Haunted…Unpacked a Little
A couple of days before Christmas, I dropped this little post about the “Christmas Ghosts” into this space. I mentioned a “Christmas Ghost” that Mr. Dickens didn’t know about…The Ghost of Christmas-That-Never-Is-What-You-Think-It-Will-Be. The night I wrote that, I didn’t feel much like saying any more about it. So, here we are, two weeks after the fact, and here’s what I meant…

First, it ought to be a law that any school personnel only get one week off for Christmas…um, I mean…winter break! That’s about the maximum amount of time she can stand it! We all seem to do a lot better when we have our “regular” routines.

Second, there’s really nothing like using your “Christmas money” to catch up on normal, run-of-the-mill expenses. That kind of stinks!

Third, it ought to be another law that teenagers have the Christmas spirit at Christmas at least. The “one-week” law (see above) ought to apply to them as well.

It just seems that we get all worked up preparing for Christmas, or some idealized version of it, and then the reality sets in, and it’s a letdown by the time it actually gets here.

Oh,well, I guess we’re just disgustingly normal, huh?

By the way, the saddest place/time in the world? Wal-Mart’s Christmas section, December 27. The second saddest? Starbucks, without the eggnog lattè or the Christmas decorations, etc., January 5.

Haunted…Unpacked a Little

A couple of days before Christmas, I dropped this little post about the “Christmas Ghosts” into this space. I mentioned a “Christmas Ghost” that Mr. Dickens didn’t know about…The Ghost of Christmas-That-Never-Is-What-You-Think-It-Will-Be. The night I wrote that, I didn’t feel much like saying any more about it. So, here we are, two weeks after the fact, and here’s what I meant…

First, it ought to be a law that any school personnel only get one week off for Christmas…um, I mean…winter break! That’s about the maximum amount of time she can stand it! We all seem to do a lot better when we have our “regular” routines.

Second, there’s really nothing like using your “Christmas money” to catch up on normal, run-of-the-mill expenses. That kind of stinks!

Third, it ought to be another law that teenagers have the Christmas spirit at Christmas at least. The “one-week” law (see above) ought to apply to them as well.

It just seems that we get all worked up preparing for Christmas, or some idealized version of it, and then the reality sets in, and it’s a letdown by the time it actually gets here.

Oh,well, I guess we’re just disgustingly normal, huh?

By the way, the saddest place/time in the world? Wal-Mart’s Christmas section, December 27. The second saddest? Starbucks, without the eggnog lattè or the Christmas decorations, etc., January 5.

Just Don’t Try to Crash Into “The Man!”
From Wired News…
Virtual Burning Man.

Powered by Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. Cool. I guess…

Just Don’t Try to Crash Into “The Man!”

From Wired News…

Virtual Burning Man.

Powered by Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. Cool. I guess…

Oh, Yeah!
I used the rest of my Barnes & Noble gift card tonight! I actually remembered to take my list! And right at the top of the list was the Three Mo’ Tenors CD! Man, these guys are pretty awesome! I saw ’em last year during one of the fund-raisers for our local PBS station here in Atlanta. Right now, they’re doing a great rendition of “Were You There?”

All I can say is, “WOW!”

Oh, Yeah!

I used the rest of my Barnes & Noble gift card tonight! I actually remembered to take my list! And right at the top of the list was the Three Mo’ Tenors CD! Man, these guys are pretty awesome! I saw ’em last year during one of the fund-raisers for our local PBS station here in Atlanta. Right now, they’re doing a great rendition of “Were You There?”

All I can say is, “WOW!”

Charlie Hall in the CD Player Tonight…
“Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from the deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter the stars shine; let me find thy light in my darkness, thy life in my death, thy joy in my sorrow, thy grace in my sin, thy riches in my poverty, thy glory in my valley.”

(from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions, Arthur Bennett, editor, 1975)

Charlie Hall in the CD Player Tonight…

“Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from the deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter the stars shine; let me find thy light in my darkness, thy life in my death, thy joy in my sorrow, thy grace in my sin, thy riches in my poverty, thy glory in my valley.”

(from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions, Arthur Bennett, editor, 1975)

OK…Almost Back to “Normal” After Christmas…
Tonight I went to our friendly local Barnes & Noble to spend a little Christmas gift card! I had a long list of books and CD’s from my Amazon.com Wish List that I was going to use as a “guide” to spending the gift card.

Well, as it turned out, I forgot to take my list, and the ones I could remember weren’t there, so I ended up picking up The Michael Feinstein Anthology.

Yeah, yeah, so I know all about him.

But the man can sing the American standards, and this collection is pretty awesome! Right now, he’s doing a super rendition of Gershwin’s “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” you know the one…

The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no, they can’t take that away from me

The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me

Ah, Gershwin! Very cool!

OK…Almost Back to “Normal” After Christmas…

Tonight I went to our friendly local Barnes & Noble to spend a little Christmas gift card! I had a long list of books and CD’s from my Amazon.com Wish List that I was going to use as a “guide” to spending the gift card.

Well, as it turned out, I forgot to take my list, and the ones I could remember weren’t there, so I ended up picking up The Michael Feinstein Anthology.

Yeah, yeah, so I know all about him.

But the man can sing the American standards, and this collection is pretty awesome! Right now, he’s doing a super rendition of Gershwin’s “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” you know the one…

The way you wear your hat

The way you sip your tea

The memory of all that

No, no, they can’t take that away from me

The way you hold your knife

The way we danced till three

The way you changed my life

No, no, they can’t take that away from me

No, they can’t take that away from me

Ah, Gershwin! Very cool!