2O)
Same at the WWII Memorial. They were being moved anyway. Like WWII vets were going to let some metal barricades get in their way.
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 11:05 PM (pQBgp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 10:45 PM (fDU8w)
Their "pudding" is basically boiled beef fat and bread. Their ale was probably piss warm too.
"The two smallest books ever written were about British cooking and German humor" - Groucho Marx
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 11:05 PM (0Ntuf)
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Quiet. I missed a couple days' work last week, so went to the office today to get a bit done.
I didn't end up going to a Christmas Eve service.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (IDhUW)
Had a cold for a month five weeks getting over it haven't sung a note until now
Posted by: Lord Percy's Cracked Chamber Pot at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (Mpx8e)
fire engine or rescue unit on Christmas Eve. It makes me feel terribly
sad for the family whose Christmas is being ruined.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2018 10:55 PM
I live close to a hospital. It is just a generic hospital but we are in the flight path for the serious medical center. I hear those helicopters a couple times a week or more and I just stop and say a prayer.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (RfzVr)
IIRC, he had Park Rangers out at the Vietnam memorial making sure no one crossed the barricades they had set up.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:01 PM (0bu2O)
They put out traffic cones at one of the national parks, to prevent people from pulling off the road to enjoy the view.
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (sdi6R)
Is your daughter in law staying behind?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 11:03 PM (aA3+G)
No. Sigh.
She wears the pants in that marriage.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:08 PM (0bu2O)
Posted by: THAT GUY at December 24, 2018 11:03 PM (IuUh9)
In L.A. they tend to shoot guns in the air in celebration
How high in the air determines if it's a holiday celebration or a firefight
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 11:08 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 24, 2018 11:08 PM (/qEW2)
Is your daughter in law staying behind?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 11:03 PM (aA3+G)
No. Sigh.
She wears the pants in that marriage.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (cS3Yq)
At least your son and grandchild will be close.
2 out of 3 aint bad or so goes the song
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 11:08 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 11:09 PM (CLcKT)
When I shot the gun, I thought I blew out my ear drums.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:09 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (sdi6R)
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Mt. Rushmore. And, they had personnel stationed to enforce it.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 11:10 PM (ffYR/)
shut to the disabled vets and you'd mnetioned the Vietnam memorial...
I think we cross-posted there, check #187. Unless someone gets banned and the number changes.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:10 PM (0bu2O)
I was thoroughly ticked off, too. My folks had promised me a piano for Christmas. Instead I got a screaming, smelly, totally useless kid brother. And, no, I never did get my piano.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2018 11:10 PM (ObAPf)
2 out of 3 aint bad or so goes the song
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 11:08 PM (aA3+G)
Yup. I put up with the DIL so I can hang with the GrandGirl.
You have to keep the big picture in mind when dealing with a libtard.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:11 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 24, 2018 11:11 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 11:06 PM (RfzVr)
Just curious - is it Henry Ford?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 11:12 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 24, 2018 11:13 PM (jUcoH)
So I am typing this on a brand new iPad (replacing my iPad 3 which was still 30 pin and struggled to keep up on the Q.
Posted by: blaster at December 24, 2018 11:13 PM (X5mj3)
I'll force myself to look for the positives in the next 36 hours. Or I'll just sleep a lot. I'm trying to keep my options open.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
Before He was born, Jesus was also known as Emmanuel....I am with you.
You have not been forgotten. He is with you
Merry Christmas to you. I pray for better days for you.
Posted by: shibumi's friend, Bozo in the Mitten Kingdom at December 24, 2018 11:13 PM (OXL6p)
They were fearful (much to my enjoyment).
It was the bone from the ham we ate today. Normally I would not give up such a prize. Son knows for sure now that I do indeed love him. ;-)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 11:14 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2018 11:15 PM (ObAPf)
God Bless Donald Trump.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:15 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 24, 2018 11:15 PM (0bu2O)
You too, lurkers. Front and center. Posted by: hogmartin
And Merry Christmas to you!
Shibumi and I are off to midnight Mass
Posted by: shibumi's friend, Bozo in the Mitten Kingdom at December 24, 2018 11:15 PM (OXL6p)
Probably not. It was winter in Dicken's era England so even room temperature ale will be at refrigerator levels.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 11:17 PM (E7svB)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 11:18 PM (RfzVr)
Shibumi and I are off to midnight Mass
Posted by: shibumi's friend, Bozo in the Mitten Kingdom at December 24, 2018 11:15 PM (OXL6p)
*waves*
Have a wonderful night, you guys.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 24, 2018 11:18 PM (t+qrx)
The Ruth Ginsberg movie is Ally McBeal Meets Fifty Shades of Gray.
"Freedom" is not in the Constitution, the young brilliant legal scholar says.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:18 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 11:19 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 24, 2018 11:19 PM (W+kMI)
WWII Memorial that shut to the disabled vets and you'd mnetioned the
Vietnam memorial...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 24, 2018 11:09 PM (CLcKT)
All of the monuments on the Mall had the metal barricades; the WWII vets weren't putting up with it at theirs.
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 11:20 PM (pQBgp)
Just came from dinner out with Mrs. Franpsycho and her parents. Not Chinese. But these are San Francisco Jooz so they don't know what they're doing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2018 11:20 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2018 11:08 PM (aA3+G)
You are such a sweet man. Thank you for all you do!
I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:20 PM (cS3Yq)
Didn't obama also make sure someone was there to photograph the veterans with sad faces?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:21 PM (LujYx)
Probably not. It was winter in Dicken's era England so even room temperature ale will be at refrigerator levels.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 11:17 PM (E7svB)
That's a good point.
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2018 11:21 PM (sdi6R)
my brother in the 2nd of January. If she had just cooperated and
produced the kid New Year's Eve, my father would have gotten a full
year's tax deduction for him.
I was thoroughly ticked off, too. My folks had promised me a piano
for Christmas. Instead I got a screaming, smelly, totally useless kid
brother. And, no, I never did get my piano.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 24, 2018 11:10 PM (ObAPf)
Your father was whatsoever not to blame. Zilch, zip, zero.
Posted by: Vendette at December 24, 2018 11:22 PM (pQBgp)
Posted by: A trojan horse at December 24, 2018 11:23 PM (77jVU)
For those of you following Ethan Van Sciver and the Comicsgate movement, many of the commentators and creators involved got together to record an audio performance of "A Christmas Carol". EVS isn't in it, but a lot of others in that group are. It's pretty good so far.
https://youtu.be/S9Okyz2kJXo
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 24, 2018 11:24 PM (bfbq4)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 24, 2018 11:24 PM (2eKoI)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 11:17 PM (E7svB)
Lucas Electric probably wired the Cratchit home too
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2018 11:25 PM (0Ntuf)
...I woke up 3 hours later to a text from the Pastor telling me how he was sorry he didn't see me at service tonight! Grocery store now closed. Sense of impending dread.
So here is the list of ingredients in what will now be called "I Hope This Shit Works" Christmas dessert:
3 clemintine oranges stolen from daughter's stocking
1 Harry and David pear given to me by a student
1 pack black mission figs I couldn't figure out what to do with
2 small red delicious apples leftover from daughters lunchbox
Juice of one Meyer lemon leftover from school lesson on making Sweet n Sour bar mix
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 pack leftover pecan chips bought to make chocolate chip cookies with
It actually broke down into a nice cobbler like concoction and I made an oatmeal crumble from cinnamon and apple instant oatmeal that my daughter eats.
Leftover cobbler!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 24, 2018 11:29 PM (6X9rc)
It's Christmas Eve and @RealDonald Trump is plunging the country into chaos. The stock market is tanking and the President is waging a personal war on the Federal Reserve-After he just fired the Secretary of Defense.
And in a remarkable coincidence,
Chuck Schumer tweeted:
It's Christmas Eve and @RealDonald Trump is plunging the country into chaos. The stock market is tanking and the President is waging a personal war on the Federal Reserve-After he just fired the Secretary of Defense.
Here's your collusion!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2018 11:30 PM (cS3Yq)
One thing that might have been amusing afterwards is if the House had audited the amount of money that the government wasted doing all the little things that it did to inconvenience and annoy the citizenry during the Obama shutdown.
Posted by: junior at December 24, 2018 11:33 PM (Fp6vo)
Posted by: Antisocialist at December 24, 2018 11:34 PM (2shuf)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 24, 2018 11:34 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 11:35 PM (ffYR/)
It's Christmas Eve and @RealDonald Trump is plunging the country into chaos. The stock market is tanking
...as a result of my becoming Speaker of the House again.
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 11:36 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 24, 2018 11:37 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: junior at December 24, 2018 11:33 PM (Fp6vo)
President Trump ahould direct the Secretary of the Interior (and any other relevant members of the Cabinet) to do an investigation as to who, specifically, gave those orders to all that asshole stuff. And then fire the bastards.
Sure, it came from Obama. But somewhere down the line, there was a career "civil servant" who didn't tell TFG to take a flying fuck in a rolling donut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:38 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 24, 2018 11:37 PM (pUDQf)
The terrorists were spotted wearing MAGA hats
Posted by: CNN at December 24, 2018 11:39 PM (0Ntuf)
The Ruth Ginsberg movie is Ally McBeal Meets Fifty Shades of Gray.
"Freedom" is not in the Constitution, the young brilliant legal scholar says.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter
Neither is abortion or same sex marriage.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2018 11:41 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:41 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:38 PM (fDU8w)
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The thing about Obama was that underlings knew what he was like and wanted without being told. Being Libtard deep staters, they did not have to hear it from him. They just knew, and happily gave it to him.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 11:42 PM (ffYR/)
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Washington's army crossed during the night of Dec 25 and the battle of Trenton was fought on the morning of Dec 26.
Posted by: Cosda at December 24, 2018 11:43 PM (PUMEz)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:43 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 24, 2018 11:24 PM (2eKoI)
Thank you. When I look into the face of a great white I don't often perceive that sentiment, so it's nice to be told sharks feel that way.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 24, 2018 11:43 PM (/qEW2)
The fed fucking with interest rates.
The Democrats nonstop attempt to overthrow an elected President.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 24, 2018 11:43 PM (pUDQf)
Any update on the situation at Nakatomi Plaza??
Posted by: AlaBAMA
The Chinese just bought it. It's now the Huawei Plaza.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2018 11:44 PM (aKsyK)
Democrats to Americans on Christmas Eve: Remember to hate Donald Trump; he is destroying the World.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:44 PM (LujYx)
Maybe when people start calling it what it is, we get to the root of the matter and pull out the axes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 24, 2018 11:46 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 11:42 PM (ffYR/)
Still, I think it would be possible to have those jerks fired for cause.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:48 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitairan at December 24, 2018 11:48 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 24, 2018 11:50 PM (E7svB)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 24, 2018 11:29 PM (6X9rc)
No matter the situation, morons make it work!
Posted by: sinalco at December 24, 2018 11:50 PM (yODqO)
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This is why it is important to vote Republican. They want to outsource it to the largest donor.
Posted by: Undocumented at December 24, 2018 11:50 PM (+mfcd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:48 PM (fDU8w)
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Under the JEF? Not a chance. They are probably still in those jobs today. They take care of their own.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 11:51 PM (ffYR/)
That tweet isn't just hateful (natch), it also reeks of desperation and exasperation.
Nobody gives a shit about the shutdown, Mattis, or Syria.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:51 PM (LujYx)
The president "fired" Mattis?
The Big Lie was invented by, who, Goehring? He's got nothing on these Democrats.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:52 PM (LujYx)
"Freedom" is not in the Constitution, the young brilliant legal scholar says.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:18 PM (LujYx)
True. They could only manage to squeeze securing"Liberty" into the pre-amble as one of the main tasks of the government ...
Merry Christmas to the Christian Horde. I wish you all a great holiday.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 24, 2018 11:54 PM (VnmhN)
Joyeux Noel, tout le monde. Tout le francais ne se rendent pas
Posted by: the Man who Burps in French at December 24, 2018 11:55 PM (9HuGt)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 24, 2018 11:51 PM (ffYR/)
Of course not under the JEF. But there's a new Sherriff in town. Surely it would be possible for DJT to do something to shit-can those turds. If not fire them, transfer them to doing a lemming census on Alaska's North Slope.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:55 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: wth at December 24, 2018 11:56 PM (ZP0bH)
Merry Christmas
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:56 PM (LujYx)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 24, 2018 11:57 PM (pUDQf)
Jonathan Jarvis was head of the Parks Service during the Obama years. There is a tradition that the head of the Parks Service resigns when a new President is inaugurated, so Jarvis left, while blasting Trump for "censorship" (Trump had put a moratorium on Park Service external communications as he came into office, because the Park Service's messaging was relentlessly left-wing.)
Not to worry, before Jarvis left, he was named executive director of the UC Berkeley's Institute for Parks, People, and Diversity.
The Deep State takes care of their own.
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 24, 2018 11:59 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Summer of Love at December 24, 2018 11:59 PM (FJrl0)
Posted by: Paolo at December 24, 2018 11:59 PM (+18Vx)
Posted by: Cicero Skip at December 25, 2018 12:00 AM (FIrEF)
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2018 12:00 AM (myjNJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2018 11:55 PM (fDU8w)
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They, specifically, are too far down the Org chart for him to bother with personally. It would be nice if PDTs appointments understood what he wanted as much as the JEF had it.
Going down to that level, there are also Govvy Unionized employees to deal with.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 12:01 AM (ffYR/)
Posted by: wth at December 25, 2018 12:01 AM (ZP0bH)
Since "expert economists" were full of shit about what Trump's policies would do, they're jacking the interest rates to bring on a recession, aided by the "misery indexes" trotted out by the MSM..
Then, once Trump goes down in 2020, the Fed has lots of room to drop the rates and bring about "the miraculous recovery brought on by Democrat policies"
twitter.com/trustrestored/status/1077282946522976256
Posted by: kbdabear at December 25, 2018 12:01 AM (0Ntuf)
So he was the guy who tried to arrest people for "looking" at federal parks during that faux shutdown under Barky? That guy should have been Brazen Bulled years ago, along with those who instructed him to carry out such ridiculous orders.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 25, 2018 12:03 AM (VnmhN)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 25, 2018 12:04 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 25, 2018 12:08 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 25, 2018 12:01 AM (0Ntuf)
It was inevitable that interest rates were going to have to go up after Barky was finally gone. THe Fed spent so much "money" keeping them ridiculously low for Barky that there was never any way they could sustain that. The Fed blew trillions just to try and make Barky look as good as they could.
Trump has done everything he could to get the economy going, again, and he's accomplished as much as was humanly possible in this area but the piper for the Barky years has to be paid, eventually, and that will be a painful and dangerous cost. But this was all well known for all those years that we just shitted away trillions and trillions and trillions to prop Barky up.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 25, 2018 12:09 AM (VnmhN)
Posted by: Kevin Spacey, Jedi #Seven at December 25, 2018 12:09 AM (RVcmP)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 25, 2018 12:08 AM (pUDQf)
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He tweets about Powell and the Fed not understanding markets and the economy, and he is correct. I have learned to trust his instincts, but damn, some action would be nice.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 12:11 AM (ffYR/)
Nobody gives a shit about the shutdown, Mattis, or Syria.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 24, 2018 11:51 PM (LujYx)
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Must suck to be so desperate Palzi and Schemer thinks it's necessary to remind people government is shut down.
Mainstream America: Yawn, whatevs.
Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 25, 2018 12:11 AM (WEBkv)
They were in full agreement that any recovery we had was meaningless until we got interest rates back up around 4 - 4.5%.
Granted. These guys are not calling shots there. But they fullt admitted the ridiculousness of a 0% Interest Rate.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:12 AM (+18Vx)
Then go north to Cold Lake on the 28th for the funeral for my cousin's wife, who passed on Thursday. Then get on the road southbound on the 29th to go to Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2018 12:13 AM (fDU8w)
On this night a savior was born. Love is the way to live, but keep a loaded firearm within reach. MERRY CHRISTMAS deplorablles.
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 25, 2018 12:13 AM (tCvhJ)
He left as Trump came in - nothing Trump could do about it (although Congress should have given him a roasting while in office).
His Wikipedia entry indicates that he was Superintendent of the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho.
I was there a decade ago, and the signage was really off-putting - basically, the Parks Service denounced you for visiting the park, since visitors damaged the park, and openly speculated that the day would come when the park would be closed to visitors. The Parks Service also denounced industrial society for creating air pollution that was also damaging the park (the park is in a very rural part of eastern Idaho - unless there is a local pollution source I'm not aware of, it has to have among the cleanest air in the United States).
I don't know if Jarvis was responsible for the signage, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 25, 2018 12:13 AM (I2/tG)
mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/elf-eggs
Now go to bed or you'll get coal in your stocking.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Christmas vid playlist click here at December 25, 2018 12:15 AM (YxmCS)
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at December 25, 2018 12:16 AM (jp0Bv)
I don't know if Jarvis was responsible for the signage, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 25, 2018 12:13 AM (I2/tG)
I have been to Craters of the Moon. It's a friggin' lava flow, FFS! Nothing grows there. There's sharp rock, and lava caves, and more sharp rock. If every visitor there carried away a pound of rock in his/her pockets, the damned lava flow would exist until the heat death of the Universe.
There greatest "threat" to the lava flow is normal weathering processes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2018 12:18 AM (fDU8w)
Granted. These guys are not calling shots there. But they fullt admitted the ridiculousness of a 0% Interest Rate.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:12 AM (+18Vx)
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This is true, and where rates stood traditionally. However, Powell at the Fed is ramming it in way too fast, and going in dry. 8 hikes in 2 years after zero hikes from 2009 -2015?
Yeah, try and tell me that is not intentional.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 12:19 AM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2018 12:19 AM (4HMW8)
If you're alone this Christmas, take heart! The future isn't written.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 25, 2018 12:20 AM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 25, 2018 12:21 AM (3icOz)
Oh, it is completely intentional.
They NEVER do this shit to Dem Administrations.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:21 AM (+18Vx)
"The stock market is tanking because of two things:
The fed fucking with interest rates.
The Democrats nonstop attempt to overthrow an elected President"
There was an economic theory that came out of MIT in the 70s-80s which, for one thing, held that by keeping the stock market up people would have good expectations for the future and then plan and invest in a way that would make that future happen.
This is where policies of the Obama era came from, low interest rates and quantitative easing to prop up the market so people would believe that all was rosy and that perception would become reality. It didn't work.
This is just them doing the flip side thinking, stock market goes down, things must be bad and a great malaise sets in. It won't work either.
Posted by: geoffb at December 25, 2018 12:22 AM (zOpu5)
home from dinner, so NAOW i can drink.
just as well i was good, besides not wanting to go to jail, etc.
it's half-assed drizzling here, just enough to make everything as slippery as snail snot.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 12:23 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: Burger Chef at December 25, 2018 12:23 AM (RuIsu)
Visitors and industrial society are damaging the sensitive rock, donchaknow.
It did provide some valuable insight into the Park Service's world view - Jarvis was a lifer Park Service employee, so I'm sure he reflected what most Park Service employees believed.
Posted by: The ARC of History at December 25, 2018 12:26 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: junieb at December 25, 2018 12:27 AM (YIMAA)
Posted by: junieb at December 25, 2018 12:29 AM (YIMAA)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:29 AM (TLDbD)
Posted by: Burger Chef at December 25, 2018 12:32 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 25, 2018 12:34 AM (LujYx)
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 25, 2018 12:21 AM (3icOz)
You made it to Trawna!
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 12:35 AM (pQBgp)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:36 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at December 25, 2018 12:37 AM (LujYx)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:37 AM (+18Vx)
She has done this for the last 2 years, saying she will text an arrival time between 5-6 p.m. It turns into a 10 p.m. text that they are wiped out, and heading home.
Can't blame her, as this fcuking place is seriously depressing. Bottom line is I will be here, and hope to see at least some of you. Be well.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 12:37 AM (ffYR/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 12:37 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:38 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2018 12:40 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 12:40 AM (QLvwG)
I hope MisHum is getting time and a half for having to work Christmas Eve.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 25, 2018 12:41 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 25, 2018 12:42 AM (3icOz)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 12:37 AM (ffYR/)
.............
I'm sorry to hear that.....makes me sad. Merry Christmas anyway and remember what it's all about. I'm sure I will be around and so will many others.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:43 AM (TLDbD)
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 25, 2018 12:42 AM (3icOz)
Same to you! Glad to hear you made it safely to the belly of the Beast.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2018 12:43 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 12:44 AM (QLvwG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 12:40 AM (QLvwG)
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I hear ya. About 4 presents in I stopped with bows and the fancy gift tags. Just wrote who it was for in black marker. Like they don't know I buy every fricking present under the tree...........
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:46 AM (TLDbD)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:43 AM (TLDbD)
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I do, and thank you. May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas. See you tomorrow.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 12:49 AM (ffYR/)
It's never the meaning, I think I mostly worry about the responsibility angle.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 25, 2018 12:49 AM (pgXNG)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:49 AM (+18Vx)
and the fancy gift tags. Just wrote who it was for in black marker. Like
they don't know I buy every fricking present under the tree...........
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:46 AM (TLDbD)
The youngest is 19 but they all (4) still get presents from Santa. I just no longer use a different pen (red ink) to write out the tag and write it opposite hand to disguise my handwriting. Nor do I have assemble the 78-piece doll house / gas station / race track with 150 stickers. Life is good. When she gets to age 21, it'll be one-stop shopping at the liquor store for everyone.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 12:52 AM (QLvwG)
Nobody will stop by here. And I doubt I'll get more than a text or two before I head out for dinner with my parents.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 12:53 AM (+18Vx)
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It's gonna need a new paint job and a shitload of screen doors.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 25, 2018 12:53 AM (tfbws)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 12:52 AM (QLvwG)
............
I'm embarrassed to admit this but Granddaughter is getting a couple lottery tickets in her stocking. I forgot about stockings until too late. She is ALMOST 10 (just ask her).
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:55 AM (TLDbD)
It's never the meaning, I think I mostly worry about the responsibility angle.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 25, 2018 12:49 AM (pgXNG)
Its all in the nature of what your intention is.
I give gifts to those I care about, not expecting any recompense.
Its not a business deal. Its not an obligation.
Its a gift because I want to.
But the other side is, if I DON'T want to give a gift, even if you give me one, I don't feel obligated.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 12:55 AM (NgKpN)
Merry Christmas! My persimmon pudding came out great!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 25, 2018 12:55 AM (+Z8GU)
that is how I would have dealt with the whole nakatomi mess.
thieves and terrorists never expect you to set demolition charges.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 12:56 AM (MTjB1)
Eh. Not so much anymore. Don't know what happened... stick-on bows and maybe curly ribbons are enough now.
Still appreciate a beautifully wrapped package, just don't get the satisfaction from *doing* it myself.
Oh, well. Christ is the reason, not the gifts.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2018 12:56 AM (zMzA6)
Posted by: kraken at December 25, 2018 12:59 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 12:59 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: kraken at December 25, 2018 12:59 AM (90T4r)
All the best to you and yours, kraken!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2018 12:59 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 12:37 AM (MTjB1)
And here I was, ready to send you these:
https://tinyurl.com/y7vptnb3
Humph.
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 01:01 AM (pQBgp)
in-the-ardennes-1944/#comments
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 01:01 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 12:59 AM (xSo9G)
Was sad.
for the first time in 75 years, since the Methodist Church here was founded, they did not have a Christmas Eve service.
only one I go to every year as that was the church I was raised in (sang in the choir).
Parson is an idiot, and killing what is left of that church.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 01:01 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:02 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2018 01:05 AM (pNxlR)
getting a couple lottery tickets in her stocking. I forgot about
stockings until too late. She is ALMOST 10 (just ask her).
Posted by: Molly k. at December 25, 2018 12:55 AM (TLDbD)
If she wins big, you'll get to introduce her to trusts and limited partnerships and lawyers and tax accountants. All for a reasonable guardianship fee percentage, say 15%.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 01:05 AM (QLvwG)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2018 01:05 AM (pNxlR)
They get lumps. Not coal, just lumps.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 01:06 AM (QLvwG)
Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford's Onee-Piece Bathing Suit at December 25, 2018 01:08 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 01:08 AM (QLvwG)
'Tis the season to be jarry ...
It never used to be that way; now it can never not be that way.
I blame A Christmas Story, of course.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2018 01:09 AM (pNxlR)
I give gifts to those I care about, not expecting any recompense.
Its not a business deal. Its not an obligation.
Its a gift because I want to.
But the other side is, if I DON'T want to give a gift, even if you give me one, I don't feel obligated.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 12:55 AM (NgKpN)
The person I exchanged with is the person I am most emotionally connected to out of anybody.
But they aren't family.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 25, 2018 01:10 AM (pgXNG)
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 01:10 AM (pQBgp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:12 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:12 AM (MTjB1)
Except Gremlins and The Ref.
Even though The Ref has irredeemable Deviant Kevin Spacey in it.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 25, 2018 01:13 AM (pgXNG)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 01:13 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 01:14 AM (QLvwG)
It's never the meaning, I think I mostly worry about the responsibility angle.
Posted by: Hikaru
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Well, it's an odd thing, but at this stage of life where no one I know actually needs anything, I enjoy giving small gifts to people who don't expect it.
For some years now we have been making a small plate of cookies, and attaching a card with a tenner it for the mailman.
At this time of the year, I keep a few candy canes in the pocket of my jacket. Any time I go through the grocery checkout, or stop by for a big Mac, etc., I give the cashier a candy cane and wish them a Merry Christmas. They don't expect it, and always smile.
I also keep some Kennedy $1 coins in my pocket and leave them for modest tips where appropriate.
It doesn't take much to provide a small and pleasant surprise for people.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 01:14 AM (xSo9G)
Let's not forget another Battle of the Bulge, Christmas 1944 veteran - Mel Brooks.
Was looking for the movie "Midnight Clear" online, guess I must have seen it via Amazon Prime or something a few years ago. I should really get the book(s) on the incident. I think the basic outlines as presented in the movie are true, though it was probably jazzed up a bit.
Thought I read that the son of the woman involved was still alive, and had provided (of course) some pretty solid direct commentary on the events.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2018 01:15 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: yankeefifth
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That's because they aren't Christmas movies.
OTOH, Miracle on 34th Street is on.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 01:16 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 01:16 AM (+18Vx)
Nor have I seen any of the Die Hard movies.
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 01:10 AM (pQBgp)
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Understood on Diehard movies, as they are not really Christmas movies. TBS is currently running A Christmas Story 24/7. Highly recommended for viewing all the way through at least once.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 01:17 AM (ffYR/)
But they aren't family.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 25, 2018 01:10 AM (pgXNG)
au contraire!
Family is something you choose.
Relatives are a matter of heredity and outside of your control.
I have Family that I am not actually related to... and LOTS of relatives, that I don't consider family.
To me? Family is those you would willingly sacrifice for.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 01:17 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2018 01:17 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Harry Reid at December 25, 2018 01:17 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: Case, gimme back my bullets at December 25, 2018 01:17 AM (XWvgx)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2018 01:19 AM (QDnY+)
for the first time in 75 years, since the Methodist Church here was founded, they did not have a Christmas Eve service.
only one I go to every year as that was the church I was raised in (sang in the choir).
Parson is an idiot, and killing what is left of that church.
Posted by: Don Q
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Probably did not feel obligated after yesterday.
Our poor guy, OTOH, had a service Sat. night, two services yesterday, a 5:30 service this evening, then the midnight communion service.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 01:21 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Delayna's deplorable tar and feather warehouse, call ahead to guarantee your order! at December 25, 2018 01:21 AM (KNFU5)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 01:21 AM (QLvwG)
It is usually a $25 Gift Card to the local coffee kiosk.
I also get a case of asstd Smartwool Socks to gift to all the cute ladies I see regularly. Bank Tellers, Baristas, Waitresses. Box them up in little boxes and leave them with their tips.
They all seem to like cute wool socks.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 01:22 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2018 01:22 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:23 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Very clear here. Stars are bright.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 01:24 AM (CDGwz)
Our poor guy, OTOH, had a service Sat. night, two services yesterday, a 5:30 service this evening, then the midnight communion service.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2018 01:21 AM (CDGwz)
If a Parson feels that celebrating Christmas is an Obligation?
He's in the wrong profession.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 01:24 AM (NgKpN)
Family is something you choose.
Relatives are a matter of heredity and outside of your control.
I have Family that I am not actually related to... and LOTS of relatives, that I don't consider family.
To me? Family is those you would willingly sacrifice for.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 01:17 AM (NgKpN)
Ask me about patrilineal obligations again when I'm not staring down the barrel of a $10,000 check from my grandfather.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 25, 2018 01:24 AM (pgXNG)
Holiday Inn
Christmas in Connecticut
everything else who cares
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:23 AM (MTjB1)
Love Actually.
Posted by: Don Q at December 25, 2018 01:24 AM (NgKpN)
Peace on Earth and good will to all mankind.
If that is offensive to anyone. Too bad.wax
Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2018 01:26 AM (PUMEz)
Holiday Inn
Christmas in Connecticut
everything else who cares
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:23 AM (MTjB1)
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Don't know Christmas in Conneticut. Agreed otherwise. Those are my Christmas classics.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 01:26 AM (ffYR/)
That was unexpected.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2018 01:30 AM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Connecticut
set during ww2, comedy, has a similar feel to the other two.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2018 01:31 AM (MTjB1)
The prime rib dinner was delicious, we are churched, and the second load of dishes is humming in the dishwasher. I only have to finish wrapping a few gifts for tomorrow, so Imma sit here drinking this snow plow, eating molasess crinkle cookies, and looking at my Christmas village.
God is good!
Posted by: Gem at December 25, 2018 01:35 AM (XoAz8)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2018 01:35 AM (QLvwG)
Be well, Horde, and Merry Christmas to you all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2018 01:35 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2018 01:35 AM (fDU8w)
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You too, AOP. Be well.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 25, 2018 01:40 AM (ffYR/)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 01:42 AM (+18Vx)
That was unexpected.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2018 01:30 AM (mUa7G
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That happened to me once -- over MAKEUP. I had completely forgotten my wallet and I was actually more stressed that I was out driving around without my license. Stranger lady spotted me a couple bucks on the spot and trusted that I'd pay it forward.
Actually I think that was my turn for a time when I got someone a tea and bran muffin under similar circumstances.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 25, 2018 01:43 AM (d/xLa)
one you're born into, and there isn't much to be done if it's not all skittles and beer, but try to get on with life.
the other one you chose, and it sucks too, you have only yourself to blame.
YMMV.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 01:49 AM (zJ7J0)
So while that's sitting there emitting pleasant vapors, let me take this moment to wish the ONT the bestest, finest, lovignist Christmas ever.
Whether you're with family or friends, or "solo", you're NOT ALONE.
Not as long as we're here, with you.
I'll wager this. If you're within a reasonable drive of any other Moron or 'Ette, you'd be welcomed at their table for a joyous Christmas Dinner.
Applies here in Galveston, for sure.
This "Horde" thing, is far more than a meme. And has been for years.
If you're not in the mix, ask yourself, why not? And when are you going to do something about it?
Lurkers, I'm talking to you, too.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL of you, here.
Now, make yourselves known, and let's CELEBRATE the birth of our Savior and King!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2018 01:51 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 01:22 AM (+18Vx)
Garrett, I love merino wool socks as well. Smartwool was my introduction to the world of non-cotton socks, and I still love them.
BUT, I have found merino socks I like almost as well at Costco, even available to nonmembers like myself. A pack of six pairs costs the same as one pair of Smartwools. They are not always in stock, but in the past I have found them in two different color family assortments.
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2018 01:55 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 01:58 AM (pQBgp)
170 years later, his descendant Hans tried to upstage him. Cheeky bastard.
Posted by: Delayna's deplorable tar and feather warehouse, call ahead to guarantee your order! at December 25, 2018 02:00 AM (KNFU5)
170 years later, his descendant Hans tried to upstage him. Cheeky bastard.
Posted by: Delayna's deplorable tar and feather warehouse, call ahead to
guarantee your order! at December 25, 2018 02:00 AM (KNFU5)
I'm pretty sure Silent Night was created and first performed on the guitar.
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 02:04 AM (pQBgp)
Posted by: Vendette at December 25, 2018 02:17 AM (pQBgp)
There are some other good ones out there, too. But the Smartwools are always so cute!
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 02:20 AM (+18Vx)
i just trolled the local NextDoor groups here, saying we went to have dinner at Nakatomi Plaza, but that they area was closed off by LAPD, and did anyone know anything.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 02:26 AM (zJ7J0)
I agree. Also, Costco is out of the women's socks.
I bought two six packs and avocados from a company recommended by a moron, and I'm going to put avocados in the socks and call them "sock-amole."
We're giving weird/modest gifts this year.
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2018 02:27 AM (4HMW8)
they're freaking socks, they go on your feet and you stuff them into shoes.
give me white cotton ankle socks and get out of here with everything else, since i don't live in snow country.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 02:28 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 02:29 AM (zJ7J0)
I am sure they look great in your Crocs.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 02:31 AM (+18Vx)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 25, 2018 02:38 AM (t6MX/)
Posted by: ramondo at December 25, 2018 02:41 AM (Q2qnY)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2018 02:31 AM (+18Vx)
---
snerk
unless i'm leaving the property, or doing heavy chores, i'm barefoot.
today is, IIRC, the first day all year i've worn long pants or, in the case of shoes, anything other than my NB 1540's, which are the only shoes i can find that support my feet and their convex arches.
nurses wear Crocs: i w*rk pharmacy, and have to run to Code Blues.
you can't run in Crocs.
Posted by: redc1c4, the ONT Rx Tech at December 25, 2018 02:53 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: AnnaS at December 25, 2018 02:58 AM (l4l/z)
redc1c4
Expect SWAT teams at your door in a few.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2018 03:05 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2018 03:09 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: TX 32 orphan at December 25, 2018 03:16 AM (Wa5hI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2018 03:05 AM (ZejZP)
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i had to tell them i was applying for my CnR FFL this summer, and am surprised they haven't raided us yet.
you know, for the children.
Fing fascists
Posted by: redc1c4, the ONT Rx Tech at December 25, 2018 03:18 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2018 03:26 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 03:38 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 25, 2018 03:43 AM (rJD6t)
Posted by: redc1c4, the ONT Rx Tech at December 25, 2018 03:54 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 03:57 AM (zJ7J0)
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20181225025753AApdrJZ
a question asked by just about every married guy ever.
(mildly NSFW, but it's a hollerday, so WTF?)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 04:03 AM (zJ7J0)
got a call from the care manager. Haven't returned the call.
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 04:08 AM (PF4TZ)
asking for a friend.
Posted by: redc1c4, the ONT Rx Tech at December 25, 2018 03:54 AM (zJ7J0) >>
Of course!
Posted by: Pr0nTube at December 25, 2018 04:11 AM (Bqoi/)
Infidel, bad experience with the hospice?
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:15 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 04:20 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:21 AM (Z/jzm)
In discussions with siblings after the fact, we have different perceptions of how things went. But for me, and i pray for him, it was ok.
Today is the 3 year anniversary of his passing.
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:25 AM (Z/jzm)
Wait'll they find out that they're only worth fifty cents !
Merry Christmas to you and yourn, Mr. H !
Posted by: JT at December 25, 2018 04:25 AM (g+YrV)
I will always be thankful for those last 5 days at home with Dad.
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 04:27 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 04:29 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: JT at December 25, 2018 04:31 AM (g+YrV)
I would return that call. I'd have to wait a few days to make sure i could be calm, but i'd definitely let my concerns be known.
Those days with my dad, the last 2 months, actually i'm so grateful for.
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:31 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 25, 2018 03:43 AM (rJD6t)
Hey!
I use a CPAP.
I do not mouthbreath.
But Merry Christmas anyway, ya filthy animal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2018 04:34 AM (NXsWM)
This is the 3rd Christmas, and it's just still so different.
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:37 AM (Z/jzm)
He is born, the Prince of Peace. Gaudete!
I came close to not getting there. I pulled up to the stoplight at the edge of our neighborhood, whereupon ChrissyMoose was apparently late for an appointment and blasted across the front of the car and cruised on down the bike trail at top speed. Not sure what she was missing, but damn, that girl can run. I about jumped out of my skin.
She DID cross with the light, but still.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2018 04:38 AM (NXsWM)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 04:39 AM (PF4TZ)
and drop me *another* e-mail, so i can find your others, get off my sorry ass, and get back to you.
losing things i'm supposed to follow up on is, apparently, my #1 talent these days, and i'm the guy with the 49,999 unread e-mails in his in box, according tot he tab at the bottom of the page.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 04:39 AM (zJ7J0)
Wow!! We only have to worry abt deer!
Merry Christmoose
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:41 AM (Z/jzm)
My husband's grandma's last Christmas was in hospice, and I cooked prime rib with all trimmings for about 40 relatives who gathered with her, joking and singing and all those crazy things family does. She died on January 6. I truly believe she held on just for Christmas with everyone there.
It still leaves a bit of a pall, and it's been more than 12 years.
I lit a candle for her at Church this evening. I guess you do what you need to in order to cope. Coming here is not the worst idea in that line.
:::hug:::
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2018 04:41 AM (NXsWM)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 04:43 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 04:43 AM (Z/jzm)
The fire feels good.
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 04:43 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:02 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2018 05:04 AM (NXsWM)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:05 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 05:06 AM (zJ7J0)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:07 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:05 AM (Z/jzm)
Pop Tarts.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2018 05:08 AM (NXsWM)
Today is mine to lounge and nap.
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:08 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:10 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: fluffy, pedantic dick at December 25, 2018 05:10 AM (9t5k1)
Posted by: fluffy, pedantic dick at December 25, 2018 05:11 AM (9t5k1)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 25, 2018 02:29 AM (zJ7J0)
no math!!!!
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 25, 2018 05:17 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:18 AM (PF4TZ)
Sounds good! What did you put in it?
Im thinking breakfast pizza, but maybe too heavy since dinner is at noon
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:21 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:21 AM (PF4TZ)
((hugs)) from gray box people not quite the same, but still heartfelt
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:23 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:28 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:30 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2018 05:33 AM (X5mj3)
Mom is good abt trying new things but she always asks for same-old stuff over and over. (Probably because she cant remember anything else!)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:34 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:36 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:37 AM (PF4TZ)
Mmm - comfort food! Lol
Next-day meatloaf sandwiches are the best
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:38 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 25, 2018 05:38 AM (LPnfS)
Wishing you a joyous day, and a Happy New Year.
God bless PDT, God bless America, and God grant us Brexit in due season!
PS We're having a little festive shindig: nothing special, a few carols, mince pies, that sort of thing. You'd be very welcome if you care to step over.
Posted by: bobo at December 25, 2018 05:38 AM (R0/Ie)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:39 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2018 05:39 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Adriane the War is Bad, Slavery is Worse Critic ... at December 25, 2018 05:40 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:42 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:42 AM (Z/jzm)
Oh well, it's Christmas. I'll just tell everyone the racket from the reindeer on the roof and the choirs of angels singing was what did it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 25, 2018 05:45 AM (fTXru)
9 [24 names] 'Julia Ioffe'
Posted by: m at December 25, 2018 05:49 AM (5k7/f)
Now i'm awake that early (or earlier) everyday!
Sure miss the Christmases when they were small.
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:50 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:51 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2018 05:52 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 25, 2018 05:52 AM (fTXru)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:53 AM (PF4TZ)
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Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2018 05:54 AM (zLDYs)
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Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2018 05:56 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: My life is insanity (formerly longtime lurker's mom on her cell phone) at December 25, 2018 05:56 AM (Z/jzm)
Would fund a nice wall.
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