Texpat, that’s good stuff. I didn’t even know the Popemobile had 4 wheel drive.
Texpat
December 25, 2010 12:34 pm
The Pope went on vacation for a few days to visit the rugged mountains of Alaska . He was cruising along the campground in the Pope Mobile when he heard a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods. He found a helpless Democrat wearing shorts, sandals, a Vote for Obama hat and a Save the Trees t-shirt. The… Read more »
Lawrence
December 25, 2010 9:55 am
Well, last nite I broke out a backstrap off an axis doe that a customer of ours was kind enough to give me. I cut it into one inch steaks, put it on an oak fired grill for a few minutes each side and we had a feast. It was my tribute to PETA(People Eating Tasty Animals). In addition I… Read more »
Darren
December 25, 2010 2:12 am
We had our discussion on the birth of Jesus and what He did that is so important ot us all. The kids then unwrapped one present each and they’ve been using their gifts all night long. Stockings are now all laid out for the kids. Mrs. Darren and I will hear their excited and giggly voices early in the morning.… Read more »
Adee
December 24, 2010 11:16 pm
Rain stopped about 9:30, almost 1.5″ gratefully. The wind has teeth and is blowing a gale, enough that I took several decorative items from the front porch inside to keep them in one piece. What a diference a few hours makes. Currently 45 here, and windchill is fierce. Santa has quite a tailwind if he’s traveling east. G’night all. Merry… Read more »
The house was packed for the first candlelight service, not so much for the second. The choir almost outnumbered the congregation. The men’s choir opened the services with Going to Bethlehem, which is truly a fun song to sing. We sang 4 other pieces and wrapped with this version of Peace, Peace, Silent night. During the “Peace, Peace” intro, the… Read more »
Question related to the Texas House Speaker position: Does anyone have an opinion about Beverly Woolley? Even though her district is in Harris County, I don’t know anything about her. There’s a recent post on Big Jolly in which she is described as Texas Tea Party Caucus Co-Chair. However she has been in the Lege for 8 terms. It’s hard… Read more »
mharper42
December 24, 2010 9:37 pm
I had a special visitor in the cold rain tonight. One of the cats was noisily rubbing its paws on the picture window overlooking the back yard patio. When I went to check on that, I saw a masked face on the other side of the glass.Our favorite raccoon Toebiter had showed up on this rainy night and got grapes,… Read more »
mharper42
December 24, 2010 9:26 pm
#36 TT
Except Bob would find some way to tie WoD into Googlism…
#19 El Gordo, Iowahawk Forever. His humor has a sharper bite than usual, a thousand slices into the pelts of those who obediently ran liberal wild/nuts for two years and paid for it dearly November 2– but haven’t realized it yet what with the heady lame duck session. Reality moves in, and it isn’t pretty for them. Whee, rain falling… Read more »
Went to early Mass tonight. Can you believe the priest asked the children to respect and be thankful for their parents and grandparents??? What intolerance! I’m speechless! I say out with the old spiritual mumbo jumbo, the superstitions, and the backward ways. We’re gonna see a brave new world where they run everybody a wire and hook us all up… Read more »
Over here on the poor side of town, it’s just ham, smashed taters, mac and cheese (which I hope some is left over to mix with the leftover ham and some rotel tomatoes for tomorrow nite’s dinner), home made cheese cake with cherry pie topping, and the usual assorted other stuff. There’s about a thousand presents for 2 kids, and… Read more »
mharper42
December 24, 2010 5:40 pm
Hey, I’m the only one who has even mentioned turkey & dressing! All those veggie dishes sound good though. TT, I’m glad there is no hint of any “extra” ingredient in your cupcakes.
I’d almost give up my Daddy’s lasagna for fried okra.
almost
Super Dave
December 24, 2010 5:29 pm
Dang, I left out the Fried Okree! Where’s my edit button?
Super Dave
December 24, 2010 5:22 pm
Man, I’ve been busier than a three Legged cat trying to bury his business on a frozen pond. Got the last minute shopping done, went to HEB for grub and cooked a #12 cast iron skillet full of yeller squash and onions, baked my sweet taters to make candied taters and made up the macaroni and cheese for tomorrow. I’ll… Read more »
Oh, and for those who are members of the People for Ethical Treatment of Plants – I have at this moment (3) lettuce greens, (2) pak choy, (2) spinach, (1) bells of Ireland (flower), and (1) Swiss chard seedlings brave enough to take me on. The battle has been met!
Well, I got up this morning and made some chocolate cupcakes. Half were orange-flavored and half were mint-flavored. Then I washed a buttload of dishes that were left for me to care for – after we missed our weekly trash pickup. I lost my Christmas spirit about then, took awhile to get it back. Lovely Daughter, Aggie Beau and I… Read more »
Darren
December 24, 2010 4:47 pm
AZ Sheriff Authorizes Lethal Force Against Cartels, Bandits “We’re sending out three different teams of eight to fifteen deputies in each that are heavily armed, even with sniper teams, out to the desert at all hours of the day and night,” Babeu said. Typically, deputies would sneak up on smugglers before arresting them, but Babeu says not this time. “We‘re… Read more »
My Christmas meal is over, except for the leftovers I’ve already packed up in covered microwave plates for reheating. We’ll have turkey & dressing through the weekend — by design. Very convenient and efficient. Went over to the subdivision swimming pool to check the leaf baskets — I’m on pool patrol this holiday while pool committee manager is out of… Read more »
Merry Christmas Eve to all. Daughters are with their mom today and most of tomorrow. Younger and I are invited to an afternoon meal tomorrow at the residence of the young couple that had lived here in brief spurts over the last few years. It’s their first such dinner endeavor. Normally I’d be apprehensive of such an event, but this… Read more »
I thought that was nice, but apparently he never declared any such philosophy. 🙁 Ironically, Schults did say, “don’t worry about the end of today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia,” but that part of the “The Philosophy of Charles Schulz” the above You Tube poster left out.
Oh now I get it — the beans were for a pre-Christmas family meal. Sorry it was derailed by a medical emergency.
#14 Tim
I had no knowledge of Sarge’s marital status but even if you are married, In America you can certainly fix whatever you like for Christmas meal… I wasn’t criticising the beans.
mharper42
December 24, 2010 9:33 am
Speaking of traditional in the South, I need to start chopping celery for my dressing in a little while. It’s just the two of us, and we can do whatever we want, but we invariably have our big meal at noon on Christmas Eve, and will open our few presents tonight. (We are going lean on gifting each other this… Read more »
GJT
December 24, 2010 9:26 am
But for Christmas dinner in America
When your a man and single, Christmas dinner is whatever the heck you want it to be. 😀
The beans sound like a yummy side dish for some other big hoo-hah get-together meal. Yha—that was the intent. BinL was making the main meat dish, and Bros, Sis’s, nephews and cuzzes to bring sides. But now rather than gathering around the warm glow of a fire in the hearth, they are all setting out to spend Christmas Eve under… Read more »
mharper42
December 24, 2010 9:20 am
#8 Sarge The beans sound like a yummy side dish for some other big hoo-hah get-together meal. But for Christmas dinner in America, I thought it was unanimous: turkey and/or ham, dressing with cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, yams, yeast rolls, pies. Various vegetable side dishes regionally popular, but I truly never heard of baked beans being Christmas food.… Read more »
Darren
December 24, 2010 9:16 am
Wagon;
Charlie Brown Christmas is an all time classic and rightfully so.
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Lurker et al;
Merry Christmas to all (you’ll get another one one from me tomorrow as well).
87 mharper42 says: December 23, 2010 at 9:32 pm #82 Sarge Baked beans for Christmas? What kind of tradition is that?94 Adee says: December 23, 2010 at 11:04 pm Sarge #82, how unfortunate that an emergency had to cancel the dinner. An there you are with a pot of orphaned New England Style baked beans. Are they different from Boston… Read more »
Merry Christmas all! For those that have been following the New York Times Wedding Vows story, Wendy Shalit of the NY Daily News takes us a decade down the slippery slope: From an undisclosed location, the bride laughed about the chaos of the moment. “Life certainly is messy!” she chirruped. The bridegroom for his part was solemn when he came… Read more »
OletimerLin
December 24, 2010 7:11 am
Here’s my Christmas card to all the Hamsters and their families.
Sounds about right to me. That, and the kids. I get excited watching the kids get excited.
LurkerGoneWild
December 24, 2010 4:56 am
(sticks head out of LurkCave, inhales cool morning air, calls “Firsties!” ) Ah, yes, WB, THAT’S what Christmas is all about! To all Hamousterians (no TM thingie) and assorted hangers-on, LST remnants, and the world at large, I wish you a most wonderful Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year! (retreats back into LurkCave, contemplating (a) consuming a hot drink laced… Read more »
OletimerLin
December 25, 2010 1:22 pm
Texpat, that’s good stuff. I didn’t even know the Popemobile had 4 wheel drive.
The Pope went on vacation for a few days to visit the rugged mountains of Alaska . He was cruising along the campground in the Pope Mobile when he heard a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods. He found a helpless Democrat wearing shorts, sandals, a Vote for Obama hat and a Save the Trees t-shirt. The… Read more »
Texpat, that’s good stuff. I didn’t even know the Popemobile had 4 wheel drive.
The Pope went on vacation for a few days to visit the rugged mountains of Alaska . He was cruising along the campground in the Pope Mobile when he heard a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods. He found a helpless Democrat wearing shorts, sandals, a Vote for Obama hat and a Save the Trees t-shirt. The… Read more »
Well, last nite I broke out a backstrap off an axis doe that a customer of ours was kind enough to give me. I cut it into one inch steaks, put it on an oak fired grill for a few minutes each side and we had a feast. It was my tribute to PETA(People Eating Tasty Animals). In addition I… Read more »
We had our discussion on the birth of Jesus and what He did that is so important ot us all. The kids then unwrapped one present each and they’ve been using their gifts all night long. Stockings are now all laid out for the kids. Mrs. Darren and I will hear their excited and giggly voices early in the morning.… Read more »
Rain stopped about 9:30, almost 1.5″ gratefully. The wind has teeth and is blowing a gale, enough that I took several decorative items from the front porch inside to keep them in one piece. What a diference a few hours makes. Currently 45 here, and windchill is fierce. Santa has quite a tailwind if he’s traveling east. G’night all. Merry… Read more »
The house was packed for the first candlelight service, not so much for the second. The choir almost outnumbered the congregation. The men’s choir opened the services with Going to Bethlehem, which is truly a fun song to sing. We sang 4 other pieces and wrapped with this version of Peace, Peace, Silent night. During the “Peace, Peace” intro, the… Read more »
Careful, Santa!
El gordo #33;
Our meal will be much like yours.
Hamous #34;
I’ll promote it in the media.
http://www.seektress.com/frank.jpg
Question related to the Texas House Speaker position: Does anyone have an opinion about Beverly Woolley? Even though her district is in Harris County, I don’t know anything about her. There’s a recent post on Big Jolly in which she is described as Texas Tea Party Caucus Co-Chair. However she has been in the Lege for 8 terms. It’s hard… Read more »
I had a special visitor in the cold rain tonight. One of the cats was noisily rubbing its paws on the picture window overlooking the back yard patio. When I went to check on that, I saw a masked face on the other side of the glass.Our favorite raccoon Toebiter had showed up on this rainy night and got grapes,… Read more »
#36 TT
Except Bob would find some way to tie WoD into Googlism…
This sounds like something Bob would write.
#19 El Gordo, Iowahawk Forever. His humor has a sharper bite than usual, a thousand slices into the pelts of those who obediently ran liberal wild/nuts for two years and paid for it dearly November 2– but haven’t realized it yet what with the heady lame duck session. Reality moves in, and it isn’t pretty for them. Whee, rain falling… Read more »
Went to early Mass tonight. Can you believe the priest asked the children to respect and be thankful for their parents and grandparents??? What intolerance! I’m speechless! I say out with the old spiritual mumbo jumbo, the superstitions, and the backward ways. We’re gonna see a brave new world where they run everybody a wire and hook us all up… Read more »
Here’s another version of the song posted above – performed by a master opera star and an opera wanna be, but still pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uiqRCW6I8&feature=related
Over here on the poor side of town, it’s just ham, smashed taters, mac and cheese (which I hope some is left over to mix with the leftover ham and some rotel tomatoes for tomorrow nite’s dinner), home made cheese cake with cherry pie topping, and the usual assorted other stuff. There’s about a thousand presents for 2 kids, and… Read more »
Hey, I’m the only one who has even mentioned turkey & dressing! All those veggie dishes sound good though. TT, I’m glad there is no hint of any “extra” ingredient in your cupcakes.
#29 Super Dave
I’d almost give up my Daddy’s lasagna for fried okra.
almost
Dang, I left out the Fried Okree! Where’s my edit button?
Man, I’ve been busier than a three Legged cat trying to bury his business on a frozen pond. Got the last minute shopping done, went to HEB for grub and cooked a #12 cast iron skillet full of yeller squash and onions, baked my sweet taters to make candied taters and made up the macaroni and cheese for tomorrow. I’ll… Read more »
Oh, and for those who are members of the People for Ethical Treatment of Plants – I have at this moment (3) lettuce greens, (2) pak choy, (2) spinach, (1) bells of Ireland (flower), and (1) Swiss chard seedlings brave enough to take me on. The battle has been met!
Well, I got up this morning and made some chocolate cupcakes. Half were orange-flavored and half were mint-flavored. Then I washed a buttload of dishes that were left for me to care for – after we missed our weekly trash pickup. I lost my Christmas spirit about then, took awhile to get it back. Lovely Daughter, Aggie Beau and I… Read more »
AZ Sheriff Authorizes Lethal Force Against Cartels, Bandits “We’re sending out three different teams of eight to fifteen deputies in each that are heavily armed, even with sniper teams, out to the desert at all hours of the day and night,” Babeu said. Typically, deputies would sneak up on smugglers before arresting them, but Babeu says not this time. “We‘re… Read more »
The future Internet Czar.
You talkin’ to me?
No wait, must be Bobbity…
Badge licker.
My Christmas meal is over, except for the leftovers I’ve already packed up in covered microwave plates for reheating. We’ll have turkey & dressing through the weekend — by design. Very convenient and efficient. Went over to the subdivision swimming pool to check the leaf baskets — I’m on pool patrol this holiday while pool committee manager is out of… Read more »
Merry Christmas Eve to all. Daughters are with their mom today and most of tomorrow. Younger and I are invited to an afternoon meal tomorrow at the residence of the young couple that had lived here in brief spurts over the last few years. It’s their first such dinner endeavor. Normally I’d be apprehensive of such an event, but this… Read more »
Iowahawk has some good advice for the about to be unemployed legislators in Washington who are victims of the voters’ wrath in November. A good read.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2010/12/so-you-lost-your-election.html
Chicago elections board says Rahm a Windy City resident
Good thing there’s boards that make sure rules and standards don’t interfere with Chicago’s politics as usual.
The Philosophy of Charles Schultz
I thought that was nice, but apparently he never declared any such philosophy. 🙁 Ironically, Schults did say, “don’t worry about the end of today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia,” but that part of the “The Philosophy of Charles Schulz” the above You Tube poster left out.
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/schulz.asp
#13 Sarge
Oh now I get it — the beans were for a pre-Christmas family meal. Sorry it was derailed by a medical emergency.
#14 Tim
I had no knowledge of Sarge’s marital status but even if you are married, In America you can certainly fix whatever you like for Christmas meal… I wasn’t criticising the beans.
Speaking of traditional in the South, I need to start chopping celery for my dressing in a little while. It’s just the two of us, and we can do whatever we want, but we invariably have our big meal at noon on Christmas Eve, and will open our few presents tonight. (We are going lean on gifting each other this… Read more »
When your a man and single, Christmas dinner is whatever the heck you want it to be. 😀
The beans sound like a yummy side dish for some other big hoo-hah get-together meal. Yha—that was the intent. BinL was making the main meat dish, and Bros, Sis’s, nephews and cuzzes to bring sides. But now rather than gathering around the warm glow of a fire in the hearth, they are all setting out to spend Christmas Eve under… Read more »
#8 Sarge The beans sound like a yummy side dish for some other big hoo-hah get-together meal. But for Christmas dinner in America, I thought it was unanimous: turkey and/or ham, dressing with cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, yams, yeast rolls, pies. Various vegetable side dishes regionally popular, but I truly never heard of baked beans being Christmas food.… Read more »
Wagon;
Charlie Brown Christmas is an all time classic and rightfully so.
_____________________________________________________________________
Lurker et al;
Merry Christmas to all (you’ll get another one one from me tomorrow as well).
Si, I’m guessing the canteen cup was a major faux paux, huh?
Everyone knows wine takes a big spoon.
87 mharper42 says: December 23, 2010 at 9:32 pm #82 Sarge Baked beans for Christmas? What kind of tradition is that?94 Adee says: December 23, 2010 at 11:04 pm Sarge #82, how unfortunate that an emergency had to cancel the dinner. An there you are with a pot of orphaned New England Style baked beans. Are they different from Boston… Read more »
RE #6
Sorry, link to Wendy Shalit’s column.
Merry Christmas all! For those that have been following the New York Times Wedding Vows story, Wendy Shalit of the NY Daily News takes us a decade down the slippery slope: From an undisclosed location, the bride laughed about the chaos of the moment. “Life certainly is messy!” she chirruped. The bridegroom for his part was solemn when he came… Read more »
Here’s my Christmas card to all the Hamsters and their families.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jODKhUoFxzA
Fourth!!!! Fourth!!!!!!!!!!!
I give up on first. 🙁
Same to all.
Merry Christmas to all of you Hamsters!
Sounds about right to me. That, and the kids. I get excited watching the kids get excited.
(sticks head out of LurkCave, inhales cool morning air, calls “Firsties!” ) Ah, yes, WB, THAT’S what Christmas is all about! To all Hamousterians (no TM thingie) and assorted hangers-on, LST remnants, and the world at large, I wish you a most wonderful Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year! (retreats back into LurkCave, contemplating (a) consuming a hot drink laced… Read more »
Texpat, that’s good stuff. I didn’t even know the Popemobile had 4 wheel drive.
The Pope went on vacation for a few days to visit the rugged mountains of Alaska . He was cruising along the campground in the Pope Mobile when he heard a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods. He found a helpless Democrat wearing shorts, sandals, a Vote for Obama hat and a Save the Trees t-shirt. The… Read more »