Here’s a little Christmas Eve virtuosity, as Keith Jarrett redefines the 1936 Isham Jones standard “There Is No Greater Love,” in another amazing track from the sadly out of print DVD Solo Tribute: The 100th Performance in Japan.
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:30:44pm |
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:32:12pm |
Jarrett certainly takes that old tune for a new ride. Impressive.
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:35:17pm |
Backgrounder for the original:
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:41:27pm |
Wow. Just beautiful. I love watching him play. His whole body is involved.
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:47:00pm |
And now for something completely different. No, not the larch, but silent monks singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:51:44pm |
Struck my fancy tonight... Santana instrumental
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Killgore Trout Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:52:59pm |
re: #5 Irenicum
And now for something completely different. No, not the larch, but silent monks singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
[Video]
Awesome!
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:57:17pm |
re: #8 Killgore Trout
I got it as an email forward, and usually I just dump them. I'm glad I didn't dump this one. I laughed my skinny white ass off watching it!
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:58:36pm |
re: #9 MandyManners
Santa's in Machu Picchu.
Ahah! Now we know why all those strange carvings were made in the grounds centuries ago - Santa used to summer down there!
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Dec 24, 2009 7:59:18pm |
re: #9 MandyManners
Santa's in Machu Picchu.
Tough flying there. You have to go nap-of-the-earth amid high mountains.
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ryannon Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:00:19pm |
re: #9 MandyManners
Santa's in Machu Picchu.
A helicopter crew finally got him unstuck.
He's really making up for lost time.
By the way, he left me a lump of coal in my Christmas stocking.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:03:24pm |
Something I'm really excited about next year is my band opening for The Holmes Brothers in February.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:03:41pm |
People have been emailing about the anti-idiotarian award, but I still haven't decided if I'll replace the Fiskie with a new award or just drop it.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:05:10pm |
re: #16 Charles
People have been emailing about the anti-idiotarian award, but I still haven't decided if I'll replace the Fiskie with a new award or just drop it.
I'd say come up with a new award, but keep said award out to stupidity of all stripes, right and left.
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:06:53pm |
re: #16 Charles
Could there be a contest for the most outrageous Nontroversy of the year?
Don't know what you could name such a thing...
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Charles Johnson Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:08:06pm |
re: #18 freetoken
Could there be a contest for the most outrageous Nontroversy of the year?
Don't know what you could name such a thing...
Hmmm.
"The Outrageous Outrage of the Year," perhaps?
There are a LOT of candidates for that one.
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Sharmuta Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:08:22pm |
re: #16 Charles
People have been emailing about the anti-idiotarian award, but I still haven't decided if I'll replace the Fiskie with a new award or just drop it.
I was hoping to nominate Beck for the Fiskie.
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:08:53pm |
How about this for a name for a nontroversy award:
"The Shrieky"
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:09:27pm |
re: #21 freetoken
How about this for a name for a nontroversy award:
"The Shrieky"
"The Harpy Awards!"
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:10:02pm |
Merry Christmas my scaly friends.
The kids are in bed, Santa has made his delivery, and I'm about to pop my first beer. How is everyone this fine evening?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:12:24pm |
re: #23 NJDhockeyfan
I'm doing great! See my comment 15.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:13:06pm |
re: #23 NJDhockeyfan
Merry Christmas my scaly friends.
The kids are in bed, Santa has made his delivery, and I'm about to pop my first beer. How is everyone this fine evening?
Sleepy. I draining slog of a day, but I got the sales I needed, and was able to stem a crisis with customer and leave him happy with my store. I've still got to wrap some presents, but I've done my shopping. Life is good tonight.
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:14:41pm |
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Sharmuta Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:15:07pm |
Outrageous outrages made fade, but I fear idiotarians will always be with us.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:15:34pm |
re: #15 Mad Al-Jaffee
Something I'm really excited about next year is my band opening for The Holmes Brothers in February.
Congratulations! I hope that gig leads to bigger things.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:19:20pm |
re: #29 NJDhockeyfan
Thanks. So far all of our accomplishments haven't led to big things but we're taking small steps up. I joined the band four years ago and things have gotten progressively better all the time. Our third cd will be out soon and we'll start working on the fourth one next year.
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:21:49pm |
re: #7 Rightwingconspirator
Like that second band a lot. Great stage presence too. Do they have a non-myspace web presence anywhere?
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:22:36pm |
re: #5 Irenicum
And now for something completely different. No, not the larch, but silent monks singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
[Video]
And on that note...good night all!
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:23:49pm |
re: #23 NJDhockeyfan
I'm a little bummed, since my fiancee is back in the Midwest visiting her relatives-- money was too tight for me to go with her. But I have a nice bottle of Talisker 10 year, and that's helping me cheer up.
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:24:07pm |
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:24:47pm |
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:28:46pm |
re: #15 Mad Al-Jaffee
Link to your band?
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:28:57pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Merry Christmas, my friend.
May you enjoy the beauty of the season, tomorrow!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:29:51pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:30:09pm |
re: #30 Mad Al-Jaffee
Thanks. So far all of our accomplishments haven't led to big things but we're taking small steps up. I joined the band four years ago and things have gotten progressively better all the time. Our third cd will be out soon and we'll start working on the fourth one next year.
Keep it up. When I moved to Virginia the DMB was just a popular local band. One day they are playing at a bar, a few months later they are holding Grammys in their hands.
Anything is possible.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:30:56pm |
re: #37 Floral Giraffe
Merry Christmas, my friend.
May you enjoy the beauty of the season, tomorrow!
I will. Make sure you do the same. A person as good as you deserves a Merry Christmas.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:32:57pm |
re: #38 Mad Al-Jaffee
Thanks. I'll check it out Please let me know if you play in the LA area...
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:33:11pm |
re: #40 Dark_Falcon
Hee Hee, you don't know me.
I can be pretty well...
Sorry, Charles, doesn't go with Keith....
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Sharmuta Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:33:46pm |
I was envisioning Beck and Palin going head to head, running neck and neck for Idiotarian of the year. I thought for sure Beck would be the solid run-away winner this year, but Palin's put in an incredible late year rally that is impressive, you betcha. She might just be dumber than Beck!
Seems sad we might not have such a battle at LGF this year... :(
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:34:26pm |
re: #42 Floral Giraffe
I wish I had more than one upding to give!
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:36:27pm |
re: #42 Floral Giraffe
Outstanding! I saw him at Red Rocks in 82'.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:37:34pm |
re: #39 NJDhockeyfan
Keep it up. When I moved to Virginia the DMB was just a popular local band. One day they are playing at a bar, a few months later they are holding Grammys in their hands.
Anything is possible.
Thanks! Our bandleader has wanted to play blues for a living since he first started (several decades ago.) He's been patient and determined about it and now he has the band he's always wanted. When he's ready to retire from his day job and go on the road, I'll be there with him. This is the most talented and professional band I've ever been with.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:38:12pm |
re: #46 Mad Al-Jaffee
Sounds like a good plan!
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:39:10pm |
re: #46 Mad Al-Jaffee
I'm reading Innocent When You Dream, a collection of interviews with Tom Waits, and the ones for the early years-- man, that guy paid his dues. Tour after tour with audiences saying, "Who the hell is this guy and what is this bizarre crap he's playing?"
And now, of course, he's a legend.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:40:07pm |
re: #41 Rightwingconspirator
Thanks. I'll check it out Please let me know if you play in the LA area...
We're mostly in the DC/Baltimore area (and some more of the mid-Atlantic region) now, but we're trying to branch out. I'd love to play in LA. My step brother played there this summer and had a great time.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:42:41pm |
re: #48 Obdicut
I've heard that Waits hated This is Spinal Tap because so many scenes in it reminded him of horrible tours he had.
Frank's Wild Years is one of my all time favorite albums. And The Holmes Brothers do the most amazing cover of "Train Song" I've ever heard. Hope they do it when we open for them.
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:42:56pm |
re: #38 Mad Al-Jaffee
Just bookmarked your page. Sweet sound! Have you guys cut any CDs? If so, there are several good radio blues shows that might play your stuff.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:43:11pm |
I'm fading, so I'm going to sign off for the night. Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:45:05pm |
re: #50 Mad Al-Jaffee
Nifty. Well, I highly recommend the book; I'm a huge Waits fan and I thought I'd scoured the internet for interviews with him, but this book has lots of stuff I'd never heard of.
Have you seen this awesome interview? (Note: Yeah, it's a comedy show, they're not seriously like that.)
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Kewalo Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:46:10pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:46:39pm |
re: #51 Irenicum
Just bookmarked your page. Sweet sound! Have you guys cut any CDs? If so, there are several good radio blues shows that might play your stuff.
Thanks!
We have two cds out now and a third one coming out soon. I'm only on two tracks on the second one (Blues Evolution.)
We're on XM/Sirius and we have airplay all over the world on blues radio shows. If you have some leads, email me or get in touch with the band through the website.
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:46:40pm |
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Charles Johnson Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:48:29pm |
re: #43 Sharmuta
I was envisioning Beck and Palin going head to head, running neck and neck for Idiotarian of the year. I thought for sure Beck would be the solid run-away winner this year, but Palin's put in an incredible late year rally that is impressive, you betcha. She might just be dumber than Beck!
Seems sad we might not have such a battle at LGF this year... :(
It still might happen. I haven't decided on anything yet.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:48:30pm |
re: #54 Obdicut
I should read the book. I'll try to watch that interview clip tonight. I'm Jewish, so Santa won't punish me if I stay up all night. :)
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:48:40pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:49:53pm |
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Kewalo Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:49:59pm |
Merry Christmas to everyone.
This blog has been a wonderful present to me. Thanks all...
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:50:04pm |
re: #56 Mad Al-Jaffee
Cool. I just signed up with the website. the show I was thinking of in particular is one based in Grand Rapids, Mich. on WGVU. They have a good blues show every Fri. and Sat. night starting at 10pm. I'll see if I can find a link.
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:51:02pm |
re: #62 Kewalo
Ditto. It's been too much fun to get to know everyone here.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:51:21pm |
Wow.
Even on Christmas Eve, I'm getting vicious hate mail.
Just received from a creep in Brooklyn (who was not banned for "criticizing Sarah Palin," but for spewing hatred and insults in a now-deleted comment):
How dare you still keep never forget and your slideshows available on your sidebar. remove them. You have become a disgrace to the memory of my family and friends killed on 9-11. you banned me for criticizing Sarah Palin and yet you slam her and her absurd views I questioned from day one. Your site has become a literal oxymoron. Fitting for the moron you have become. How much longer before you are a shill for Hamas and Hezbollah? BTW where is the jihadist catching the football? sold out to sell Obama ad space. You f..ing coward. You will get what is coming to you, you really have become a shameless money whore. More money= less integrity.
Happy holidays!
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:51:33pm |
Off to eat and spend time with the fam.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all that jazz everyone!
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:52:35pm |
I became friends with this band in the 80s when I lived in Connecticut. They were a 7 piece band back then. I saw them play in an empty room one time. Now their band is much bigger and they are hugely popular in the tri-state area today.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:52:35pm |
re: #63 Irenicum
Cool. I just signed up with the website. the show I was thinking of in particular is one based in Grand Rapids, Mich. on WGVU. They have a good blues show every Fri. and Sat. night starting at 10pm. I'll see if I can find a link.
Cool. The more we can get out there the better.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:53:37pm |
re: #58 Charles
I think the Idiotarian of the year is still a good concept and Beck or Palin are certainly worthy of the title. However I wouldn't mind giving it a rest this year since we're all getting accustomed to the new political landscape.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:55:07pm |
re: #65 Charles
SIGH.
Teh stupid, it hurts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you & your friends & family!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:55:32pm |
re: #54 Obdicut
I haven't watched all of this yet, but it's awesome. Martin Mull and Fred Willard! Have you ever seen Fishing With John?
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:58:17pm |
re: #72 Mad Al-Jaffee
I haven't watched all of this yet, but it's awesome. Martin Mull and Fred Willard! Have you ever seen Fishing With John?
Yes, all of them. The one ice-fishing with Dafoe was my favorite, when Dafoe kept creepily asking if the could zip the sleeping bags together.
Waits was friends with Mull before that interview, by the way, so Mull knew exactly what was going to go down.
I love Fred Willard, too. Such a great subversive actor.
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:58:27pm |
re: #43 Sharmuta
I was envisioning Beck and Palin going head to head, running neck and neck for Idiotarian of the year.
In bed.
ZOMG... I need brain cleanse to get that image out of my head.
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Ojoe Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:58:57pm |
I pass this on. Merry Christmas Lizards:
• • • • • • • •
A Different Christmas Poem:
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
• • • • • • •
PLEASE, Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S.service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselve s for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30t h Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum , Iraq .
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:58:59pm |
re: #70 Bagua
I take it you play harp.
Yeah, but not the kind that Harpo Marx played. :) More like Little Walter and Paul Butterfield.
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 8:59:36pm |
re: #72 Mad Al-Jaffee
Oh, and this is really special:
Johnny Cash covering Tom Waits.
Anyone who likes either of them, watch this amazing performance.
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Ojoe Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:03:40pm |
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:03:53pm |
Hey it's officially Christmas in my time zone! Merry Christmas all!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:04:44pm |
re: #79 Obdicut
It's one of my favorite Cash songs. I'm not sure if it's actually a cover - I think Waits wrote it and Cash recorded it. I'm not religious, but songs of faith like this one tear me up and give me faith in humanity.
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:04:57pm |
re: #78 Mad Al-Jaffee
Yeah, but not the kind that Harpo Marx played. :) More like Little Walter and Paul Butterfield.
Same here. I've heard a bunch of clips on your website, the harp is good stuff.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:07:07pm |
re: #86 HoosierHoops
Dear Santa:
I can explain...
My wife put a bag of candy shaped like coal in the kid's stockings.
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Racer X Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:08:16pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:08:21pm |
re: #85 Bagua
Same here. I've heard a bunch of clips on your website, the harp is good stuff.
Thanks, but most of it isn't me. It was recorded before I joined the band. Hopefully I'll have some more on there soon.
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Locker Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:08:23pm |
I love Beverly Hills Chihuahua. This has got to be the 4th time I've watched it.
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:08:50pm |
re: #83 Mad Al-Jaffee
Yeah, and Waits said that Cash's signing of it was just the way it was supposed to be.
I'm not religious, but songs of faith like this one tear me up and give me faith in humanity.
I'm an atheist, but as Don Cupitt once said, I have a religious attitude towards life. If I had a song that exemplified my feelings, it'd be Wait's Cold, Cold Ground.
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:08:57pm |
re: #79 Obdicut
Ah man, you're really hitting my heart strings with this. Cash has been my man since I was a little kid. We listened to him religiously throughout my childhood. A good part of who I am was shaped by him. His brokenness spoke so clearly that I knew he was saying something true. Whenever I listen to him I hear my story.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:09:38pm |
re: #31 Obdicut
Hi
Thanks! I am a huge fan.
This band is on Itunes. 2 albums. Crossed Keys, and they just released a new album. Lots of acoustic to get out of Jaime's way vocal wise. Firecracker on stage, quiet and smart off stage. I photograph them as often as I can-Hard Rock Hollywood and The Key Club.
If you like B&W
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:09:57pm |
re: #82 Irenicum
Hey it's officially Christmas in my time zone! Merry Christmas all!
Merry Christmas to you!
And best wishes for a joyous New Year!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:10:51pm |
re: #79 Obdicut
Here is a beautiful but short (and poorly filmed) Cash cover from the same album. I want to marry this girl.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:11:01pm |
re: #87 NJDhockeyfan
My wife put a bag of candy shaped like coal in the kid's stockings.
Will they know what it is?
That's great!
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:11:38pm |
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Digital Display Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:11:41pm |
re: #90 Locker
I love Beverly Hills Chihuahua. This has got to be the 4th time I've watched it.
I have one..Completely spoiled...
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Charles Johnson Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:12:49pm |
Stalkers are chatting here, if anyone's interested:
[Link: table9chat.com...]
This link just showed up in our referrers.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:12:57pm |
Charles,
I am really impressed with how well the page works on the new Ipod touch. Quite a nice way to take in Keith Jarret. Nicely done.
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Locker Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:13:36pm |
re: #98 HoosierHoops
I have one..Completely spoiled...
Ahahah. We have a Papillon. He's asleep between my feet right now. Oh and his name is Lt. Jim "Dangle". Love me some Reno 911.
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:13:44pm |
re: #89 Mad Al-Jaffee
Thanks, but most of it isn't me. It was recorded before I joined the band. Hopefully I'll have some more on there soon.
Cool, I'll reserve judgement then : )
Good group. A couple licks remind me of Hubert Sumlin. Bit of funk and jazz as well.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:14:27pm |
re: #99 Charles
Stalkers are chatting here, if anyone's interested:
[Link: table9chat.com...]
This link just showed up in our referrers.
No thanks. I don't want to read that garbage on Christmas.
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:14:44pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:16:09pm |
re: #89 Mad Al-Jaffee
Your band sounds great. Bluesville on XM radio would probably play your band's music if they haven't already.
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:16:29pm |
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:16:48pm |
re: #93 Rightwingconspirator
Your friend reminds me of one of my favorite female vocalists, Joyo Velarde.
And here's her with DJ Shadow, in a nice, crunchy, smiling song that's a lot lighter than a lot of Shadow's stuff.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:16:52pm |
re: #99 Charles
Not playing nice over there are they?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:17:09pm |
re: #91 Obdicut
It's a beautiful song. But on Frank's Wild Years, I think Innocent When you Dream and Train Song are move moving. I really wish I could find a clip of the Holmes Brothers doing Train Song. Imagine three amazing soul/r&b/gospel voices harmonizing on that song with just a piano backing them. Goosebumps.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:18:19pm |
re: #99 Charles
Mumbling like troglodytes, more like it.
Peeked. MEH?
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:19:07pm |
re: #108 Obdicut
Favorited for later, I am syncing the Ipod, and my sound card is dead on this tower. Glad you like her & Crossed Keys. I will certainly be at the next show.
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:19:53pm |
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:23:01pm |
re: #110 Mad Al-Jaffee
Thanks for that other Holmes Brothers link; it's really a perfect rendition.
This is another perfectly heartbreaking Wait's song:
Waltzing Matilda
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:23:42pm |
re: #102 Bagua
Cool, I'll reserve judgement then : )
Good group. A couple licks remind me of Hubert Sumlin. Bit of funk and jazz as well.
If you see us live I'll be playing all of the harp parts.
We really mix it up. We do lots of originals and traditional blues, plus all kinds of rock and roots music. We even do a Doobie Brothers song.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:25:30pm |
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:26:34pm |
re: #114 Obdicut
Wow weird over there huh?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:26:44pm |
re: #106 NJDhockeyfan
Your band sounds great. Bluesville on XM radio would probably play your band's music if they haven't already.
Thanks!
We've been on Bluesville for a few years. They have been really good to us.
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Obdicut Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:27:25pm |
re: #118 Rightwingconspirator
Seriously. I couldn't deal. I can't spend Christmas Eve watching a bunch of stalkers be weird. Instead, I'm going to go upstairs and feed my neighbors cats.
Have a good one, everybody.
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Sharmuta Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:28:32pm |
re: #69 Killgore Trout
I think the Idiotarian of the year is still a good concept and Beck or Palin are certainly worthy of the title. However I wouldn't mind giving it a rest this year since we're all getting accustomed to the new political landscape.
I decided to not post what I was going to say.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:28:42pm |
What's with all the jolly, jolly... ?
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Racer X Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:29:05pm |
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:29:15pm |
re: #120 Obdicut
Seriously. I couldn't deal. I can't spend Christmas Eve watching a bunch of stalkers be weird. Instead, I'm going to go upstairs and feed my neighbors cats.
Have a good one, everybody.
Have a good one Obdicut.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:31:08pm |
re: #122 Walter L. Newton
Merry Christmas, Walter!
And a joyous New Year!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:31:39pm |
re: #116 Bagua
Any plans to play in Houston?
Not anytime soon, but I would love to! Austin too (great music town.)
My father's from Oklahoma and I haven't been to that part of the county in way too long.
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:31:49pm |
re: #119 Mad Al-Jaffee
Thanks!
We've been on Bluesville for a few years. They have been really good to us.
Have you done an in-studio recording with them?
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:31:55pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:33:36pm |
It's 10 degrees going down to -4... cuddle weather.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:33:55pm |
Killgore, the economist magazine has a nifty 3 page article on violin construction, players & values this week. You might enjoy it.
Read at a newsstand or at economist dot com free for 14 days....
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:34:20pm |
re: #99 Charles
Okay I had my peek. Ugly stuff, especially considering its Christmas eve. I saw enough.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:34:39pm |
re: #129 Walter L. Newton
Lemme go check the temp...
F'ing cold. I can do that for you!
52 here in LaLa Land....
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Randall Gross Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:35:37pm |
Christmas update: The kids all decided to overnight since the snow's so deep already, so Santa had to go on a massive emergency seek and secure mission to gather all the stocking stuffers out of various rooms while Mrs. Claus raided his drawers for sweats and tee shirts for the kids to sleep in...
Now Santa's bed is covered in stocking stuffers, and it looks like a long time before he gets to sleep
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:37:01pm |
re: #127 NJDhockeyfan
Have you done an in-studio recording with them?
Not yet, but I hope we will. I've been good friends with their main dj/programmer for a long time (since before he was hired by XM), and he has been a big supporter of the band since we started. I'm sure it will happen one of these days.
And thanks for asking me about that - it's something else I should talk to Big Daddy about the next time we chat.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:37:11pm |
re: #134 Thanos
Some liquid refreshments will help....
LOL!
What fun!
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Racer X Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:37:51pm |
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:38:01pm |
re: #130 Walter L. Newton
White Christmas weather. Nice if you have a fireplace and a hot rum...
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Irenicum Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:38:12pm |
Well kids, I gotta get up and drive a shit load of miles tomorrow. Y'all have a wonderful Christmas!
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Randall Gross Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:38:19pm |
re: #136 Floral Giraffe
Some liquid refreshments will help...
LOL!
What fun!
That they do but now Son #2 is also drinking my cognac like it's cheap vodka...ah well.. :)
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:38:36pm |
re: #133 Floral Giraffe
F'ing cold. I can do that for you!
52 here in LaLa Land...
Mild there... as I said above 10 now, going down to -4, they even said some possible flurries tomorrow. Probably wrap around from the storm we had Tues./Wed that left 5 inches up here. Same storm has become a blizzard for the mid-west plains.
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:38:57pm |
re: #139 Irenicum
Well kids, I gotta get up and drive a shit load of miles tomorrow. Y'all have a wonderful Christmas!
You too Irenicum.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:40:56pm |
re: #140 Thanos
First rule of family visits....
Hide the GOOD booze!
;)
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:40:56pm |
re: #138 Rightwingconspirator
White Christmas weather. Nice if you have a fireplace and a hot rum...
We had 5 inches Tues/Wed., may get some wrap around from the same storm tomorrow in the form or flurries.
We have pellet stove in the fireplace, and another one downstairs for the kid critters, I have a electric space heater under this table with me blowing up my crotch and the girlfriend and I have a full bed electric blanket.
Our bed it the favorite spot for the dogs and cats. Warm.
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:41:11pm |
The Kid changed his mind and now says he really does believe in Santa. This is a good thing or else the reindeer wouldn't have fresh oats and carrots to eat nor would Santa have had three cookies and a glass of milk. Santa likes cookies.
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:41:40pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:42:15pm |
re: #146 MandyManners
Blessings to you & your family & especially the kid, on this wonderful Christmas, Mandy.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:42:35pm |
Itunes question...
Can I get a song out so I can put it in a slide-show with Picasa or Adobe Premiere?
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:43:09pm |
re: #146 MandyManners
Do you have to eat the oats & carrots too?
LOL!
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:43:39pm |
re: #146 MandyManners
The Kid changed his mind and now says he really does believe in Santa. This is a good thing or else the reindeer wouldn't have fresh oats and carrots to eat nor would Santa have had three cookies and a glass of milk. Santa likes cookies.
Oh, buy the way, Merry Christmas to you and all your family. I got your back... all the time.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:43:52pm |
re: #147 Gus 802
Whoops aimed at 139 Irencium...
PIMF
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:44:00pm |
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shai_au Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:44:11pm |
It's the 25th here in Australia, so I guess I'll start!
Merry Festivus, everyone! You've all disappointed me greatly this year!
:)
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:44:47pm |
re: #150 Floral Giraffe
Do you have to eat the oats & carrots too?
LOL!
They provide lots of fiber, which essential during this time.
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:44:49pm |
re: #146 MandyManners
The Kid changed his mind and now says he really does believe in Santa. This is a good thing or else the reindeer wouldn't have fresh oats and carrots to eat nor would Santa have had three cookies and a glass of milk. Santa likes cookies.
Don't believe him, he's conning you for the presents.
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:45:17pm |
re: #154 shai_au
It's the 25th here in Australia, so I guess I'll start!
Merry Festivus, everyone! You've all disappointed me greatly this year!
:)
Is it time for the airing of grievances?
/
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:46:25pm |
re: #154 shai_au
It's the 25th here in Australia, so I guess I'll start!
Merry Festivus, everyone! You've all disappointed me greatly this year!
:)
I started earlier on Facebook by wishing all of my friends and family in Denmark "God Jul."
So now we can get on to the feats of strength.
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:46:45pm |
re: #150 Floral Giraffe
Do you have to eat the oats & carrots too?
LOL!
Nah. I scattered about half a cup of oats on the ground and grated some of the carrot and put the rest of each down the disposer. I even moved the kindling about a bit and moved the grate away from the hearth. Right now I'm working on Santa's thank you letter--block letters with a bit of soot smudged on the paper. I love this stuff!
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shai_au Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:46:59pm |
re: #157 Gus 802
No, I already did that. We should be getting onto the wrestling now.
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:47:25pm |
re: #151 Walter L. Newton
*smooch*
Same to you and yours, Walter!
I hope your birthday was fantastic!
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:47:58pm |
re: #156 Bagua
Don't believe him, he's conning you for the presents.
You wanna' see a grown woman cry?
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:49:40pm |
re: #162 MandyManners
You wanna' see a grown woman cry?
Nope, I want to wish a grown woman Merry Christmas!
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Racer X Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:49:53pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:49:56pm |
re: #161 MandyManners
*smooch*
Same to you and yours, Walter!
I hope your birthday was fantastic!
Yes it was... I got PORK for supper. My girlfriend's deceased husband was Jewish and there wasn't much pork eating in the family, so she doesn't think about buying it.
She asked me what I wanted as a special birthday supper and I said PORK, greasy, fatty, moist PORK.
I got a nice pork roll for supper.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:50:29pm |
re: #159 MandyManners
You're REALLY good at it, which shows that you love it.
So, what's the kid's favorite present going to be tomorrow?????
We'd like an update, once his vote is in!
Merry Christmas, Mandy!
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:51:06pm |
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:51:29pm |
re: #165 Walter L. Newton
Yes it was... I got PORK for supper. My girlfriend's deceased husband was Jewish and there wasn't much pork eating in the family, so she doesn't think about buying it.
She asked me what I wanted as a special birthday supper and I said PORK, greasy, fatty, moist PORK.
I got a nice pork roll for supper.
Nummy.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:51:36pm |
I don't want to make any one depressed tonight, but since we were earlier talking about the Holmes Brothers I have to post this clip from Joan Osborne, who sometimes sings with them. Enjoy:
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:52:02pm |
re: #166 Floral Giraffe
You're REALLY good at it, which shows that you love it.
So, what's the kid's favorite present going to be tomorrow???
We'd like an update, once his vote is in!Merry Christmas, Mandy!
Merry Christmas, Giraffe!
I think it'll be the Wii.
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Sharmuta Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:53:05pm |
I already got my gifts from two friends who are very near and dear to me. Not sure if I'll get anything tomorrow- I don't ask for presents anymore, because the best Christmas gift is God's love for me, so kind of hard to top...
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Digital Display Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:53:06pm |
Merry Christmas to all you good lizards...
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:53:06pm |
(repost from earlier today, sort of has a personal message from me)
Another Festivus story...
You know, I did it my way. I think the old-fashioned term was the "school of hard knocks." Two days after I got out of high school in 1970, I started work as a office boy. An office boy, with all the image that the title carries with it, at Beneficial Finance headquarters. Get the company president his favorite cigars, hand run 3-4 million dollar checks into NYC to personally deposit, the whole office boy nine yards, like you've seen in the old movies.
I was in credit/finance for 7 years and then, after moving from the east coast to Texas, the State of Texas apprenticed me to a company to learn how to design printed circuit boards. While at that company, I had access to mainframe computers and the first thing called a PC. I self-taught myself to program that mainframe and PC.
And from there I went on to a career as a computer programmer, working full time, paying all my bills, AAA+ credit, a few marriages... the whole shooting match.
And during all those years I supplemented my career with my second love, entertainment. Working part time in live theatre, as a magician, a clown, played keyboards for 12 years straight with numerous "bar bands" on many weekends and writing some plays and having them published. A vocation and a advocation, good for the head and good for the soul.
Things changed five years ago, was laid off, a divorce and I had to take off and on contract programming work, still supplementing some of my salary with entertainment gigs, especially live theatre, and finally two years ago, I went on salary part time at a theatre, from 82 thousand a year to under 15 grand. But I was happy to be doing what I needed to do. I had been working off and on with this theatre for 10 years and they were family to me.
In Sept. 2009 the theatre cut my small salary by 55 percent, and I started to actively seek ANY sort of employment, since that was not enough money to even take care of my downsized life style.
Finally after 5 years of part time work, today I was offered and I accepted a full time retail job, at almost twice what I now make at the theatre, with full benefits after 30 days. A Christmas present to me?
Sort of. I had to resign from the theatre, resign from working with a group of people that I dearly love, and the theatre was the last "vestige" of what my life was over the past 20 years. This was a final break with a past that has now vanished.
I met a wonderful woman almost a year ago. I have a wonderful new family now, a new job, new adventures and the get up and go to go ahead and start again, a new game with new players.
But I have to be honest and say I feel numb right now, sort of hovering between two places. I've been here before, between the old and the new, the stogy familiar and the enticing unknown but it's never easy, is it?
Merry Christmas.
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Racer X Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:53:12pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:54:23pm |
re: #171 MandyManners
Merry Christmas, Giraffe!
I think it'll be the Wii.
My kids are getting a Wii too! I won't see TV for a while.
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Mich-again Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:55:30pm |
Merry Christmas to Charles and all of Lizard Nation and especially to all of the fine Americans in the armed forces who are away from their loved ones this Holiday season. Peace be with all of you.
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:55:53pm |
re: #176 NJDhockeyfan
My kids are getting a Wii too! I won't see TV for a while.
We have four sets so I'm safe.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:57:27pm |
re: #174 Walter L. Newton
(repost from earlier today, sort of has a personal message from me)
Another Festivus story...
You know, I did it my way. I think the old-fashioned term was the "school of hard knocks." Two days after I got out of high school in 1970, I started work as a office boy. An office boy, with all the image that the title carries with it, at Beneficial Finance headquarters. Get the company president his favorite cigars, hand run 3-4 million dollar checks into NYC to personally deposit, the whole office boy nine yards, like you've seen in the old movies.
I was in credit/finance for 7 years and then, after moving from the east coast to Texas, the State of Texas apprenticed me to a company to learn how to design printed circuit boards. While at that company, I had access to mainframe computers and the first thing called a PC. I self-taught myself to program that mainframe and PC.
And from there I went on to a career as a computer programmer, working full time, paying all my bills, AAA+ credit, a few marriages... the whole shooting match.
And during all those years I supplemented my career with my second love, entertainment. Working part time in live theatre, as a magician, a clown, played keyboards for 12 years straight with numerous "bar bands" on many weekends and writing some plays and having them published. A vocation and a advocation, good for the head and good for the soul.
Things changed five years ago, was laid off, a divorce and I had to take off and on contract programming work, still supplementing some of my salary with entertainment gigs, especially live theatre, and finally two years ago, I went on salary part time at a theatre, from 82 thousand a year to under 15 grand. But I was happy to be doing what I needed to do. I had been working off and on with this theatre for 10 years and they were family to me.
In Sept. 2009 the theatre cut my small salary by 55 percent, and I started to actively seek ANY sort of employment, since that was not enough money to even take care of my downsized life style.
Finally after 5 years of part time work, today I was offered and I accepted a full time retail job, at almost twice what I now make at the theatre, with full benefits after 30 days. A Christmas present to me?
Sort of. I had to resign from the theatre, resign from working with a group of people that I dearly love, and the theatre was the last "vestige" of what my life was over the past 20 years. This was a final break with a past that has now vanished.
I met a wonderful woman almost a year ago. I have a wonderful new family now, a new job, new adventures and the get up and go to go ahead and start again, a new game with new players.
But I have to be honest and say I feel numb right now, sort of hovering between two places. I've been here before, between the old and the new, the stogy familiar and the enticing unknown but it's never easy, is it?
Merry Christmas.
That's kinda cool Walter!. Retail is a lot of fun, really and, in a way, you get to act --leave your personal hat at the door and don the company hat as you walk in. There is alot of theatre in retail --staging the merchanise, etc. You'll do well.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:57:51pm |
re: #180 Bagua
Ghetto Santa Christmas Rap
I was looking at your avatar. Which Dharma Station did you work in?
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Digital Display Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:57:58pm |
“To all our men and women in uniform spending the holidays far from home—whether it’s at a base here in the states, a mess hall in Iraq or a remote outpost in Afghanistan, know that you are in our thoughts and our prayers,” President Obama said. “And this holiday season—and every holiday season—know that we are doing everything in our power to make sure you can succeed in your missions and come home safe to your families.”
Amen Mr. Pesident
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 9:58:52pm |
re: #182 Walter L. Newton
Neither, the reference in to the original.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:00:39pm |
Signing off for the night, Lizards!
Weet dreams--sugar plum fairies and all that.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:01:27pm |
Thanks to all the kind Lizards, who have allowed me to vicariously share in their Christmas this year. It's appreciated!
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:01:30pm |
re: #185 ggt
Signing off for the night, Lizards!
Weet dreams--sugar plum fairies and all that.
Night.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:02:41pm |
re: #184 Bagua
Neither, the reference in to the original.
And you recognized my reference... you a fan?
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Bagua Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:04:45pm |
re: #188 Walter L. Newton
Funny you should ask, I have season 5 disc one for tonight's viewing.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:05:14pm |
re: #177 MandyManners
We have a "Candy Cane Lane" near here. They do this, with set hours. Personally, I wouldn't live there, but I guess, you know the score if you buy a house on Candy Cane Lane!
My nieces & nephew call me "the Grinch" since when we drive by one of those decorated houses, I always say "hey look! He works for the electric company!"
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Racer X Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:06:46pm |
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Mich-again Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:09:32pm |
My mom is always the toughest person to find just the right gift for. She already has everything she needs or wants so you have to think outside the box to come up with something good. So this year we made a Scrabble board with all 18 grandkids' names glued in place around the board like it was a real game and mounted the board on a nice frame. (not so easy to figure out how to arrange all the names) Had to go on eBay and buy 4 sets of letters to get enough "J"'s. It turned out really nice. Even managed to sneak in GRANDMAS PUZZLE on the bottom row. Ha. Every year its kind of a competition with the 7 kids to see who will get her the thing she likes the most. I think my wife and I have a chance at it this year.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:11:43pm |
re: #193 Mich-again
That is VERY clever of you.
I'm SURE she loves that everyone makes an effort to please her.
And, everyone wins.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:12:47pm |
re: #189 Bagua
Funny you should ask, I have season 5 disc one for tonight's viewing.
Hurry, watch them all, you have until...
Season 6 premieres February 2nd, 2010 at 9/8c
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Randall Gross Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:14:22pm |
Time for me to get some sleeps, merry christmas to all lizards, you are each wonderful in your own way, even those of you I occasionally butt heads with because I'm a butthead. Sleep well and enjoy the season.
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Sharmuta Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:15:45pm |
13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:18:04pm |
It's time for me to get to bed. Merry Christmas to most of you. I would wish Happy Hanukkah to my fellow Jewish lizards, but that is over (I think.)
So happy holidays everyone, this year has been great. I'll save my post about how nice it has been talking to all of you this year until next week (but not on New Year's Eve since I have a gig.)
Have fun tomorrow, eat well, drink a lot (if you want to), make any kids around joyous, be good to your friends and family, go to church (if you want to), shovel snow if you have to and have a great time!
God Bless You!
And if you don't like what I'm posting, go piss up a rope!
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MandyManners Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:20:49pm |
This Santa's hitting the hay.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:21:27pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:21:47pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:22:03pm |
I'm out of here. I got a cat that wants me to get in bed so he can curl up and not be bothered.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:22:20pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:24:40pm |
One more Christmas post before I go to bed:
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Gus Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:27:56pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:28:30pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:30:12pm |
Time for bed. The kids will be up early.
Merry Christmas my friends!
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:31:20pm |
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:37:31pm |
re: #191 Floral Giraffe
We have a "Candy Cane Lane" near here. They do this, with set hours. Personally, I wouldn't live there, but I guess, you know the score if you buy a house on Candy Cane Lane!
My nieces & nephew call me "the Grinch" since when we drive by one of those decorated houses, I always say "hey look! He works for the electric company!"
This area a few blocks from where I live has become famous for having all the houses done up every year. People come from all over SD County to see them. This video doesn't really do it justice though.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:39:27pm |
re: #208 Sharmuta
It's not traditional, but I do think of this at Christmas
[Video]
There are so many great versions of that song.
Still, I think this, for me, is the most powerful.
Thank you for posting it.
It always does my heart and soul good to sing it!
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:40:33pm |
re: #215 ArchangelMichael
Yey, their Dad works for the power company!
LOL!
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:41:31pm |
re: #186 Floral Giraffe
Thanks to all the kind Lizards, who have allowed me to vicariously share in their Christmas this year. It's appreciated!
Me too. I have a very thin and spread out family. Getting together for holidays happens pretty much never now. This is also my first post-breakup-with-the-ex-fiancee Christmas and I had to work today on top of it all. So I've been trying to live vicariously through others today with limited success. I think it's finally starting to work as I don't feel like going to bed and sleeping for a week for no physical reason now.
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:44:18pm |
re: #217 Floral Giraffe
Yey, their Dad works for the power company!
LOL!
My father actually does work for the power company. I cant remember a time when I was a kid that we ever had outdoor lights at all. I know he definitely doesn't do it now. He's a total Grinch.
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:44:49pm |
re: #218 Sharmuta
It's an iconic rendition, sung by one of the few pop singers who didn't have to hide their voice behind a band.
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avanti Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:45:12pm |
Since this is the first year our son is out of the house, the wife and I are at the casino for Christmas. Just fellow agnostics, atheists, Jews and Asians mostly, but the place is far from empty. We will be back home Christmas afternoon for the family thing.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:47:00pm |
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:47:03pm |
re: #222 avanti
Since this is the first year our son is out of the house, the wife and I are at the casino for Christmas. Just fellow agnostics, atheists, Jews and Asians mostly, but the place is far from empty. We will be back home Christmas afternoon for the family thing.
Damn... thats what I should have done tonight!
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:48:33pm |
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freetoken Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:49:35pm |
re: #223 Floral Giraffe
Commie! Glenn Beck would not approve.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:51:20pm |
re: #224 ArchangelMichael
Well, there is still time!
GIT!
;)
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:52:53pm |
re: #226 freetoken
Commie! Glenn Beck would not approve.
And, to quote Martha Stewart, "that's a GOOD THING!".
LOL!
Merry Christmas to you & yours, Freetoken!
You help light up my LGF time.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 10:57:18pm |
re: #214 Racer X
Merry Christmas to you, Racer X.
I hope you have a joyous day.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 24, 2009 11:05:12pm |
Rornery & lonely.
Could get into trouble......
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ryannon Fri, Dec 25, 2009 2:02:30am |
re: #43 Sharmuta
I was envisioning Beck and Palin going head to head, running neck and neck for Idiotarian of the year. I thought for sure Beck would be the solid run-away winner this year, but Palin's put in an incredible late year rally that is impressive, you betcha. She might just be dumber than Beck!
Seems sad we might not have such a battle at LGF this year... :(
Want to get into a dumb-fight? I love them!
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ryannon Fri, Dec 25, 2009 2:24:08am |
re: #222 avanti
Since this is the first year our son is out of the house, the wife and I are at the casino for Christmas. Just fellow agnostics, atheists, Jews and Asians mostly, but the place is far from empty. We will be back home Christmas afternoon for the family thing.
Is 'casino' code for Illuminati Meeting?
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