Live Yule Goat

Apparently they haven't burnt it down yet.

Here's to hoping.

Two Words .

It's Ready.

Phoneseys

We mentioned it last night, in between wicked games of Bohnanza & Crokinole, so I thought we'd declare our intentions to call Crosbird & Jill in Aussieland and Phil & Sue in VAnland... just to give the few of you a heads up- I figure we do it Skype/Jajah style. I figure either tonight (the 28th in NL, or tomorrow, the 29th). HOping the Crosbird is back in Melbourne town- you're probably not at the office, tho are you.

Op- some egg nog is calling my name...gotta run.

How do your friends keep in touch down there? Telegram?

Ho Ho Ho!

Merry
Christmas
to
All!




(& a belated happy Chanukah to some!)

Merry Christmas Eve

Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.
-W.C. Fields


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Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. - Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus




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From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
-Katharine Whitehorn

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People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December. -Ogden Nash

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I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. - Charles Dickens.

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HO! HO! HO! and to All a Goodnight! - Santa Claus

Photos from here, here and this place.

Merry Christmas Eve to All!

Happy Pale Male Day

Arielle, Hope you have a wonderful Happy Pale Male Day! (and, Uhh, a Happy Birthday too ;)

To give you hope on your long voyage Southward! For hope! for flying ambitions! For the will to succeed at the top o' the world! to fly, free like a bird and defend your territory from hawks and CNN newscasters! To Pale Male & his many mates!! YarooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Whatever you think about the war . . .

I cannot stomach this shit:

Although he said the war will require additional sacrifices, he called for no sacrifices on the home front.

"A recent report on retail sales shows a strong beginning to the holiday shopping season across the country," he told the reporters, "and I encourage you all to go shopping more."

barf. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

yes b'y, sure who knew now you could be at this?

Arm Wrestle a Reindeer!

yes, b'y.





via John Gushue's site

Who's a Québécois? Harper isn't sure

So what was the point of that vote again? Hooray federal politics. The rest of the Harper interview at the CBC.

Coincidentally, I now know what to get Jacob's whole family for Christmas...

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

Hey My little Elves... I know you've all been working so hard this year, so in reward for your hard work, Santa's going home for a little Christmas Vacation action.

So, after this delicious breakfast of egg dippers, followed by a morning visit to Krispy Kreme (OMG- Evilicious), I'm leaving the ATX at noon, to arrive in Torbay at 11 pm tonight! Booo-ya. [this, of course, after telling my family that I was arriving at about 7 pm... unfortunately noon + 7 hrs in the air= ummm, well, not 7 at night Newfoundland time! ;)]

So, Merry Christmas to all,

The Huddle huddles a little closer today!

wish me luck in the air~
Ho Ho Hoe!
SC

I'd like to thank my parents...Jebus...

In case you have yet to hear the big news, Time Magazine has finally chosen the man/woman/child that has earned the year 2006's disctinction as "Person of the Year".

And who, exactly, have they chosen?

Well, the short answer is.... ME!!!

Note: "Yourselves" are included in this shared-title...

So how do YOU plan on celebrating joining the ranks of such notable figures as Einstein, Ike, Hitler and Ayatollah??

Me?  Well, I'LL be drinking... heavily, of course...

He then extended his 1.06m-long arm into the mammals' stomachs.

World's tallest man saves dolphin


Towels were wrapped around the dolphins' teeth

Mr Bao in action
The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards.
Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in Fushun, north-east China.

Attempts to use instruments failed as the dolphins contracted their stomachs.

Guinness World Records list Mr Bao, 54, as the world's tallest living man at 2.36m (7ft 8.95in).

Recovering

Veterinarians turned to Mr Bao after attempts to extract the plastic shards at the aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning Province, had failed.



Mr Bao was called in after surgical instruments failed

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The mammals had lost their appetite and were suffering depression, aquarium officials said.

The heads of the dolphins were held back and towels wrapped around their teeth so Mr Bao could not be bitten.

He then extended his 1.06m-long arm into the mammals' stomachs.

Chen Lujun, manager of Royal Jidi Ocean World, said Mr Bao was successful and the dolphins were "in very good condition now".

Local doctor Zhu Xiaoling told the state media agency Xinhua: "Some very small plastic pieces are still left in the dolphins' stomachs.

"However the dolphins will be able to digest these and are expected to recover soon."

Mr Bao was confirmed as the world's tallest living man by Guinness World Records last year.

He overtook the previous holder, Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, by just 2mm.

Guinness World Records say Mr Bao was of normal height until 16 but then put on a spurt that doctors were unable to explain, reaching his full height in seven years.

Any Texas Requests, Y'all?

I'm currently going crazy trying to fit in my packing, Christmas parties and shopping before I get home.
But that said, Anyone got any requests from the great state of Texas?

Luke & Nina's 1 word Review of 'Casino Royal'

Fantastico!

(maybe that wasn't the exact word she used) But we both requested more sex! They gave these women Too much chutzpah; eventually they just need to hop in the sac and get it ohhwwnnnn.

We've also been enjoying other delcious facets of American Excess.... yummmSonic Cheesecake Bites

We've also been at this beast:
control the show- when it gets dark, check out Control The Show.com

In other news: interesting and clever, yet fucking ridiculous!: Mothers Sending Silly String to Iraq

Early Gift

Here's a little something I did for you guys for Christmas. It took a while to get the choreography right, but I think it was worth it.

Enjoy!

p.s. I am also sporting an old fad that I am trying to bring back. What do you think?

Winter Picture

I'm done with this header- it's Winter now- we need a new header picture. Send it to me via email or post it to the Flickr site.
-Santa Claus

p.s. it is now colder in Austin, Texas than in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Newfoundland-Ebert News 5

As part of an ongoing attempt to draw follow bloggers' attention to connections between our fine province and that inimitable critic Roger Ebert, please note:

Most Undernoticed Overused Movie Dialogue
"You just don't get it, do ya?"

Darrell Bowering, St. John's, Newfoundland

Further to the above: anybody seen any Wong Kar-Wai movies lately? Ever wonder why Ebert gives such shitty reviews to Wong Kar-Wai? Or why there are virtually no reviews of Park Chan-wook or Johnny To??

I bring this up because my cocobro has been banging down my electronc door (re firewall (?)) asking these very same questions and SURELY my fellow janezgamor or philhaxor or jaybird or someone feels the EXACT SAME WAY, surely?

ps cocobro do some more research on that phenomenon you noticed re celebs and get back to me... sounds promising...

Bonehead News of the day:

This is what I woke up to today:

Lindsay Lohan announces she's attending AA meetings.

too retarded for words.

Also: Jessica Simpson's stage fright at the Kennedy Center! . When this video comes out- find it. It's devastating...ly awful!

Last: some interesting University news: forensics center

World geography

How well can YOU pick out countries on a map? Play here.

My best score so far is 65 or 63 or something. Not great.

Observations:

- too many African countries!
- my East Europe is weak.