Thanks to talitha78, tsuki_no_bara and poisontaster for cards, gifties, and virtual gifties :D Donovan de-wrapped all his presents in approximately .5 seconds, his "Drinking Lucky Bird" has been doing its thing on the kitchen counter ever since (Science! It works, bitches.), and I'm trying to gently ignore the three separate board games spread across the living room floor while I ( Read more... )

I've got holiday cards from svmadelyn, talitha78 and tsuki_no_bara, thanks guys! :D

"All your presents are kind of... book-shaped." That's 'cause they're mostly books, and that's 'cause I'm a big ol' nerd :D Also, Serenity and Undeclared, whoo! Plus I bought three seasons of Northern Exposure as an early Giftmas cannot-pass-up-this-coupon pressie for myself, so part of me ( Read more... )

My nomination for Worst Giftmas Decorating Idea, 2005: those damned inflated jobbies on every third lawn in my neighborhood. You know the ones (or if you're lucky, you don't), they come with a light and a fan on the inside to keep 'em visible and inflated and hello, silent night, right? The worst are the snowglobe-ones, blowing all that crap around ( Read more... )

I don't even remember where I first heard that particular holiday
motto but it's always given me a giggle. That and some of my online
pals call this time of year "Giftmas"... anyway. I stumbled on* a rec
for a Christmas album for (some of) the rest of us: The Jethro Tull
Christmas AlbumNo, I am not making this up ( Read more... )

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?
-- Erma Bombeck

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We can only be ( Read more... )