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Another Christmas day, another Lego build session. This year we got the LEGO® Castle Medieval Market Village (10193) which is about 1600 pieces.

Normally I just bang it out in one day, but as this is the third big model we’ve done like this I knew how long it would take and decided to do a time lapse video.

The music is Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Don Byron off of his wonderful Bug Music album.

So this one I got today, and found it very funny. If The USA Had A Facebook Page During The Civil War

But not as funny as the all time champ. The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

So I have a thesis now. That the rich detailed history of day to day occurances of the US Civil War, it’s recency and the high percentage of people that know about it, make it an ideal candidate for demonstrating the fact that many communications systems are really not all that ground breaking when taken out of context of them being new. Email at if you have any other examples.

It’s always amusing to run accross this while we are doing our holiday decorating.

I had to study for a month to go to a rock concert. I mean, every day before the concert, my musical selections were predetermined, all so I could feel "ready" to go to a rock concert. This is probably the antithesis of rock-n-roll.

Let me explain. My husband is very musically inclined. I like music, but not as much as he does. He prefers music so much that he won't wake up to an alarm, but he will wake up to music. He will also wake up to me yelling, but that's not very melodic. However, it is song-like, in that it has several loud choruses, spaced about 7 minutes apart.

So, when the husband's new favorite band The Hold Steady was coming to town, on his birthday, we made plans. The plans included lining up Grandma for overnight babysitting, and booking the "Romance Package" at a local resort. So I had a quite a bit invested in the evening. I figured I'd better enjoy the music as well. So to do that, I had to listen to it. A lot.

My husband aided and abetted this effort by giving me an iPod Nano for Mother's Day. (We have a three-year-old son, so big ticket purchases are rare. Except if it is for him.) "You've needed an iPod for a while," he said. By chance (not), the first download included two Hold Steady albums.

So that's what I listened to, every day. In the car, Hold Steady. Doctor's waiting room, Hold Steady. At work, Hold Steady. At first my response was, "This is very loud and I don't understand the words." (Yes, I'm one of those type of music listeners.)

After looking up the words, I started to appreciate the songs. At first, I thought it was odd, since the band are guys in their 30s, singing about kids in their teens getting high and trying to deal with the Catholic version of God in Minneapolis.

Then I started to feel the common elements. I've been a teenager, I've been in my 30s. I grew up Catholic in the Midwest, and some of my family lives in Minneapolis, so I'm familiar with many of the local place references. I haven't ever gotten high, though. But I have gotten drunk. I can also appreciate a good turn of phrase, such as, "Shoes and socks, baby, socks and shoes. We spent the night last night in Newport News."

The night of the show arrives. We get to the hotel and drink the cheap champaign we get as part of the "Romance Package". We also enjoy the very large "executive" suite, complete with huge conference table. We were upgraded, since it is the dead of summer in Phoenix, and not much is happening in town. The hotel is literally 1 mile from our house, and I chose it because I wanted the fun to start as soon as possible when we left our driveway.

I just got this in email from a friend of mine.

"Please accept, with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion and/or choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country, nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes. By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or reissuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher."

I found it quite humorous. I hope you do as well.

Merry Christmas, and God Bless Us Everyone!

Larry

I just got this in email from one of my uncles. It's quite amusing so I'm passing it on to you all.

Not many people know that Tiger Woods owns a yacht.

Ever since the golfer Greg Norman got his big yacht, people around the world have marveled at how big it is.

Well, Tiger Woods earned a lot more money playing golf than Greg Norman, and he invested it in all the right places so he too could have a yacht.

Recently, Tiger withdrew some of his money and bought a yacht. He had it decked out to his specifications, with all the things he wanted on a yacht. He secretly did all of this until the yacht was ready to set sail.

A photographer on assignment to photograph sea turtles happened upon the yacht during it's initial shakedown cruise, and got the very first photo of Tiger Woods yacht.

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So Dilbert.org has a very funny post about justifying ones own beliefs.

It's funny in sort of a "look everyone is full of it except you kind of way". Yet it pokes fun at you too, when you aren't looking.

Everyone believes in something. It's the justification for your personal belief that's being explored here. So what do I believe?

I believe in one God... well that's a prayer, and a belief statement but what's asked is why I believe in one particular God when so many believe in another. Or, more specifically why I believe in one God, this particular way. For a good piece about what I believe read this. I have some shadings of belief that diverge slightly from that. But on every major point that's what I believe.

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DONALD RUMSFELD ORDERS BREAKFAST AT DENNY?S

by FRANK GANNON



Quite humorous. You will laugh.

Something like this happens to me at least once a week, but I have never heard it put so eloquently.

"In fact I have several."

indeed.



So does this make it gross to lick your fingers when you have a knife and fork but arent' using them at the moment. I wish I had a napkin.. in fact...

Black People Love Us.



Nice job to Mighty Girl for finding and posting this.

Perfect for your bachelor party needs. My brother Ted sent this out and it's a real gem. He got it from a friend of his.



Enjoy!

This is funny but a little scary. Thanks to Eric for sending it over!