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Christmas eve! Where did the time go? And as we anticipate Christmas morning with packs of presents under the tree, family near, and a huge turkey dinner tomorrow night, tonight we - as the song goes - will fall asleep counting our blessings. Some of us. For others Christmas isn't all blessings. Here are a few items that crossed my mind or my computer screen last week. And in the spirit of giving, I just thought I'd share them with you. Now that I have an 52" HDTV, news networks run clips of reporters on broadband and Skype. What's up with that? I make a step forward. They take two back. Italian PM Berlusconi was severely disfigured when a deranged man threw a small statue at him breaking his teeth and cutting his face. When hit with the mini-monument was Berlusconi heard to inquire, "Allo, statue?" (I know, bad, bad joke.) An SUV recently crashed into the departures area at Vancouver International Airport. Talk about "checking in...

At Christmas many folks are moved to lift up their voices in song and sing traditional carols. Well, not around here. It's Christmas Carnival Week over at Yule (Howl) Log Dot Com and I've decided to rewrite one of those traditional carols and try to mention as many of my favourite blogger buds as is possible. Think of it as my way of wishing you guys a Merry Christmas. And, hey, it's way cheaper than a gift. This is No Silent Night by nonamedufus This is no silent night, holy night This is Stuff and Nonsense , yeah right Round yon Musings of A Quirkyloon About Zombies, she makes me swoon Out Beyond Left Field Out Beyond Left Field This is no silent night, holy night The Offended Blogger is quite a sight Debbie Does Drivel from heaven afar Crochety Old Man Yells at Cars Christ, Screaming Me-Me me scorns Christ, Screaming Me-Me me scorns This is no silent night, holy night The Unfinished Rambler is getting tight Is Ettarose's Sanity On Edge ? Are those Nanny Goats ...

Well, that special day is drawing near. And as it does my thoughts turn to Christmas as a kid: toys, snow, the tree and, of course, Santa Claus. Growing up as a kid, Christmas was probably the most special day of the whole year. I'd looked forward to it for months. I'd pretty much have the Sears Christmas catalogue memorized by the time I had to pull my wish list together. And if we were lucky, it had snowed in the days leading up to Christmas and we'd make snow angels and snow men. A snowball fight or two with the other kids on the street was a certainty. I grew up in Toronto. In the suburb of Scarborough to be precise. There weren't any big hills near our house - and we didn't have a car - so I had to rely on my friends' parents to drive us and our toboggans to the nearest snowy slope. There was an outdoor skating rink nearby, though, and we would spend hours at Clairlea Park playing shinny . I walked to and from Our Lady of Fatima School everyday. A...

There's nothing like the advent of Christmas and the anticipated arrival of relatives to get one's ass in gear. Last night my mother-in-law arrived on an eastbound Westjet from British Columbia. Like a dutiful son(-in-law) I met her at the airport, winter boots in hand. Hey' we've got snow. In Kelowna, they're still water skiing. Well not quite, but they are a tad warmer and snowless. P lane: leaving it to the last minute is sure to result in a close shave All this to say the exodus has begun. My brother-in-law and his son arrive on the weekend and the cousins and their kids from Montreal and Wichita will be Aylmer-bound Christmas eve. The kids and grandkids will be here Christmas day. But back to yesterday. With 5 hours to spare before I'd see the white's of the eyes of the first family member I finally got around to doing a couple of odd jobs. You have to understand, I'm a last-minute kind of guy. In university, I used to count off the penalt...

The topic from the folks at Theme Thursday this week is "snow". Now perhaps the most common take on this theme is Jingle Bells because of the line "Dashing through the snow". Well, we're about as far as you can get from common at nonamedufus . So here's an uncommon take... GOING ROGUE Dashing through the states In a Gulfstream private jet O'er the bookstores we go Laughing at the stupid gets Bucks them Billy-Bobs bring To buy my silly book What fun it is to laugh and sing "Gotchya media's mistook" The button-down mind of Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Going Rogue Going to grab power Oh, what fun it is to ride In a Gulfstream at $14k an hour Going Rogue, Going Rogue They think I'm travelling by bus Oh, what fun it is to fool The people of the continental US It's a bus, plane and simple A month or two ago I thought I'd take a ride And soon Todd was outta here And the governership I'd let slide My book is a best seller People gush...

I'd like to thank a special lady for spurring me on...metaphorically speaking - I don't think she's into that kinda stuff...to compile this post today. Yep, you could say she inspired me. Mad Mad Margo over at Screaming Me-Me (how come you always have to repeat yourself) dissed me yesterday . Yeah, she got all up in my face about beating her to the punch with yesterday's post. Imagine that. She had it in mind to do the same post I did. I think you've been out in that Arizona desert sun for too long, my love. Any-hoo, she said she was gonna do a 26-part series starting today called The Fractured ABC's of Christmas . And she challenged me to "scoop that"! Well I don't have a dog, and I usually hesitate when I hit 'P' in the alphabet, so instead I've decided upon the following. I'm gonna do my own little version of the Twelve Days of Christmas - dufus style. A Partridge in a Pear Tree Early? You bet. The twelve days of Ch...

Well, this blog will be inactive the next few weeks as me and mine dip our toes into some warm water on a beach somewhere south of here. Don't want to get sand in the laptop, so not only do I get a rest, but the blog does too. Here's hoping everyone has a merry Christmas and we'll see you in the new year.

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Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. ~ Phyllis Diller Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music. ~ Tom Sims Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? ~ Bill Watterson Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. ~ W. C. Fields Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet. ~ Unknown Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. ~ Johnny Carson Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen ...

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