We're going "home" this weekend, to visit the parents and bro and sister in law and nephew.
We had last visited about a year ago. We haven't gotten back often enough.
My little nephew is just over a year old now, so this should be fun.
On another subject, do you like Disneyland as much as I do? If so, go to Visions Fantastic, a great web site with wonderful photography (very suitable for wallpaper), and "radio" that plays sounds and music from the park. A lot of fun, go visit!
-Zube.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
What'd you get for Christmas?
I got the flu.
Well, I guess I got that AFTER Christmas. I was in bad shape for a couple days, feverish and headachy and unable to sleep. It was awful.
I had to call in sick for 2 days. I always feel bad about that, especially when it happens at the beginning or end of the week. I always think it looks like I'm trying to weasel out a couple extra days off.
But I'm back now, and just have the vestiges (cough, etc.).
For Christmas, my REAL gifts included Season One of The Rockford Files (I always loved that series), a Disney Treasures DVD ("Disney Rarities") and a Brian Setzer Christmas DVD (great show). I didn't get any Christmas CDs this time, but that's largely because I was buying so many, my wife wasn't sure what I had and what I didn't have. Some day soon, I'll give the rundown of this year's acquisitions. I'm somewhere around 380 Christmas CDs now.
I also made a CD for people I work with. I chose about 25 great songs, a lot of not-typical tunes. No Bing Crosby "White Christmas," but no "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," either. I chose things I thought my friends wouldn't have. Sample: "Christmas Island," by Leon Redbone; "A Party For Santa Claus," by Lord Douglas Nelson; "Sock It To Me Santa," by Marshall Crenshaw, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," by Lou Rawls and Dianne Reeves.
I got a lot of positive feedback for that CD. I may have started a new tradition!
Anyway, hope your Christmas was great, and Happy New Year!
-Zube.
Well, I guess I got that AFTER Christmas. I was in bad shape for a couple days, feverish and headachy and unable to sleep. It was awful.
I had to call in sick for 2 days. I always feel bad about that, especially when it happens at the beginning or end of the week. I always think it looks like I'm trying to weasel out a couple extra days off.
But I'm back now, and just have the vestiges (cough, etc.).
For Christmas, my REAL gifts included Season One of The Rockford Files (I always loved that series), a Disney Treasures DVD ("Disney Rarities") and a Brian Setzer Christmas DVD (great show). I didn't get any Christmas CDs this time, but that's largely because I was buying so many, my wife wasn't sure what I had and what I didn't have. Some day soon, I'll give the rundown of this year's acquisitions. I'm somewhere around 380 Christmas CDs now.
I also made a CD for people I work with. I chose about 25 great songs, a lot of not-typical tunes. No Bing Crosby "White Christmas," but no "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," either. I chose things I thought my friends wouldn't have. Sample: "Christmas Island," by Leon Redbone; "A Party For Santa Claus," by Lord Douglas Nelson; "Sock It To Me Santa," by Marshall Crenshaw, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," by Lou Rawls and Dianne Reeves.
I got a lot of positive feedback for that CD. I may have started a new tradition!
Anyway, hope your Christmas was great, and Happy New Year!
-Zube.
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