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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Huh, I was stuck at SEATAC for many hours lst month! Could have used some excitement.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure easier and cheaper should always be the major consideration.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i hate to tell you this sea... swensen's is gone. ALL GONE. everywhere. no more sticky chewy chocolate. no more kahlua ice cream

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I know it, but.. we had it and I always got bittersweet chocolate. Not that we went that often; it was on northside and I only llived on northside one semester and even then not all that close to Swenson's.

The last four quarters I went there we lived way south on Haste and it was close to the original Giovanni's.. yummy and just a hole in the wall back then.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I got the scare of my life this morning and it's all Santa's fault, lol. Used to we'd walk in the door and he was sitting right there for us to see out of the corner of our eyes and think someone was standing there. But, this year we moved him next to the turtle tank so now when we come out of the hallway and around the corner it's the same thing in a different place.

Anyways, last night I didn't sleep worth a damn. I finally got up with Darren about 4 and after he went to work I piddled around for an hour and a half before deciding I really needed to lay down and try to sleep before the kids got up. I'd been on the couch about half an hour and was dozing, not really awake, not all the way asleep yet when Caleb startled me by putting his hand on my shoulder. My eyes flew open and I jumped up, and the first thing I saw was this guy, dressed in red and white and wearing Caleb's freaking Halloween mask standing next to the turtle tank. I literally fell off the couch and yelped. Now Caleb who was standing there watching the whole thing was dying laughing and finally managed to gasp out that Kota had been playing with Santa yesterday and dressed him up for Halloween. I don't know how the heck me and Darren missed that last night and this morning or how I missed it when I laid down on the couch to go to sleep but I did.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
War, what a shock and how wonderful for Caleb to get to see it happen!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Teach Caleb to use a camera. That pic would have been worth a bunch of money!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, he was laughing too hard to take a pic the little stinker!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
War, doesn't he realize that you are the one that tells Santa if he has been naughty or nice? lol

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
ROTFLMAO!! Good one War!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Has anyone (this is probably only something other so cal'ers will know about) been to the griffith park light display? link I've seen it on the news the past several years and I think it looks like fun. We're close, about 45 minutes away, and with the kids off school for three weeks we're trying to find things to do with them that won't cost us much money (this is free.)

What I'm wondering about is every year on the news they show long lines of cars and talking about waiting for hours on end. Is it really that long? They have a shuttle bus now that picks up people at the zoo and drives them through and I'm wondering if that might be a better option.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
We got our tree up tonight ... no decorations yet, just a cute boy and his dog!

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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OMG, how cute!!!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
War, that sounds like a great thing to do. Sorry I don't have any info for you.

Vaca, that is a beautiful tree, boy and dog but I think you should put something red in there. lol

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Adorable, Vac!

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Awww, great pic, Nic. Your darling boy is handsomer each year, I swear!

Can't wait for the dressed up version next! (Which stand did you buy?)

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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
The cutest boy and his dog!

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 1:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
supercute, vacanick!

Herckle, LOL! I love it!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 5:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Awwwww, Vac, that young man of yours is sure handsome!

Is Nick standing at an angle, or did you finally get the tree to stand up straight?

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 5:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Thanks all! I finally got the tree up with the help of my dad ... yes, I had to call in the Calvary! He ended up taking a hammer to the stand and cutting off more branches. Tonight we decorate!!

Irishtxgrl
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12-07-2005

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Irishtxgrl a private message Print Post    
Love the boy and his dog....take another after it is decorated for comparison

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
A Politically Correct Christmas Poem

'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves",
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.
Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!
The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their rooftops.
Secondhand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened.
His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened."
And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose

And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in overdue compensation.
So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.
And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific.
No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.

And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.
No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passé;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.
So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found.
Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
"May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth."

Harvey Ehrlich, 1992

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Terrific poem, Rosie!

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
http://www.castlearcana.com/christmas/tree/index.html

Very cute ... decorate your own tree!!