Happy Whatever
Here's a picture of my:
(choose all that apply)
- Christmas tree.
- Holiday Tree.
- Festivus Pole.
- Mithras Totem.
- Bodii Tree.
- Pagan Celebration of Life.
- Homage to 60's kitsch.
Also, of note. I just realized that 20 years ago as of Dec 22, I've been a
Doctor Who fan. Thanks to
this page I was able to track down that insomniac night where I was caught up in a crazy sci-fi show involving a guy with a long scarf, and
testy pepper pots that liked to yell "EXTERMINATE". Who knew?
Life is good as a Doctor Who fan, really. There was a year of a new series, that was quite well done. Lots of action, lots of drama, sets that didn't creek when doors opened and shut. And the rebirth of Doctor Who, dare I say it, even had a clever use of a Brittney Spears song (icicles were reported forming in Hell when that happened).
Tomorrow will continue on all the new adventures with David Tennant taking over the big blue box for the BBC special The Christmas Invasion, where Rose has to take on aliens dressed up as Father Christmas bent on taking over the world. Erm... Doesn't make sense? I'll let you know when I have another viewing party, and I'll invite you over to explain it all.
So whatever it is you celebrate at this time of year, Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, Mithras, the Solistice, the feast of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or nothing... I hope it's what you want it to be.
I do so love the random searches on Wikipedia. That landed me on this link on the definition of a Bubbler. I've long poked fun at Wisconsinites for their colorful use of word that most folks around here would call a water fountain. I had no idea, that Bubbler is in fact the definite article... trademarked if you would.
Unconcious mutterings back...
- Amazing::Grace - Album from Spiritualized a couple years back. Still gets a lot of play on the 'pod.
- Delights::Ugh. It seems like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy has been on a loop at the office for the last few weeks. Naturally, Will Ferrell's cover of Afternoon delight pops immediately into mind. Thanks... I just got the wretched song out of my head. Ack. Please hum something else already.
- Inspired::perspired. conspired... just plain tired.
- Disgusted::disjointed. disguised. honorable mention: Busted, disgusted, never gonna be trusted.
- You::Not me.
- Vagina::Rhymes with Paulina (the street in Chicago). Haven't we done this before? (scroll down a bit)
- Palm::Identity Crisis: Pilot/Palm Pilot/Palm/Handspring/PalmOne/Pa1m How much money has gone into managing all that coporate identity? and can it be classified as schizophrenic?
- Sweetheart::Little candies at valentine's day that say "Kiss Me"
- Guilt::complex.
- More to come:: (out of left field here) the interstitials from the Johnny Carson Show.
Gapers Block, Chicago, IL - Airbags: Recipes from Loosetooth.comWoot. This is exciting. I was just randomly perusing
Gapers Block as I am wont to do during the day, when I stumbled across
this article on
Brandy's
Friends of Loosetooth.com cookbook. "How exciting is that?" I thought.
I'm a contributor. So there it was... looking at the link, I saw my recipe for Mrs. J's Barely Famous French Toast there. Right beneath close neighbor and dear friend Rose's Pasta Fagioli recipe. My brush at fame. It was kinda surreal to look at the title, being like. Hmm. That looks familiar... five, four, three, two one.
That's mine!I do have one minor editorial nit to pick with how the recipe appeared on
Gapers Block. I bristled at the omission of the Sugar Bear. In the original recipe I state that it's hugely important to pour the cinnamon-sugar mixture from a Cinnamon Sugar Bear (you know, the kind you bugged your mom to buy at the grocery store in the cerial aisle when you were a kid) into the mix. If you don't use cinnamon-sugar from the bear; the magic doesn't happen. Tinkerbell Dies.
Sugar Bear is absolutely necessary!Sorry. Had to get that off my chest.
More importantly; please go buy this cookbook for yourself or as Holiday gifts. It has lots of yummy recipes, and better yet, for the $20 the book costs (it costs $16 to print by Cafepress) the $4.00 profit goes to
America's Second Harvest. What's not to love?
So there it is. My contribution to haute cuisine.
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