Guess what Garrett wants for Christmas ?

Christmas Card 2005...work in process

It's not easy getting that one special picture.

Live...from Augusta

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- In this town, window shopping is attracting a lot more guys than usual.

mission accomplished

Well thanks to mass media, merchandising and marketing bombardment this is the first year that i actually fealt kind of guilty for NOT doing any holiday shopping this weekend.

Scarborough Unicyclers on Macy's Parade

"Thousands of acts apply to perform each year, and Macy's officials say only 10 performing groups and 10 marching bands are chosen.

The size, skill and height of the unicyclists is what made their audition tape stand out. They rise above the marching bands and clowns, said Orlando Veras, spokesman for Macy's."

WWDD ??

What would dad do?

So after my truck was overflowing with leaves, I broke down and bought 2 paks of leave bags at ACE Hardware. $2.99 for a pak of 5. I filled them up last weekend and have been tormenting myself all week about them getting wet in the rain and how i was going to be able to save them to use next year, where I'd store them, how small i could fold them, etc etc etc. Surely i should be able to use these bags more than once !!

all the way to the dump this morning i'm strugling to justify throwing away $5.98 with my leaves (that I'm not even composting...but thats a whole nother rant) and what would my dad say ?

I decided on the way over that they were going to get tossed and I was going to not think about it any more. I'll buy new bags next year if i need to.

So i jump up on the truck and immediately start emptying the bags out, inspecting them as "not that bad" just a little wet and rationailze that i'll only keep 5 bags, hang them out to dry during the day, and fold them up,

At the end of the day, i just couldn't bring myself to actually throw away "perfectly good " trash bags. Thanks a lot dad...and grampa too for that matter !!! :-) Some things you just can't "unlearn"

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The Center for Disease Control has released a list of
symptoms of bird flu. If you experience any of the
following, please seek medical treatment immediately:

1. High fever
2. Congestion
3. Nausea
4. Fatigue
5. Aching in the joints
6. An irresistible urge to sh!t on someone's windshield

$2.07 in The 207

Paid $2.07 for gas yesterday at Sam's. The closest its been to $2.00 in a long time

my head hurts

Stupid daylight savings time! I whacked my head on the stairs under my deck last night...it was 5pm and pitch dark. It still hurts

The flip side is that it’s 60 degrees and sunny today.

And, I just saved 15% on my car insurance. :-)

Born to Run turns 30

(AP) Bruce Springsteen is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the "Born to Run" album, which landed him simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek, with a special box set this fall.

Edmund Fitzgerald...30 years ago

At exactly 7:10 pm, 30 years ago Thursday, the captain of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald radioed in on Lake Superior, "We're holding our own." Five minutes later, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared from radar, going down in both the big lake and in history.

My office

This is where the magic happens...or so I tell myself. What do you think ? - TK

Are you ready for some football ??!!

Alan and I were...too bad the Patriots weren't. We had a good time, but the D just couldn't stop (or even slow down) the Colts this time. It was bound to happen eventually. Bring on the AFC East !!

Snow...snow on the mountain

Say no to pears

A pot belly increases the risk of a heart attack -- even if the rest of the physique is as skinny as a beanpole.

Oh...

John the Conqueror was supposed to be an African-American prince who was sold as a slave in the Americas. Despite his enslavement, his spirit was never broken and he survived in folklore as a sort of a trickster figure, because of the tricks he played to evade his masters.

John the Conquerer Root ?

Hoochie Coochie Man
by Willie Dixon

Gypsy woman told my mother 'fore I was born,
You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun.
Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout,
And then the world gonna know what this all about.

But you know I'm here.
Everybody knows I'm here.
Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man.
Everybody knows I'm here.

I got the black cat bone and I got a mojo, too.
I got the John the Conquerer Root, gonna mess with you.
I'm gonna make you girls lead me by my hand,
And then the world will know the hoochie coochie man.

Chorus

On the seventh hour, on the seventh day,
On the seventh month, seven doctors say,
"He was born for good luck, that you'll see."
I got seven hundred dollars; don't you mess with me!

Red Snapper's and Whoopie....oh my!

By Colleen Stone -MaineToday.com

There's a reason I hadn't eaten a red hot dog before. Actually, two:

Audrey and Alan go apple picking

Aren't they cute ! Thanks for the picture Audrey ;-)