Posted on 10/26/2009 4:32:01 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
Enjoy! I hope you don’t suffer from claustrophobia!
Happy Second Day of Christmas. We always keep our lights up until Epiphany. We might keep the tree up that long, since (a) it’s fake and (b) we put it up the night of the 24th. Depends on how the catz do with the ornaments, and how quickly Frank develops additional mobility.
I’m typing the texts for the speech competition Tom is in on the 9th. He’s doing a selection of war literature: a piece from the “Iliad,” a bit of the Battle of Gettysburg from “The Killer Angels,” a section from Martin Gilbert’s “First World War” about the last minutes before the Armistice, and a Siegfried Sassoon poem.
This is his first try at this, but if he likes it, he can do more. He can also start Debate over the summer. One of the fathers in the Catholic homeschool association is the debate (and general public speaking) coach, and they compete with public and private schools around the area. I don’t know how he arranged that, but it’s a great opportunity for Tom, who I believe has a lot of potential as a showman.
That, by the way, is the reason that elves never ride in the sleigh with Santa.
I just figured they didn’t like his driving.
He also never stops for directions OR bathroom breaks.
I don’t like to stop for bathroom breaks, either. “I told you not to drink all that! Now we’re never going to get there! What do you mean, you want *another* can of Coke? We might as well have stayed home!”
Fortunately, most of the family has headphones on, and I will stop to feed and/or diaper babies ;-).
Yeah, but imagine being stuck in an open cockpit with that devil suited old grouch all night in the cold.
Oh, and he has cookie breath.
It’s all in the timing. My dad called them D&D’s. They were timed to when the car needed gas. Drink & Drain. These were Trips from near Seattle to Tulsa. Later trips from Alameda to Oklahoma. I would say Mooreland but very few would know where it was.
I know where Moore is, between Oklahoma City and Norman. It’s true, you do have to get gas.
And now, I’ll take my watch-cat and go to bed.
Enjoyed. No issue with claustrophobia.
It was a mixed day. Starting off thoroughly steamed over TSA was A Bad Thing and rather messed my day up. I hope not too badly for others.
Catching up on the news this evening I was happy to see that one of my main two points to be made to my congressman and select other folks has already been addressed by Congress. My experience of Congress is that a single letter is not likely to change anything (even though our Representative knows us personally) --unlike the state legislature where LoM & I have made a big difference-- but one letter in addition to many others that I expect they'll receive might change things. It won't if we don't try.
After the tour we got to meet my youngest sister's new boyfriend. She lost her husband last year to Alzheimer's (he was "gone" before that, but he passed away last year); it was a really hard time. But we like him, and not least because she is so much happier now.
And at some point we will have to introduce Anoreth to a store called Archie McPhee's; a favorite of my sister's.
Pleased to hear your day picked up after the idiot-government episode! Thank you (again and again) for having Anoreth over. If you’ll FReepmail me your US Mail information, I’ll order you a nice Harry and David fruit basket, hopefully avoiding allergy complications. My family disappeared a large order of pears in one day, and I don’t like pears.
Maybe the new stupid TSA rule will be changed once the airlines scream bloody murder about their already-pathetic load factors.
In recognition of the new flight restrictions, and the reasons for them, I think now might be the right time for a new airline.
You’ve heard of Virgin Airlines. I’d like to introduce Birthday Suit Airlines.
It will be perfect for in-flight wedding ceremonies. Everyone will already know who the Best Man is.
LOL! That’s our Bob, making lemons out of lemonade ...
At least I wouldn’t have spend an hour or so trying to figure out what to wear.
This is going to have a chilling effect on air travel. Won’t they have to turn up the heat on flights?
I am SO never getting on a plane with this carpola going on.
I think there would be enough body heat to go around.
I don’t want to get that Close with strangers on a plane, thanks.
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