Posted on 11/28/2004 7:25:47 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
Celebrate the holidays with HGTV's 12 Days of Christmas Specials, featuring all things festive, from decorating on a budget to finding the perfect gift. On HGTV.com, expanded coverage of each special includes videos, slideshows, step-by-steps and more to guide you through this busy season.
Hey Remember! Christmas
Premiere: 11/28 at 8 pm/7c
See how home products have been marketed to American consumers over the past 50 years. More...
Outer Spaces for the Holidays
Premiere: 11/29 at 8 pm/7c
Watch as the exteriors of two homes are transformed into imaginative winter wonderlands. More...
Year 'Round Christmas
Premiere: 11/30 at 8 pm/7c
Meet people around the country who make their yuletide celebrations last all year long. More...
Christmas Room by Room Style
Premiere: 12/1 at 8 pm/7c
Matt and Shari explore unique inspirational ideas for this year's decor. HGTV.com offers instructions for these projects. More...
Divine Design Christmas
Premiere: 12/2 at 8 pm/7c
Candice Olson takes the ultimate holiday challenge as the festive season quickly approaches. More...
Home to Go Holiday Special
Premiere: 12/3 at 8 pm/7c
Explore a whole new way of dressing up your home and table for holiday entertaining. More...
Holiday Design on a Dime
Premiere: 12/4 at 8 pm/7c
Each design team transforms a room with distinctive holiday cheer. Get in-depth instructions, video clips and 10 additional holiday decorating ideas on HGTV.com. More...
A Very Merry Curb Appeal
Premiere: 12/5 at 8 pm/7c
These festive facelifts are filled with tons of ideas to improve the look of any home year-round. More...
Holiday Windows 2004
Premieres: 12/6 at 8 pm/7c
Go behind the scenes as the world's best department store Christmas windows are sketched, built, installed and revealed. More...
White House Christmas 2004
Premiere: 12/7 at 8 pm/7c
HGTV goes inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a look at how the First Family decorates for the holidays. After the special, visit HGTV.com for a closer look at this year's decorations. More...
May you always wear them with wit and wisdom. : )
A President Bush (news - web sites) supporter drives through downtown Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004. President Bush visits Canada Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP PHOTO/Jonathan Hayward, CP)
Travolta?
I thought that John was a good Scientology boy these days.
First lady Laura Bush, center, watches the White House Christmas tree arrive at the White House, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, on a horse drawn wagon. The tree a 18 1/2 foot Noble fir from the State of Washington and was donated by John and Carol Tillman, left, from Rochester, Wash. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Willi Chervalier (R) and Dieter Schaeffer line up to create the world's longest beard chain in the southern German city of Stuttgart November 28, 2004. Twenty bearded participants set up a new record by linking their beards in a total of 24 metres. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
Not a lot to do after Octoberfest I guess.
I'd say Willi and Dieter haven't quite recovered from Oktoberfest's merriment.
Where ever do you find this stuff?
Thank you, there are times I could use a bit more wit and wisdom.
lol
Thanks for the info on the book, sounds like fun.
They always screw up the good books when they make movies out of them!! I've seen the promos for The Cranks, it's Tim Allen I think isn't it?
Thank you, I have a great deviled egg recipe to fill that up with. ;)
G'morning CCJ. 28 degrees and snowing here. I'm headed to the airport around 10:00 am. I may have to ski.
I have a Conference in DC this week and plan to attend the DC FReeper's Christmas Party on Friday night.
Safe travels, IG.
BC-APNewsAlert,0036
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has confirmed that he will travel this week to Jordan, Germany and Russia "to develop the relationship with major allies."
AP-CS-11-30-04 072
Yahoo! Sometimes I like to scroll through the pictures to see what craziness the world is up to. Here we see the measuring of the beard chain.
This is kind of fun,,, Snailart!
Bulgarians visit the 'Snailart' exhibition in central Sofia, November 18, 2004. Some 30 snails designed by local artists will be displayed around key areas of the Bulgarian capital to illustrate the country's slow but sure progress to the European Union (news - web sites). REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Perhaps there's a story somewhere that explains why the Bulgarians are going slow. Are they apprehensive about the EU?
Mr. Kerry was a weaker candidate than Mr. Gore. He lost so much ground among women, Hispanics, and other key groups, that the millions in Internet money, the most Herculean get-out-the-vote effort in party history, and the largest turnout of young voters in over a decade, couldn't save him. Had the young stayed home, the sea of red on the map would have grown to include at least Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and New Hampshire--perhaps one or two more.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bush, received 50 million votes in 2000, and 59 million in 2004. He added nine million votes. That's because Karl Rove had a plan and the campaign executed it brilliantly. But the problem for Democrats is not Mr. Rove; it's that they're doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. That's the definition of insanity.
Since the Democratic Leadership Council, with its mantra of "moderate, moderate, moderate," took hold in D.C., the party has been in decline at just about every level of government. Forget the Kerry loss. Today the number of Democrats in the House is the lowest it's been since 1948. Democrats are on the brink of becoming a permanent minority party. Can the oldest democratic institution on earth wake from its stupor? Here are some steps to pull out of the nose-dive: Complete story
Joe thinks more union members is one way to ensure more dem victories. Bless his heart.
Translation, Allies = people Iraq owes money to?
Good morning. I'm listening with glee to Paul Begala on Imus. As is typical with liberals these days, he's contradicting himself every time he opens his mouth.
He started out with good advice that Rats need to really look at what they stand for...that their current positions can't even beat _______ (fill in conservative "nut job" name). He was really down on the Rats.
Then Imus brought up Tom Dashcle. Begala turned on a dime and said "Fine. If the people of S. Dakota don't want big-spending gov't, let's demand they send back the money they just got for drought relief!".
In a nutshell, that is the Rats' problem. Clinton taught them how to boil down their contempt for an opponent into one ridiculous caricature. Caricature is defined as: "A representation...in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect". That's Clintonism in a nutshell.
Begala, Carville and their ilk just can't help themselves. They habitually fall back on their tactic of making fun of red staters, thus revealing their contempt for the very people they want to vote for them. Listening to him in all his glorious confusion was music to my ears. It will be a long time before these people really "get it".
I'm stumped. Supposedly, Kerry lost because he wasn't liberal enough, while the DLC has been pushing for "moderate" candidates. I thought the "moderate" approach had worked in the past, that is, candidates pretending to be moderate while really being social Marxists, e.g., both Clintons. So what is it? Could it be that Kerry lost not because he was too liberal or not liberal enough, but just because he was so darned unappealing on so many levels - and people shuddered at the thought of a First Lady Mama T?
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