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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Your Contract And New Year Wishes

I got this from a co-worker. It seemed good enough to pass on. - OlderMusicGeek

After serious & cautious consideration . . .
Your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2009!
It was a very hard decision to make. So try not to screw it up!!!

My Wish for You in 2009
May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! In simple words . . . May 2009 be the best year of your life!!!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

HUMOR: Pirate Translation Of A Christmas Classic

Bein' a fan o' th' language, Pirate, last voyage I presented two Buccanneer versions o' Th' Night Before Christmas. Followin' that tradition - admitted a wee days late, I present a Pirate translation o' th' openin' an' closin' o' Charles Dickens` A Christmas Shantey. I had helped wi' this Buccanneer translator.- Dirty Sam Read of the good ship, The Hate Of The West (aka OlderMusicGeek)

A CHRISTMAS SHANTEY
by Charles Dickens

I be havin' endeavoured in this Ghostly wee book, t' raise th' Ghost o' an Idee, which shall nay put me readers ou' o' humour wi' they's self, wi' each other, wi' th' season, or wi' me. May 't haunt the'r houses pleasantly, an' nay one wish t' lay 't.

The'r faithful Matey an' Servant,
C. D.
Decembree, 1843.

Stave 1: Marley`s Ghost

Marley be dead: t' begin wi'. Thar be nay doubtwhatereabout that. Th' register o' his burial be signed by th' clergyman, th' clerk, th' undertaker, an' th' chief mourner. Scrooge signed 't. An' Scrooge`s name be good upon `Change, fer anythin' he chose t' put his hand t'.

Old Marley be as dead as a door-nail.

Mind! I dasn't mean t' say that I know, o' me own knowledge, what thar be particularly dead about a door-nail. I might ben inclined, myself, t' regard a coffin-nail as th' deadest piece o' ironmongery in th' trade. But th' wisdom o' our ancestors be in th' simile; an' me unhallowed hands shall nay disturb 't, or th' Country`s done fer. Ye will therefore permit me t' repeat, emphatically, that Marley be as dead as a door-nail.

Scrooge be knowin' he be dead? O' course he did. How could 't be otherwise? Scrooge an' he be partners fer I dasn't know how many voyages. Scrooge be his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole matey, an' sole mourner. An' e'en Scrooge be nay so dreadfully cut up by th' sad event, but that he be an excellent man o' business on th' very tide o' th' funeral, an' solemnised 't wi' an undoubted bargain.

Th' mention o' Marley`s funeral brings me aft t' th' point I started from. Thar be nay doubt that Marley be dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothin' wonderful can come o' th' story I be goin' t' relate. If we be nay perfectly convinced that Hamlet`s Father sank t'Davy Jones' locker before th' play began, thar would be nothin' more remarkable in his takin' a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than thar would be in any other middle-aged
gentleman rashly turnin' ou' after dark in a breezy spot -- say Saint Paul`s Churchyard fer instance -- literally t' astonish his lad`s weak mind...


Scrooge be better than his word. He did 't all, an' infinitely more; an' t' Wee Tim, who did nay sink t'Davy Jones' locker, he be a second father. He became as good a matey, as good a master, an' as good a man, as th' good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in th' good old world. Some swabbies laughed t' be seein' th' alteration in th' lad's, but he let them yo ho ho, an' wee heeded them; fer he be wise enough t' know that nothin' erehappened on this globe, fer good, at which some swabbies did nay be havin' the'r fill o' yo ho ho in th' outset; an' knowin' that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought 't quite as well that they ortin' ta wrinkle up the'r one good eye in grins, as be havin' th' malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed: an' that be quite enough fer th' lad's.

He be havin' nay further intercourse wi' Spirits, but lived upon th' Total Abstinence Principle, ereafterwards; an' 't be always spake o' th' lad's, that he be knowin' how t' keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed th' knowledge. May that be truly spake o' us, an' all o' us! An' so, as Wee Tim observed, God be blessin' Us, Ever' One!

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CULTURE/SOCIETY: The Origin Of Bah Humbug

This is from me, and is NOT some reprinted material. - OlderMusicGeek

Last year, I had the following at the end of all my Christmas posts...

Happy Christmas and/or Boxing Day and/or Kwanzaa and/or Hannakah and/or Bodhi Day and/or Sanghamitta Day and/or Shabe Cheleh and/or Makara Sankranti and/or Junkanoo and/or Dong Zhi and/or Toji and/or Soyal and/or Yule and/or Seva Zistane and/or Alban Arthan and/or Long Night and/or Mean Geimrech and/or Brumalia and/or Dies Natalis Solis Invicti and/or Saturnalia and/or Lenaea and/or Wren Day and/or Tekufah Tevet and/or Winter Solstice and/or ChriFSMas and/or any other December or winter solstice holidays i missed!

Oh, and Bah Humbug to those who don't celebrate the holidays! :)


Some of you asked about this "Bah Humbug" holiday.

So I thought I would explained this little known holiday.

It occurs on the winter solstice or rather during the longest night of the year.

Originally, the holiday was started by a ancient Greek school of philosophers known as the Skeptikoi. The purpose of it then was to "comtemplate how the unknowability of the world is like the darkest darkness".

It was called "βάλλω baukopanourgos" - "throwing of the humbug". The insects were so numerous that night, that they were swatting them left and right. And many of the insects got knocked around.

Somehow, βάλλω or "ballo" eventually became "bah" and "baukopanourgos" was translated to its English equivalent.


This time of contemplation was then picked up the school of philosophers in ancient Greeks known as the "κύων" or the "dogs" or The "Cynics".

They were called the dogs because they felt virtue was the only thing needed for happiness, and anything else - including family, money, and even hygiene - weren't needed.

But under The Cynics, this holiday became about they needed nothing, not even light, instead of the unknowable.


As time went on, "Bah Humbugs" became "Bah Humbug" and it became about things we don't need rather than not needing anything. So by Victorian times, it was a time to contemplate on serious matters rather than frivolous things.

And humbug got associated with nonsense and silly things. And also with hoaxes and jests.

And since "bah" rather than "boo" was used to scare people in Victoria times, most people assume "bah humbug" was away of telling people to send away their nonsense.

Thus, Ebenezer Scrooge telling his nephew "bah humbug" when he brought up Christmas.

Wikipedia entry on Skepticism
Wikipedia entry on The Cynics
Wikipedia entry for Humbug
The Uncyclopedia entry for Humbug

A link to all my Christmas posts

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Saturday, December 27, 2008

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Redesigning Christmas

This is from the NPR radio show, Studio 360. - OlderMusicGeek


December 05, 2008
Redesigning Christmas

The buzzword this year is change. But some things, like the traditions that surround the Christmas season, seem to remain the same. Kurt Andersen asked the design firm Pentagram to re-imagine the holiday beyond tinsel and holly. It goes something like this: drop the Santa, loose the red and green, play down the rampant commercialism and play up the message of peace and love.

View Pentagram's full Christmas redesign presentation.
Check out downloadable x.mas wrapping paper.
Then send an x.mas e-card to a friend!

(Originally aired: December 22, 2006)


Listen to the show from 2006 with a Robin Hitchcock Christmas Song, the techno tune "Unsilent Night", and a bit about

Some of the comments:
[5]
Posted by: Brandon Emerick December 06, 2008 - 10:31AM
Brooklyn

Fun and clever ideas! I'm all about the Xmas. Here's my contribution to your celebration:

Which is my re-imagining of the "yule log"...

[6]
Posted by: John Mc Donagh December 06, 2008 - 10:38AM
Brooklyn

I was happy to hear all week about the idea of redesigning Christmas but utterly disappointed in the actual segment in this week's show. You only dealt with the shallow image of Christmas and not the true meaning of this more pagan mid-winter festival.

Christians have merely grafted the birth of Christ onto the wonderful older northern European wintertime feast of plenty etc. It represented the darkest moment in the year having planted inside of it the brightest hope. The winter solstice, when the sun reaches the lowest point in the sky, ends this descent and begins the climb towards the warmth of the summer once again.

To an old, farming, hunting people it must have marked such a hope that things were turning around and that the cycle of life and of growth would once again begin.

It's not ironic that, this year, the death of the Bush 8-year-period (the lowest point in the past century) should be marked by the time of great hope and historic turn around.

[9]
Posted by: Adam December 08, 2008 - 12:23AM
Minnesota

How odd that Christmas would be redesigned by a company named after a pagan/demonic symbol.

A link to all my Christmas posts

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Post On Another Blog

"MUSIC: How An Obscure 80s Punk Band Created A Christmas Classic - Redux" on OlderMusicGeek's Stupid Entertainment Stuff

A link to all my Christmas posts

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CULTURE/SOCIETY: More Of "The World's Only Reliable Christmas News"

Here's some articles on Christmas by The World Weekly News that I miss last time. I edited the articles down. - OlderMusicGeek

BAT DUO CLIMBS ROCKEFELLER TREE
Posted on Friday, December 12th, 2008
By Gerry Dorsey

NEW YORK, NY – As a means of celebrating both Christmas and Britney’s recent success, the bat pair have done the unthinkable.

Batney and Bat Boy have been spending time in New York City this week, and the trip has culminated in a death-defying act of climbing the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree!

When Bat Boy finally reached up and touched the Swarovski crystal star, the crowd went wild, embracing each other and crying with relief over the duo’s safety.

Unfortunately, the tourists were too swept up in emotion to notice Bat Boy and Batney rolling the star down the side of the tree directly into a waiting pick-up truck. The rascals hopped in and high-fived before Batney sped off, leaving the crowd in stunned silence.

The star was later discovered hanging from the ceiling in the Times Square Toys ‘R Us.

The pointy-eared criminals are still at large.

A link to the complete article

PhD APE JR. ANALYZES SANTA
Posted on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
By Samuel T. Westbrook

NEW YORK, NY – Holiday shoppers at Macy’s Department Store were surprised this week when PhD Ape brought his son and niece to meet Santa for the first time.

Junior was excited to sit in Santa’s lap and tell him what he wants for Christmas. PhD Ape’s niece Bobo managed to sit still long enough to take a photo with Santa before running off to eat the candy cane picket fence in front of Santa’s Workshop.

“Junior wouldn’t tell me what he asked for,” PhD Ape told reporters outside Macy’s. “But I’m pretty sure it involved bananas, a rope swing, and a Wii Fit.”

“If he’s a good boy, he’ll also have asked for new slippers and a box of Cubans for his father.” PhD Ape said with a wink.

During his lunch break, reporters asked Santa about meeting the young ape children.

“It was a little unnerving, to be honest. I thought they were adorable, sweet little things, but then Junior asked me if I have daddy issues and if that’s why I feel the need to provide children with love and presents.”

“He asked if I crave the approval of my peers. He is definitely his father’s son.”

A link to the original site

NORTH POLE REQUESTS BAILOUT
Posted on Thursday, December 18th, 2008
By Reginald Cunningham III

WASHINGTON, DC - Santa Claus has requested a $14 million federal bailout to avoid a crash which could cancel Christmas.

The struggling world economy and increased costs of reindeer feed are cited as reasons why the North Pole is facing its first ever budget crisis. Santa Claus spoke before Congress this week, requesting a portion of the $700 billion federal bailout fund to make sure Christmas can go ahead as usual.

Some representatives are highly critical of the request. Jim DeMint (R. S.C) said, “Their business model brings in no income, they just give everything away. I’m amazed they got this far.”

Elf Unions are believed to be the cause of a hold up on a final deal.

Critics say that the United Elvin Workers are responsible for the North Pole’s collapse, demanding lavish wages for its workers. However, research shows that the average elf gladly works 16 hours a day in exchange for food and shelter. The last formal complaint made by the union requested five-minute song breaks every hour, extra tinsel allowances and improved handicapped bathroom access.

When asked if he would be using confidential information from his “Naughty List” to sway his opponents, Mr. Claus said “Right now all options are on the table.” Senator Norm Coleman squirmed in his seat.

A link to the complete article

SANTA FROZEN
Posted on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
By Reginald Cunningham III

NORTH POLE - Santa Claus has yet again been frozen in a block of ice.

Delaying critical Christmas preparation, the elf union is working overtime to thaw out the yule time celebrity.

After going on his traditional pre-holiday bender, Santa drunkenly fell asleep outside the reindeer stables and was quickly frozen in a solid block of ice.

Experts believe he may have been hitting the bottle harder than usual due to his difficulty in receiving a federal bailout. Unsubstantiated reports say that Mrs. Claus may have been one of the unlucky victims taken in by the Madoff financial scheme.

UPDATE: Through a miraculous combination of teamwork and ingenuity, Santa Claus was saved and Christmas proceeded as scheduled.

Numerous attempts to free Santa from inside a giant block of ice failed. Blowtorches refused to start as a surprise blizzard came roaring through. Hammers and chisels made hardly a dent in the solid ice.

Finally, a daring combination of fresh chocolate chip cookies and gamma radiation saved the day. Head of the North Pole research department Sprinkles Von Bohrstein came up with the holiday saving idea to combine Santa’s favorite treat with a gamma powered “Cheer Emitter.” Mrs. Claus made up a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies and placed them in front of the frozen Santa. Then Von Bohrstein aimed the experimental device at him, hoping the ice could be broken from the inside out.

Immediately results could be seen as Santa become hotter from the radiation and began to grow in size. With the thunderous crash of ice the mutated Santa Claus shattered his icy prison with a bellowing “Ho HO HOOOO!”

Other Holidays articles:
OBATMA CELEBRATES KWANZAA
MADOFF SPENDS HANNUKAH WITH ALIEN


A link to all my Christmas posts

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Post On Another Blog

"MUSIC: How An Obscure 80s Punk Band Created A Christmas Classic" on OlderMusicGeek's Stupid Entertainment Stuff

A link to all my Christmas posts

Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating!
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OlderMusicGeek's Christmas QuickMix
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CULTURE/SOCIETY and SPIRITUALITY/RELIGION: The "Merry Christmas" Debate

I got this from NerdGod on Twitter. I don't think he'll mind me reprinting it. - OlderMusicGeek

A Christmas Story

We rapidly approach Christmas, a holiday that's proved to be an issue of resentment in the last few years. Although I'd often encourage rational debate on theological issues--being of the belief that such conversations benefit theists and atheists alike--the usual "discussion" this time of the year is over an issue far more trivial then it's made out to be: "Happy Holidays" vs "Merry Christmas".

You see, there are people that feel that a term like "Happy Holidays" diminishes a sacred religious holiday such as Christmas. The argument is that when a store clerk, television station, etc. doesn't include "Christmas" in their greetings, it makes it seem like their faith is something of which they should be ashamed. In short, they take it personally.

I do understand this. There are some business that don't say "Merry Christmas" or openly decorate accordingly in fear of angering their customers. So "Merry Christmas" becomes "Seasons Greetings" and the annual office "Christmas Party" becomes the "Holiday Party". This, of course, fools no one and usually angers some of the Christians in the audience. However, these businesses and people aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" and are at best fighting a "war of political correctness" or simply attempting to be polite.

Still, I'd argue that Christmas is under attack, but not by secular humanists or "big business"--rather by the faithful Christians who took the holiday exclusively, allowed it to become federal, and fight to have corporations use the holiday in their advertising and store-fronts. Allow me to explain.

First, the birth of Christmas wasn't centered around Christians alone. It was a holiday created as an olive branch given by a largely pagan society to the emerging Christian faith. The idea of the holiday was to combine the winter solstice celebration of Yule (hence "Yule tidings") that the pagans had been celebrating with the birth of the Christian savior, Jesus of Nazareth--who, by the way, wasn't even born December 25th (the date was picked by Pope Sixtus III to "facilitate the acceptance of the faith by the pagan masses"). The holiday, of course, was later claimed as a sacred day by the Christians (and the Christians alone).

It could be said that the first REAL assault on the [Christian version of the] day came as time passed and Christmas became a day of more economic importance then spiritual. During the Great Depression, for example, Franklin Roosevelt proposed moving Thanksgiving to extend the holiday (see: Christmas) shopping season--an attempt greatly opposed by religious leaders at the time. Why? Well, the feeling was that their holiday was too sacred to be used as commercial fodder for businesses and the economy.

Strange how times change, huh?


What people have long failed to understand is that ideas like the separation of church and state was devised to protect the church as much as it was the state. If you really believed your faith to be of such value, then you wouldn't want it tainted by commercialism and politics. Instead you'd keep such valuable possessions close to your heart--far away from the sins of society.

"Happy Holidays" isn't devised to make you ashamed of who you are, it's devised to best exemplify the original meaning of Christmas--inclusion of different faiths. And, as an added benefit, it also allows those of you with faith to celebrate Christmas in an untainted form.


...That is, unless you faith really does require approval from Wal-Mart first.

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A link to all my Christmas posts

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HUMOR and CULTURE/SOCIETY: The Night Before Christmas, Legally Speaking

I found this from Humor Matters while surfing the net. - OlderMusicGeek

The Night Before Christmas, Legally Speaking


Whereas, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter "the House") a general lack of stirring by all creatures therein, including, but not limited to a mouse.

A variety of foot apparel, e.g., stocking, socks, etc., had been affixed by and around the chimney in said House in the hope and/or belief that St. Nick AKA/St. Nicholas AKA/Santa Claus (hereinafter "Claus") would arrive at sometime thereafter.

The minor residents, i.e., the children, of the aforementioned House were located in their individual beds and were engaged in nocturnal hallucinations, i.e., dreams, wherein visions of confectionery treats, including, but not limited to, candies, nuts and/or sugar plums, did dance, cavort and otherwise appear in said dreams.

Whereupon the party of the first part (sometimes hereinafter referred to as "I"), being the joint-owner in fee simple of the House with the parts of the second part (hereinafter "Mamma"), and said Mamma had retired for a sustained period of sleep. (At such time, the parties were clad in various forms of headgear, e.g., kerchief and cap.)

Suddenly, and without prior notice or warning, there did occur upon the unimproved real property adjacent and appurtenant to said House, i.e., the lawn, a certain disruption of unknown nature, cause and/or circumstance. The party of the first part did immediately rush to a window in the House to investigate the cause of such disturbance.

At that time, the party of the first part did observe, with some degree of wonder and/or disbelief, a miniature sleigh (hereinafter "the Vehicle") being pulled and/or drawn very rapidly through the air by approximately eight (8) reindeer. The driver of the Vehicle appeared to be and in fact was, the previously referenced Claus.

Said Claus was providing specific direction, instruction and guidance to the approximately eight (8) reindeer and specifically identified the animal co-conspirators by name: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen (hereinafter "the Deer"). (Upon information and belief, it is further asserted that an additional coconspirator named "Rudolph" may have been involved.)

The party of the first part witnessed Claus, the Vehicle and the Deer intentionally and willfully trespass upon the roofs of several residences located adjacent to and in the vicinity of the House, and noted that the Vehicle was heavily laden with packages, toys and other items of unknown origin or nature. Suddenly, without prior invitation or permission, either express or implied, the Vehicle arrived at the House, and Claus entered said House via the chimney.

Said Claus was clad in a red fur suit, which was partially covered with residue from the chimney, and he carried a large sack containing a portion of the aforementioned packages, toys, and other unknown items. He was smoking what appeared to be tobacco in a small pipe in blatant violation of local ordinances and health regulations.

Claus did not speak, but immediately began to fill the stocking of the minor children, which hung adjacent to the chimney, with toys and other small gifts. (Said items did not, however, constitute "gifts" to said minors pursuant to the applicable provisions of the US Tax Code.)

Upon completion of such task, Claus touched the side of his nose and flew, rose and/or ascended up the chimney of the House to the roof where the Vehicle and Deer waited and/or served as "lookouts." Claus immediately departed for an unknown destination.

However, prior to the departure of the Vehicle, Deer and Claus from said House, the party of the first part did hear Claus state and/or exclaim:
"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"
Or words to that effect.

A link to all my Christmas posts

Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating!
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

HUMOR: Santa's Bad Day: The Start Of A Tradition

I found this while surfing the net. I got it from Humor Matters. - OlderMusicGeek

One particular Christmas season a long time ago, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her mom was coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two had jumped the fence and were out, heaven knows where. More stress.

Then when he began to load the sleigh one of the boards cracked, and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the toys.

So, frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered that the elves had hidden the liquor, and there was nothing to drink. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider pot, and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found that mice had eaten the straw end of the broom. Just then the doorbell rang, and irritable Santa trudged to the door. He opened the door, and there was a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel said, very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't it a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?"

Thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

A link to all my Christmas posts

Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating!
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Monday, December 22, 2008

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Too Many Christmas Movie Quizzes

It's a Wonderful Life (what character you?)
at http://selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=wonderfullife

#
1 equals your best match. The longer the green graph bar, the better the match.
SelectSmart.com Staff alone determined the order.


My #1 is:
Mary Hatch Bailey (Donna Reed) Finished college, worked in New York for a time. Understanding and loving wife of George. A USO volunteer during the war.

My #2 is:
Clarence Oddbody (Henry Travers) A child-like and naive natured angel who lived in the 18th century. He shows George Bailey what life would have been like had George not existed. Jumped into an icy river to “save” George.

My #3 is:
Bert (Ward Bond) A cop. George’s good friend. He fights in World War II.

My #4 is:
Ernie (Frank Faylen) A taxi driver. George’s good friend. He fights in World War II.

My #5 is:
Mrs. Hatch. (Sarah Edwards) Mary’s mother, she encourages her daughter to marry the rich Sam Wainwright.

My #6 is:
Violet Bick (Gloria Grahame) The town flirt, a coquettish, hip wiggler. Attracted to George.

My #7 is:
Ruth Dakin Bailey (Virginia Patton) Harry’s wife. She finished college, which is where she met Harry.

My #8 is:
Peter Bailey (Samuel S. Hinds) George’s father who sacrificed his entire life to altruistically help depositors in his bank and his family.

My #9 is:
Sam Wainwright (Frank Albertson) An annoying boaster who greets people with an asinine “hee-haw!” He finished college, then made a fortune in plastics during the war. Travels and lives abroad.

My #10 is:
Ma Bailey (Beulah Bondi) George’s sweet-natured mother actively works to romantically match George with Mary.

My #11 is:
Mr. Gower (H.B. Warner) A druggist who if not for young George’s intervention, he would have committed manslaughter as a result of an improperly filled prescription. He sells World War II bonds. Drinks to excess when under stress.


Which character from The Nightmare Before Christmas are you?
You're Sally.

You are always escaping from your creator because you want a life with more excitement. You accomplish this mainly through the use of Deadly Nightshade. Although you use poison, you are really good at heart and are looking for love.


What Christmas movie/special are you?
Created by flea760
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
You start Christmas off in a bad mood but you learn that Christmas isn't about the presents or the food. It's about the family and friends you share it with!
(I don't agree with this one! I am NOT a Grinch! I love Christmas! - OMGeek)

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Quiz
Created by xxmollyheffernenxx
Your Result:
You are Hermes...
Your dreams are to be a dentist



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What Christmas Movie/Special Are You?
Frosty the Snowman
Frosty the Snowman
You are Frosty the Snowman! You have a childlike enthusiasm for Christmas, most likely because you have such good memories celebrating when you were little. You love Christmas so much that you get bummed out when it's over, but don't fret - there's always New Year's!





Your Christmas is Most Like: A Christmas Story



Loving, fun, and totally crazy.
Don't shoot your eye out!


Sunday, December 21, 2008

CULTURE/SOCIETY: "The World's Only Reliable News" On Christmas

Thank the god, we have The World Weekly News to keep us abreast of important Christmas news like the following! - OlderMusicGeek

BAT BOY SCARES MALL SANTA
Posted on Friday, November 28th, 2008
By Allie Pruitt

BALTIMORE, MD - Bat Boy’s attempts at fitting in for the holidays have again failed miserably.

A lull in the line occurred when the children heard Best Buy had just received a shipment of Rock Band 2. Bat Boy, hiding in the cover of the giant Christmas tree, saw his one chance and took it. He scurried up to Santa, shrieking with excitement, and tried to hand over his guano-covered list.

Seeing only a blur of big pointy ears and sharp teeth, the mall Santa took off at high-speed, making it to the food court before tripping over his baggy red pants and crashing head first into the Cinnabon stand.

OBAMA INVITES ALIEN CHOIR TO WHITE HOUSE
Posted on Monday, December 8th, 2008
By Samuel T. Westbrook

WASHINGTON, DC - President-Elect Obama asserted influence this weekend, advising President Bush on which holiday choir to pick for the White House - and they’re aliens!

The Qwoak Intergalactic Boys Choir, famous for their recent holiday albums “I Saw Mommy Kissing Frozen Santa Claus” and “Rudolph the Twelve Nosed Reindeer,” have been performing choral choirs around the country.

Rahm Emmanuel, Obama’s Chief of Staff, was on the phone with current White House staff to get the Qwoak Intergalactic Boys Choir to be brought on as the official White House Choir this holiday season.

“The President-Elect is committed to using the White House as a platform for advancing and bettering the American culture,” Emmanuel said. “What better way to do that then by introducing Americans to the most talented artists, not just from America, not just from Earth, but the entire galaxy.”

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ALIENS BUY UP BLACK FRIDAY DEALS
Posted on Friday, November 28th, 2008
By Samuel T. Westbrook

CHICAGO, IL – With the economy continuing its roller-coaster ride this week, retailers are expecting a different type of crowd.

Interplanetary shoppers are anticipated to make up as much as 74% of Black Friday shoppers. Americans are tightening their belts and keeping their wallets pocketed this holiday season as bonuses are cut and lay-offs looming right around the corner.

Although big box retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy have not seen significant growth during the financial crisis, online retailers of those same companies, as well as Amazon.com have noted that interplanetary and intergalactic sales are booming.

“If you thought it got ugly when hundreds of mid-westerners rush around a store trying to grab up sale items, just wait until six-armed, three-headed, slime-covered 14-foot tall aliens are fighting over a Tickle-Me Elmo.”

1 Comment For This Post
1. wazntowas says:
November 29th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
OMG, the photographer in this store has to provide the location, the 2nd alien is the one that abducted my cousin and did an anal probe on him.

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ALIENS USING KOTA TOYS TO DESTROY EARTH
Posted on Friday, December 19th, 2008
By Samuel T. Westbrook

TOKYO, JAPAN – Just days before Christmas, evidence has been found that exposes an alien plot to destroy the Earth and enslave mankind – using toys!

The Kota, a 40-inch robotic baby triceratops, is one of the most in-demand toys this holiday season. The first robot of its kind, a dinosaur children can ride, the Kota has been flying off shelves since its recent release and demand has yet to slow.

Representatives from Playskool, the company that supposedly manufactures and distributes the Kota, have declined to comment on the emerging details regarding a possible alien invasion.

Unnamed sources have leaked details to Weekly World News that some time after Christmas, once all of the Kotas have been opened from their boxes throughout the world, a signal will alert them to “wake up.”



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Saturday, December 20, 2008

ENTERTAINMENT: A Really Bizarre Christmas Cartoon

I got this from quietrevolution on Twitter. - OlderMusicGeek



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CULTURE/SOCIETY: The Best "Tweet" About Christmas So Far

iStacie http://twitpic.com/ufwy - I must have skipped that part in the bible where the wise men come rollin in on 22's



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CULTURE/SOCIETY and HUMOR: An Interesting Army Holiday Story

This is from . - OlderMusicGeek

One employee’s travel ordeal was so risky he asked that his name not be shared. Brock (not his real name) writes in an e-mail that his story began when his doctor told him, “If we can prevent infection, we won’t have to amputate.”

It was December 18, and Brock was serving in the U.S. Army in Europe. He had been evacuated to the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, in what was then West Germany. His injury was so serious it made one medic turn green but was not serious enough for him to be sent stateside for treatment. Much to his disappointment, Brock’s doctor wanted him to stay until December 28.

Brock did not want to spend Christmas in a military hospital. Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical Center pictured today.

Spending Christmas in a military hospital overseas was not a festive prospect for the young soldier. “I had to find a way back to my unit, now more than 120 miles away,” he says.

As he signed into Hospital Ward 4C and was issued his hospital pajamas, he noticed a small phone booth near the nurses’ desk. He also noticed he was the only patient who was not bed-bound and that none of the patients looked like they wanted to be spending Christmas in the hospital.

He received permission to call his unit. Brock pleaded with the staff duty officer of his unit to send someone to get him. A nurse overheard his attempted hospital break, and Brock says his uniform and boots were confiscated shortly afterward.

Looking forward to the change from Army C-rations to tasty hospital food, he was disappointed to be placed on a strict liquid diet as a potential surgery patient. “My fellow patients and I discussed our favorite holiday foods while I sank my teeth into lukewarm chicken broth,” he says.

On December 21, the duty nurse asked for suggestions to improve the patient morale in the hospital ward. After Brock suggested going to the Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) Club across the street for a beer or two, his hospital slippers were confiscated.

“The next day the nurses decided that if the patients weren’t in a festive spirit being in the hospital over Christmas, then they would make us happy and jolly,” he says.

After a nutritious breakfast of Jell-O, Brock was drafted into helping hang decorations around the hospital ward. After all, he was the only patient who could walk. “We had no Christmas tree; the best we could come up with was an IV pole with green paper and tinsel,” he says.

When the decorations failed to improve morale that afternoon, the nurses decided to try Christmas music. A scratchy tape of holiday songs recorded from the Armed Forces Network radio broadcasts was piped into the hospital ward, Brock says. The tape featured a small selection of songs, including “I’ll be Home for Christmas.” It was obvious none of the patients would be home for Christmas.

Brock and his fellow patients staged a protest after being forced to listen to “I’ll be Home for Christmas” and “Silver Bells” too many times.

The next day, Brock and his co-conspirators, “Stitches” (76 stitches in each leg from a jeep accident), “T-Bone” (fractured femur, same accident), “Halo” (in traction for a broken neck, and not much of a talker), and “Dewey” (hit by a DUI driver while in a crosswalk on base) worked out a plan to end their torment.

The next time Bing Crosby sang “Silver Bells,” they all simultaneously hit their call buttons for the nurses in perfect timing with the bells playing the melody line. When they told the angry nurses they were trying to get in the spirit of Christmas by participating in the song, the nurses decided to punish them by not playing any more Christmas music.

Brock’s morale improved even more when he learned his unit was sending a jeep for him and it would arrive by 8 p.m. that night. He could be back with his unit by the morning of Christmas Eve. “Surprisingly, the nurses did not wish me a Merry Christmas as I was signed out of the hospital ward to await my transportation,” he says.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

CULTURE/SOCIETY and SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: The End Of The Mistletoe?

I found this through Yahoo. It's from The Telegraph in The U.K. - OlderMusicGeek

Christmas kissing at threat because of mistletoe shortage
The future of a traditional kiss under the mistletoe is in doubt, as the plant is in danger of dying out because of modern farming methods.
By Louise Gray
Last Updated: 7:15PM GMT 05 Dec 2008

Horticulturalists blame a loss of ancient orchards and intensive harvesting methods that mean only the female plant with the berries is taken.

For this year at least, mistletoe is safe as a mild wet winter has ensured a profusion of plants.

But the future is in doubt. England's apple orchards, mistletoe's favoured habitat, have declined by 57 per cent in the past 50 years.

Jonathan Briggs, an ecologist, said the way the plant is cut for sale is also a threat.

Harvesters cut only the female plant, which has berries, leaving the male plant that will continue to grow and ultimately poison the tree.

"The Christmas market was previously a way for farmers to make a bit of money from something they did anyway,'' he said. "These days, only the stuff with berries is cut and everything else is left.''

Without action now, Mr Briggs said mistletoe may not survive.

"There's no crisis yet,'' he said. "But there might be one in 25 years if people don't manage mistletoe properly. It's a lost knowledge we need to regain.''

The evergreen with white berries is hung in doorways over the festive season. As a symbol of peace – and fertility – it is the custom to kiss beneath the decoration.

According to tradition, when the last mistletoe berry is gone there should be no more kissing.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

CULTURE/SOCIETY and SPIRITUALITY/RELIGION: Perfect Christmas Gift For Non-Christians?

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" to your Jewish and Muslim neighbors than a lit up cross in the yard! All the following is from an actual ad! Got the link from Twitter - but I forget who posted it! - OlderMusicGeek

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

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