CHRISTMAS IS COMING

And no gift says "Peace On Earth" like this gift.

(Thanks to Claire Martin)

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[Jeff Meyerson]

I HATE PYPETAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wolfie]

Today is world vegan day.

Save a cow, eat a vegan.

*orders slabO'cow for lunch*

[Marie in Kourou]

Wurmy, did anyone vote for Perot? That's the best Halloween costume I've heard of, by the way. I wish I had been that clever as a child.

Thanks for the ghost stories link, Jeff. I'll go look at it once I'm done reading the news.

This morning we stopped by the house of the family who have a little boy (4 years old, I think) who has a Cochlear implant. We stayed for about an hour, talking about hearing impairments, deafness, hearing-aids and Cochlears, etc. I think the parents were very relieved to speak to someone who knows about hearing impairments first-hand.

Their two kids are adorable, by the way - half Indian (mom) and half white. Gorgeous children. The older brother takes good care of the deaf one, even putting on his Cochlear implant and signing to him. Unfortunately, the little one doesn't sign much yet, and the parents are very worried about school. He looks very alert and smart to me, though. I hope school won't be as hard on him as I think.

[The Cloaked One]

*uses super monkey strength to bust outta Czech jail*

*is quite irritated at sore butt*

*hitches a ride back to the MOAT to look for humor*

[insomniac]

authorities are searching Natural Selection foods for the source of the e. coli infestation , or, as one scientist put it "the origin of the feces".

[rita]

*snork* at insom

Ahhhh, the good ol' days!

[Jeff Meyerson]

I already posted once and it disappeared, hence the above remark. What I said was:

But one thing very cool: once I go on the WCRE site I can go offline without losing the signal, so I am listening to Cheraw from Brooklyn directly via Media Player!

[Leetie]

Major snork @ Insom.

[Jeff Meyerson]

As for creative costumes, Higgy posted this on Punky's blog:

Oooh, I forgot - once, I went as Dr Jekyll AND Mr Hyde. Split down the middle - shaved off 1/2 my beard, sawed a pair of glasses in half and rubber-cemented them onto my face, painted the non-beard side of my face green and wild-spiked my hair on that side. Half my outfit was a shirt and tie, the other half was ragged t-shirt and torn shorts. Depending if you looked from my left or right, you either saw a professional looking guy (w/ beard and glasses) or a green freaky monster. Was kinda cool.

[The Cloaked One]

*glazes over*

[Kafaleni]

yes.. between Leetie, Insom & KFed's reviews, I'm having a snork-tastic morning! All that and it's only just started... so it can only get better, right?

Who noticed that along with Mr Britney's album, you can get the former Mr Britney's new album. I don't like Timberlake much, but of the two of them, one can sing and isn't revolting, so if I had to pick...

Did I really see the Cloaked One in daytime? Fer crying out loud, you must be roasting in that cloak! Strip off! This is the Moat, or the Smith, or the meeting-place for the wingnuts that are holding the universe together. Or somewhere.

I was the guarantor for my brother D's car loan. He paid it off about a month ago (well,switched to a bank rather than a finance company and no longer needs me..) and I got a letter yesterday to tell me that I have to stop my bank payments to (name of company). I've never given them a cent. I hope D has stopped his payments, too.

*hums along with WCRE* I have Foxy Tunes as part of Firefox, and I can close the WMP window and play the radio anyway.. it plays through a little control panel in the bottom bar of the browser. It still uses WMP (or one of about 6 other players), but doesn't take up a window.

[slyeyes]

*gives insom gold star*

[Kibby F5™]

YEA JEFF!

[Susan]

I really wanted to play the long long version of this song....

But I didn't have my iPod set up.

I am running sooooo behind today.

Nothing new there...had the county council meeting.

Bleh.

[Eleanor]

Walking in Memphis - YAY!

I have the live version of this, where the crowd all says Yes, I am tonight!

Great tune.
Cher does it too, you know. :)

*ducks*

[Susan]

I got to see him in concert a couple years ago.

Very very good show.

[Eleanor]

Paging Dr. Mrs. Mad, paging Dr. Mrs. Mad...

If you're around, please check your e-mail...
Thank you.

[Kafaleni]

It's our song! *Sniff*
I am such a dork. Also, one day, I'm going to request something different... LOL

[Eleanor]

KOKOMO!!!!

Catchy tune! Not as bad as I remembered!!!

But then I'm in a really good mood this morning - yay me, yay Susan, yay MOAT/Smith!

[Kibby F5™]

.... cautously reposts....

Meat Loaf was in Europe earlier this year - ENGLAND!

bummer, kibby wanted to see him in concert.

*wonders what will happen this time when he hits post*

[Susan]

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*runs screaming*

No no no!!!

Not the BMI logging!!!!!!!

I really hate the BMI stuff.

*looks at calendar*

Let's see. November 12-14 is....Sunday thru Tuesday.

Ick. The Sunday morning crew will like that...they'll have to list whatever music they play. For most of the day I can just print the computer log...then hand log the lunch hours.

Blerg.

Yes, I know it is to figure royalty payments.

It's still a pain in the hindparts.

[Leetie]

Stale peanut butter tastes REALLY BAD! :(

[rita]

OH--I keep forgetting to say that we had Nutella in Italy and Germany along with breakfast. It was wonderful, so we brought some home.

[Leetie]

I guess 2003 is a little old for Peanut Butter huh?

[rita]

Yes, but not for a good white wine.

[Susan]

*giggle*

I had just bitten into a Reece's Peanut Butter cup when I read your peanut butter comment Leetie.

*snork*

Yes, peanut butter will eventually go bad...

[Leetie]

I wonder how old my jar of Nutella is...

[DDi]

Ick, sorry Leets.

And, along the lines of peanut butter, do not attempt mixing low fat PB with karo. They don't make the same goo that regular PB and karo does/do.

[Kafaleni]

Peanuts eventually go stale and dusty, too. Bummer.

2003, however? Yeah it just could have might have gone off a little.

[Mad Scientist Weasel]

DDI- seems kind of pointless to mix lowfat peanutbutter with Karo- I mean I guess there isn't a lot of fat in Karo, but certainly enough sugar to kill you! IF you are going to eat bad then just eat bad. It is like going to Cold St0ne and ordering fatfree/sugarfree yogurt with twix, brownies, and snickers mixed in.

[DDi]

Believe me Mad, it was not intentional. B grew up eating the concoction and wanted some the other night. All I had in the pantry was a jar of the low-fat stuff, little did I know that the entire consistency would be messed up due to the lack of fat content. When he added the karo and started stirring, the stuff turned into cement. It looked like a big monkey doot!

Hey, speaking of monkey doots...

Where'd the cloaked one run off to? Yooohooooo!

*leaves bowl of peanut butter out as gesture of friendship*

[slyeyes]

File this under "Hazards of Turbo-Skimming"

Someone had stale peanut butter and wine for lunch?

[rita]

Not me.

*hides remains of picnic*

[Jeff Meyerson]

All this time PypeTad has stopped me at "Post a comment" so I could read comments but that's it.

I hope it won't do it again.

What I was going to say way up there (12:30 or so) was that Lonestar did a version of "Walking in Memphis" that sounds VERY like the Marc Cohn version, down to a virtually identical arrangement.

I've never heard the Cher version, but I'd think it is well within her vocal range.

By the way: weather update. This is the third gorgeous day in a row. Monday was 60, Halloween was 68 and today is certainly in the mid-60s. Also, the weekend winds finally left us so the last two days have been really pleasant.

/end weather

[Eleanor]

I'm on hold with Culligan and their music is interfering with the very cool music that WCRE is playing today.

Now they're trying to get me to buy water-

got a person, live, then she put me on hold again - sheesh.

And they're not even playing Fernando...:(

[rita]

HA! I finally managed to write Spider Solitaire to a cd so I can have it with me always my precioussss hahahahahahahaha

[rita]

Well, notsogood. The one on the cd doesn't work properly, but I was able to copy THAT one to the hard drive.

Perserverance is the key.

[Kibby F5™]

Just got off a video connection with F2. She got "loads" of candy!

She's a happy girl.

Daddy's happy too.

[Kibby F5™]

*sees that rita's having a productive day*

*and using those big words again*

*like hahahahahahahaha*

[rita]

Awwwww, you're so lucky to be able to see her, Kibby. Doesn't it just make you want to hug her? I've got to get my video connections with my grandkids going.

And yes, I'm very proud of myself for finally figuring out how to get solitaire from my backup drive back to the laptop. It may disappear again as it has twice in the last few weeks, but I will hunt it down and find it and

*is dragged off kicking and screaming*

[Mad Scientist Weasel]

Ok DDi then you are forgiven. :-)

I bet our dog would have eaten the resulting concoction. He loves anything peanutbutter. And he eats cat doots so I'm certain he would love monkey doot peanutbutter

[rita]

Zippy thinks that the litter box is his personal treat box.

[rita]

"Doggie Doots": GNFA dog treat?

[Mr.Fisher]

Although, they were none too happy........

I made out ok for Halloween.

I miss you wild and cuhrazy kids!!

*poof*

[Eleanor]

Who could not love
The Donald?

Key quote: "You don't need a permit to put up the American flag," Trump said Tuesday. "The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country."

[Eleanor]

You're gonna go to Hell, Mr. Fisher!

*snork*

[Mr.Fisher]

damnit! i don;t have time to fix that .......

please continue to hold, your business is very important to us, to expedite your call, please have your account number ready, this message is being recorded for quality purpose

i'll try and fling boogers at you all this again evening.....

[DDi]

FISH!!

Get thee fins back here right now Mister and tell us whats new in your aquatic life!

More to the point, we just want to see your fins again...

*giggles*

[Marie in Kourou]

Zippy thinks that the litter box is his personal treat box.

*gag* and was he named after Zippy, the Emergency Backup Dog?

If you wonder if your jar of Nutella is past its expiration date, then you are not eating it often enough. (At least in Europe, it is very often slathered on bread/toast/croissants/whatever every morning, especially if the household includes children.)

I can eat peanut butter (the chunky kind), but without as much enthusiasm as most Americans.

Kibby, what did little F2 dress up as for Halloween?

[Leetie]

Most generalizations always are totally almost true.

[Eleanor]

Yes. You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time.....etc. :)

[slyeyes]

For some reason, I tend to be fooled by all of the people most of the time.

[slyeyes]

Generally speaking.

[Eleanor]

I like my peanut butter like I like my men - smoooooooooooth. Generally speaking. Sometimes a little rough is OK.

[Eleanor's Man]

*furiously scribbling notes*

[slyeyes]

Americans like smooth and/or chunky peanut butter. Unless they are allergic.

Then they die.

Generally speaking.

[KDF]

*generally *snork*ing*

[Sarah J]

*does a happy "YAY! for me!! I fixed the router problem and have wireless again and don't have to stay connected to the wall with the three foot cord that didn't reach to my desk so my computer's been on an ironing board in front of the closet for the past week" dance*

*collapses*

[Jeff Meyerson]

This is only the second time that PypeTad has let me publish comments. The same problem mentioned before keeps happening again and again.

D@amn you, PypeTad!!!

The problem is, I don't know what I want to say and I'm afraid once I post I won't get another chance.

Anyway, YES to peanut butter, preferably crunchy but smooth will do in a pinch. This goes back to childhood. My brother and I rarely agreed on anything and peanut butter was no exception. He liked it smooth and I liked it crunchy. Still do.

Have never had nutella or marmite or vegemite. Have no desire to do so either, but if given the option I'm sure I'd try them.

Kathy, before you throw the remainder of the candy haul out I suggest you take a picture or two for your blog. Maybe for another lesson you could have the kids sort the booty by brand.

[MrFisher]

Me too Sarah!!!

I am ON LINE at home.

*sniff sniff*

This smells like trouble...........

I can't see the pics I posted earlier, but obviously El could, anyone else? I mean really, it's pretty black and white. ;)

(i shall return, my gramps fell and broke his hip, he's in town and at a hospital only a few blocks away, going to see if his humour bone is still intact, not that i have any doubts, just sayin)

[MrFisher]

oh, well, i mean except for the whole ironing board thing.

I don't own one. It's against my religion.

I just have Susan iron my undies for me.

[Eleanor]

**snork* at black and white**

psssst Mad, hint, hint...

[Wurm42]

Crunchy peanut butter is The Best Thing Ever.

Well, except for Nutella.

[Mad Scientist Weasel]

ummm what are you hinting at? is there some team colour or something

[Leetie]

You might not want to miss this. Coming up on the Lifetime Real Women Channel is "Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber."

*cackle*

[wolfie]

Jeff ~ I think I like your brother. Can I have him?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Leetie - luv that cackle.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Wolfie, he's all yours. He's got his drawbacks (as do we all) but I think you'd get a kick out of him for the most part.

Wurm, like the apples & oranges thing.

Fish, NO on the pictures here.

Pam Dawber's a real woman? Who knew?

[wolfie]

WooHoo! Just box him up and send him over. You might want to tell him you just gave him away first or he will fight you when you break out the big box with the air holes init.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Top 10 Lesbi@n VAmpire Flicks.

Interesting that 6 of the 10 are from 1970-71.

[Susan]

Fisher...you weren't supposed to tell anyone about me ironing your undies...now they'll ALL want me to iron theirs.

*sob* I thought I was special.

*giggles a bit*

[Eleanor]

Susan! You iron his undies too??

How many of us are there?

*takes Fish's undies out of folded pile and tears them into shreds*

[Cap'n Mike "Bobby Skullcrack" Weasel]

El the eagle has landed
-mad in weasel clothing

[Eleanor]

Roger, Mad.
10-4.
Over and out.

[MrFisher]

Weasel? Wrum?! Doeth mine eyes deceiveth thine sockets?

apparently so, El's shredding my underwear!

(Jeff - 10 4 good buddy, although I just realized, the pics are all saved on my work computer, so I'll have to try again manana.)

gramps is ok, no surgery, but the hip is broken, he will most likely get to go home tomorrow, with help of course.

i'm making chili. without peanut butter.

[MrFisher]

ok, El, WTFBBQ just happened there, did we get we sucked into a Smokey and the Bandit wormhole or what?

*has a Field of dreams*

[Annie Where-but-here]

MrFisher - perhaps a bit too much starch in Gramps boxers? That'll break a hip every time....so I've heard.....er, El told me....yup.
The worst part is, and I'd hate to be the one to tell Gramps, but....no s3x for an entire week.

[slyeyes]

*wraps up in black and white fleece blanket due to being chilly*

*has no peanut butter*

*and nuts, no nutella, either*

*pops popcorn*

[Eleanor]

*wishes she knew what Fish was talking about so she could respond in a clever and witty manner*

Will you share your popcorn, sly? :)

[MrFisher]

Funny you say that Annie (I enjoy reading you btw)- cuz boy has there been some odd things let out of the closet while he's been medicated.

such as - we all got to meet a daughter (my aunt) that no one knew about.

Surprise!

[Eleanor]

Did she squeeze your face between her hands and give you a big smackeroo??? ;)

[slyeyes]

I think I have a recipe somewhere for peanut butter smackeroos. Of course, it's best if made with younger than three year old peanut butter.

And no white wine.

Nor nutella.

[MrFisher]

sly- nor nutella or mine?

ok, i'm cashed, catch you cats with a croissant.......

[neophyte mbe lp]

Oddly enough, Cats on Croissants is really another word for a turkey sammich. ;)

[Blogchik]

I have written a paragraph! Huzzah! :)

Amazing, the power of chocolate cream liqueur. Too bad it's not chocolate hazelnut cream liqueur, but hey.

[neophyte mbe lp]

That would be nutella cream liqueur. Everybody loves nutella.

[Kafaleni]

Um.. I may be nobody.. or somebody.. or anybody. I don't care one way or the other for Nutella. Therefore I can't be everybody.

I like Sanitarium SuperCrunchy PB. It's better because the peanut chunks are bigger. It's a progressive thing.. the bigger the chunks, the better the nut butter. Of course peanut butter goes better with red wine than with white. It's just one of those things.

Tonight's dinner.. spaghetti bolognese, salad with spinach greens, parmesan, carrot strips and bell peppers.

Mr Fishair.. I could see the photos.. all I did was highlight the site address in the address bar, and it came up straight away. You may be going to hell, but you probably won't be going alone..

Am I the only one with an earwig of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars"?

[Kibby F5™]

MiK, she went as a witch, a GOOD witch.

I'd hoped she'd go as a scarey one... I've got photos coming. Anything good I'll post.

*has a nutella for ya waiting for shippment*

[Marie in Kourou]

Looks like things got interesting here after I left. Shredded undies in peanut butter?

No need to send me Nutella, Kibby. Giant Frog makes sure we never run out. *rolls eyes*

[Jeff Meyerson]

G'morning, Kaf & Kibby.

The front came through around 4:00 am, woke me up with wind and just a little rain. Much cooler now.

We have our concert tonight - Mr. Meat Loaf. I hope Jackie (who rested on the couch all day yesterday) feels better by then.

Kibby, if you check the "Tour" section you'll see he already has concerts scheduled for next May in England and Ireland.

I like Sanitarium SuperCrunchy PB. It's better because the peanut chunks are bigger.

Sanitarium? Nuts?

Somehow that does not seem PC enough for the US market, Kaf.

The guys picking up the garbage this morning seem to be having a contest over who can make the most noise.

"AM I GOING THAT WAY? WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING?"

Hey, some of us are trying to SLEEP here, OK?

Too late for me.

The MOAT calendar informs me this is Deviled Egg Day.

I wonder how they would go with nutella...or vegemite.

[Jeff Meyerson]

It took me FOUR DIFFERENT TRIES to get that through. PypeTad really does hate me. The other three got eaten but I had copied this one so was able to retry it.

Then it went back to yesterday's thing - stopping at "Post a comment" but going no further.

And it "forgot" my personal info.

So if I'm not around much today, you know who to blame.

[slyeyes]

Deviled Egg Day two days after Halloween?

Coincidence????????

I think not.

[rita]

You know, I've had nutella just a couple of times since we got home. I LOVED it in Europe, but then there were fresh croissants, and it's so much better on fresh ones.

Have fun tonight, Jeff. My sister (the one with hubby with prostate cancer)(by the way, she appreciated the suggestions but didn't use any of them)(she's afraid they'd remove more than the prostate, ifyouknowwhatImean) really wants to go to a Bare Naked Ladies concert this weekend but feels guilty since Scott is having surgery next Monday.

Scott called Betty and told her to PLEASE take Joan away this weekend.

She hasn't gotten tickets as of yesterday. I won't go to the concert, but I'll go along for the weekend if they go. I think it's at the Patriot Center (hi, Leetie!).

[Jeff Meyerson]

Viggo Mortensen’s Unusual Role: Indie Publishing Mogul.

Very interesting guy.

[wolfie]

Thumper? Have you been wandering around nekkid again?

[Leetie]

Rita, the Pat.Center is right up the block. You are very welcome (and encouraged) to hang out here while they are at the show! Do you still have my number?

[Leetie]

Mr. Fisher: congrats on the new aunt! So why was she hidden for so long? We need to know this!

[rita]

Cool, Leetie! I think I have your number. My phone's not on right now and I'm too lazy to turn it on and wait and wait and....by now I'd have it.

I'll let you know if we end up there this weekend. It's way past time for a Sisters' Weekend.

I'm not gonna pay big bucks to see someone I'm not familiar with. I'm sure I've heard BNL at some point (Letterman many years ago), but I can't place them, and I'm too lazy (again) to google them.

What adult beverage should I bring, Leetie?

[Kibby F5™]

Jeff, that's the problem. He needs to get across the Channel!

Maybe I could plan a trip to Ireland to see F2 and get the concert in????

...hum

[Leetie]

Bring nothing. We always have plenty of margarita fixings and beer. And wine. I think we're pretty much covered! ;)