Christmas hits like a ton of bricks ( Read more... )

Little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay ( Read more... )

 
Still planning on meeting people on Sunday at Molly Moggs - but will probably be closer to 5:30 - 6:00pm. I have to drop off my stuff and get the keys to where I'll be staying first! ;-)

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This year is the 10th TORC Moot at Oxford.  I dearly wanted to go, because the first Oxford Moot I went to (back in 2004!) was the beginning of a lot of incredible adventures for me.  But, being jobless and broke, I had resigned myself to not going.

But!  I got a job!  w00t!  And...I had socked a bunch of money away in the event that I didn't get a ( Read more... )

My Christmas poem this year...for those of you who didn't get it in a card.

It’s Christmas and the world’s a mess.
We’re angry and we’re tired.
The jobs are scarce, the bills are high
Good will seems in short supply
We don’t have time to be inspired
We only feel depressed.

It’s Christmas and the world’s insane
With gadgets and gimmicks galore
We tweet and ( Read more... )

This was on a promotional Christmas LP we got one year from "Grants" - a now-defunct department store    I've always liked it...hokey as it is.  It's such a bouncy song!

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An old and lovely song.  And an exquisite performance by an unknown coffee house singer.

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In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He ( Read more... )

One of the 16 carols by Alfred Burt and my personal favorite.  There is a version someplace by Simon and Garfunkel, but I couldn't find a recording anywhere.  Lovely song....and sweetly schmaltzy.

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Long years ago, on a deep winter night.
High in the heavens, a star shone bright.
While in the manger, a wee baby lay.
Sweetly asleep, on a bed of hay.

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There is an old legend that beasts can speak on Christmas eve.  This old song is one of my childhood favorites...and I love the child's illustrations in the video.

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Jesus our brother kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable of wood
And the friendly beasts around him stood
Jesus our brother kind and good

"I" said the donkey shaggy and brown
I ( Read more... )