A very happy Fourth of July to all my f-list that celebrate it and a lovely weekend to the rest.

Having recently read Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, I have a new appreciation for the significance of this most American of holidays.  So enjoy your barbeques and your fireworks (I know I will) and remember the amazing feat that was ( Read more... )

Happy Father's Day! Watch this, it's fun.

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I love you, Daddy.

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A Very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it and Happy Holidays to everyone!

I am so celebrating this.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful and safe 4th of July!

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It is human nature to avoid the unpleasant. But we need to remember the cost of war, we need to remember the price paid for our freedoms, we need to not let those who died, die forgotten and in vain.

When Congress made the day into a three-day weekend in with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363), it made it all the easier for us to be ( Read more... )

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Go ahead, ask me how much Christmas shopping I have done so far. I dare you.

asamiblack is taken care of, as are my two nephews and my parents. That leaves my aunt and uncle, my grandparents, my sister and brother in law, my California surrogate parents, and my Bosses.

Argh.

To make lists. Here's mine of all the holiday movies I've got on my list to see this year - those already watched are lined through.

Desk Set
White Christmas
Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
A Muppet Family Christmas
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Garfield Christmas Special
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