Happy New Year
Hauoli Makahiki Hou! May your 2004 be better than your 2003; if your 2003 was super, then be grateful and wish it well as it goes noisily off into the past.
Archive of entries posted on December 2003
Birthdaze
Happy Birthday, Jen! She’s celebrating one of those thirtyish ones, so go over and wish her many happy returns.
Christmas dinner delayed
Since I infected my Mom with my cold, we didn’t have our traditional roast beast dinner at my sister’s house till last night. We took our new DVD of Seabiscuit over there and watched it while gorging on prime rib, mashed potatoes, spinach, and Yorkshire pudding. The movie was good after it got started, but …
Gadgetry
This is the RF Modulator I picked up to connect the new DVD player to the old Magnavox TV. You’ll have to connect the cable company’s input cable to ANT-IN and a new separate cable to TV-OUT on the modulator. If you purchase one of these, be sure you get a short coaxial cable to …
Leftovers
Will no one rid me of this troublesome beast? (Apologies to Henry II, if he never said it.)
Thanks, Santa, but…
The old catch-phrase was “batteries not included,” right? The new one ought to be “unconnectible without yet another space-hogging box for the TV stand.” We have three televisions in this house. One is in the family room, one in the kitchen, and one in my bedroom. My sister and her husband bought us identical DVD …
Of course there’s a Santa Claus
Note: This entry was originally published December 24, 2002. The photo is an addition, as is the final paragraph. From the Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897 We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of …
‘Tis the season…
Right click and take this little wreath. Link back to the site you took it from. Leave a message in the comments if you do it – I’d like to see where it goes! Let’s celebrate the holidays around the web! I got mine from Neenie Claws.
More Lists
Courtesy of Jon’s Link of the Day, here’s the most impressive compilation of year-in-review lists I’ve seen so far. From press stories to film, music to books, advertising to style, this one has it all. Better yet, he takes submissions for categories not yet listed.
Lists (not Liszt)
‘Tis the season for year-end lists, so here’s one from American Medical News. Did you know that 18,000 doctors are also pilots? Or that the biggest US health problems are related to eating, drinking and smoking? Or that only two states have laws requiring doctors to write legible prescriptions? It’s all here. Then there’s the …