Never hear of that…bet it is mellow! One of those things in life where if you have to ask the price, don’t bother… 🙂 Merry Christmas.
BTW I gave my husband isotoner slippers.
Thing is, I love great whisky and sour mash but never got a taste for Scotch. To me it has all the qualities of great whisky poured through burnt dirt.
My ex-FIL was a Scotch fan, he’d sit down with a glass, sip and savor it. Every now and then when he was out of booze ordinaire he’d just put a small tin of Sterno on the table for me.
Family…sheesh.
Like anything else, It depends on a lot of things. I happen to like the one in the picture and it has the strange peat/antifreeze quality to it, but the ones common on the shelves here in the US that are listed as the top scoring are very bland or burnt dirt at worst.
I suspect it’s a lot like wine making and it depends upon where the ingredients come from as much as quantities of each.
Dh is a scotch drinker, but does not prefer single malt. Never had anything near that fancy, although his SIL had Johnie Walker Blue once. It was wasted on me.
There are five more days? The thing that concerns me about Chanukah is that I am never sure the correct spelling. Hope you are enjoying the festival of lights.
Back in Kindergarten we celebrated Christmas and Chanukah with equal enthusiasm. We had construction paper stockings that we hung by a cardboard fireplace, and we had a cellophane flame menorah that we lit every day. We sang all the songs from both holidays. Really one of the nicest teachers in my educational life…Mrs. Raskowitz. Its been over half a century and I still remember. 🙂
Merry Christmas Miss Wee and all. Apparently I pulled it off for another year. Based on the results, it appears as though I was placed on the Nice list once again. Merry Christmas y’all. 😆
Dh filled my stocking with scratch off lottery tickets. So I am buying a boat, and a Mediterranean cruise, and a new Porsche. Or not. Having a wonderful Christmas with Dh is good enough, I am lucky already.
Same idea, but this is a male cat (at least my male cat looks exactly like this), while I have a Tango Cat on the jib. Sorry, I am a techno-idiot. I am still not managing to include graphics in comments.
Merry Christmas Stella, Stellars,
While I appreciate all the gifts you all share, for me laughter is my favorite, And you all are mighty giving in this arena. Thank you all.
Yep, wishing you the Christmas Spirit throughout the year. God’s blessings to y’all!
Word out of Mosvow is that a Russian military TU-154 passenger plane that took off from Sochi andcwas bound for the Russian military vase in Latakia, Syria has crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board. Among the dead are 64 members of the Red Army Choir.
Mine is mostly classical music, best Russian orchestras and operas. I kinda have a feeling that my son would want to hold on to it, but who cares what happens when I am not here to see it!
I have to say that Russia had crappy consumer goods but great culture. I can remember being in Moscow on a blamy April day, drinking that yummy corn-based soft drink out of a dispensor with a common cup chained to it, waiting to get inside of the Bolshoi. Magnificent interior, super cavier and champagne (eh, drinkable) snack stands inside too. Seats were velvet, clean as a whistle, no gum on the floor or under the seats (possibly due to that consumer goods thing) and floors were carpeted and spotless.
We were wearing suits, typical Western bourgeoisie, but the place was largely filled with workers in work clothes.
Performance was memorable showing me there was a place for state-sponsored culture if carefully controlled.
Yeah, has more of a depth to it than digital. There are also little background recording glitches on records that the digital remastering tends to filter out.
me too…protect my players….single as well as multiple platter…but actually never use the multiple except for singles…don’t drop vinyls…..have lots of cleaner, duster, anti static tools to protect them…have some 78s from the 50s…no 45s as there was not a quality player except an insert to the hole to play on multispeed turntable…which I do have, but did not keep the 45s from my High School days…they have all been remaster for superior sound anyway.
My wife had just brought them up in conversation in the last week or two. I have seen/heard them on Russian TV morning shows singing contemporary pop via the Internet.
The Soviet Union is gone, the Cold War is over and Russia is once again Christian. Sadly these voices are forever silenced. I’m listening to their Christmas Carols in honor of their memory. As fellow Christians, we have far more in common than our leaders would have us believe.
Certainly. They scout vocal departments of provincial conservatories and offer those guys permission to reside in Moscow, plus all kinds of privileges. They get the best.
Now that you mention it I do vaguely recall it, but that was a looooonnnnng time ago.
Listening to the songs the choir sings, both in Russian and English, reminds me of the Christmas truce during World War I. Again as people, we have much in common with our Christian Traditions.
You have to listen to the Battle Hymn of the Republic song by the Red Army Choir.
Considering the bad days of the Cold War, it is truly haunting.
Yeah, last I remember was back around mid-to-late 60s. There were specific prayers to specific saints and they’d be part of mass and other services, more than one regular prayer had a plea ‘for the conversion of Russia’ tacked on.
Original plan/plea was for Russia to be converted to Catholicism but when the other shoe hit the floor it went back to Orthodox. Man proposes….
Oh yes, the old days back in Catholic School. Those nuns sure knew how to use those mental ribbed rulers!! I thought back then that the nuns lived forever, as I had a nun that taught my mom. Yep, I was in trouble from the start and it wasn’t even my fault. 😉
Ah, fried cholesterol – love it, but it doesn’t like me any more, so no gribenes! There are many klezmer groups all over the world now, even a Gypsy klezmer orchestra. https://youtu.be/LCUv9W0ViRc
(that’s a Gypsy national anthem)
My family from Galicia (also Ukraineish) had all sorts of rituals that were performed when one came across a Gypsy, and G-d forbid one should cross your path. German side had more direct rituals but they’ve been calmed down a lot.
Used to be a lot more klezmer around when I was a kid…then again there were a lot more dinosaurs around when I was a kid so I guess it all balances out.
Used to be lots more of it around back a few generations ago when the Jewish communities were more insular. As modern Western music made more inroads into the communities traditional music became more the stuff of soft science dissertations.
Had the big Christmas dinner last night so rather than graze today we devided to go back to the themed dinner. Tonite’s the Celebration of the Crustacean: shrimp covktail, shrimp pie, crawfish bread and shrimp/crawfish (bought a few too many) pierogi. Not 100% decided on the veggies yet but centerpiece will be the candles and an automated defibrillator. Between the butter, cream and whole milk we’re using cows will tremble at the mention of my name.
Memory bubble again, Vietnam, Christmas 1967. Roomie and I managed to snag a number ten can of GI dehydrated shrimp. As the water in the Lyster bag was a holiday mix – enough chlorine in it to bleach a pig – we were looking for other things to rehydrate our feast. Perhaps motivated by our general lack of culinary knowledge but more likely due to our being drunk as a lord, we used Mateus Rose.
Folks, don’t try this at home…or anywhere else for that matter. The results weren’t really as expected though liberal application of Johnny Walker red made the the meal tolerable and not unforgettable. Then, it was war…
Merry Christmas, everyone! Our big dinner was last night, and my family just left to attend my SIL’s family celebration (huge). I stayed home to rest, recuperate and eat leftovers, which is my favorite thing to do on Christmas afternoon. I’m eating some ham, along with the last of the corn pasta (big hit) and a glass of Prosecco.
Just got an email from my nephew (10 months younger than I am); he has moved to Italy, near his mother’s relatives. It is near Bari, in the heel of the boot. Don’t know what prompted his move, but I know he has dual citizenship, courtesy of his mother, and I’m sure it’s a lovely place to retire.
Dinner was delicious last night (boneless rib eye roast, a potato gratin, baby broccoli and aforementioned pasta (the kids don’t eat beef). I made a lovely berry trifle for dessert. I took pics! [ADD: We also ate about a pound of peel and eat shrimp with cocktail sauce]
Also on the food front, my SIL made rum balls (LOTS of rum), and his Grandma Tillie’s fruitcake as gifts for me and his family.
The best part, of course, is visiting with my family. Both my grandsons are as tall/taller than I am (which isn’t short). The older one is over 6′ now, and has turned into quite a nice young man. He seemed to go through his surly stage at an earlier age. He just finished finals (all A’s, we hope), and is trying to arrange a trip to Japan next year (his Senior year in HS); he has been studying Japanese in preparation.
Can someone tell me what happened to the past 20 years? My daughter and SIL will celebrate their 20th anniversary on March 21, 2017.
I hope you are all enjoying your day, wherever you are, and whatever you are doing. Love you!
Lot’s of people get nostalgic with the passing of time(read..getting older). I always just say consider the alternative. Be glad for the days that you have, be very glad.
Anyway, Dh and I are accustomed to celebrating with just the two of us. Next year he would like to spend Christmas in Charleston.
20 years ago, my youngest son was 5. The inbetween years were like a speeding freight train coming through and going past. What happened with my kids was environment, family, educational, spiritual, behavioral, cultural, and lots of love and luck. I wasn’t paying attention to politics until the last 16 years…..
Started a rib-eye roast yesterday. Dry-marinated it for an hour or so with salt, sugar, and seasonings, then frapped it about 20 minutes at 425 degrees, then dropped the oven temp to 150, sprinkled on garlic and rosemary, and it’s been cooking since. We’ll eat in about an hour, with Yorkshire pudding, spinach souffle, roast brussels sprouts, and smashed potatoes ( boiled whole, put on a baking try and squashed down about 1/3 to 1/2 thickness, then sprinkled with what strikes my fancy, maybe turmeric, oregano, smoked paprika, pepper, and mustard powder today, and olive oil, then baked about 20 minutes.)
The only thing not “from scratch” is the spinach souffle.
Led about 45 minutes of Christmas carols at a house church last night, arranged in the order that makes sense to me:
The Misery before His coming, Roman conquest and occupation being what it was:
O Come O Come Immanuel
Then He came!
Joy to the World
But where and how and what circumstances?
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Christ Child Lullabye
Silent Night
Then some excited shepherds showed up on the edge of town:
Angels We Have Heard On High
How Great Our Joy
Everyone should come!
O Come All Ye Faithful
Some wealthy came from afar
We 3 Kings
Some were of more humble means
The Little Drummer Boy
Even the animals had their say
The Friendly Beasts
You’ve seen, now go tell the world!
Go Tell It On the Mountain
My favorite telling:
Mary’s Little Boy Child, by Jester Hairston, same guy that wrote “Amen” in “Lilies of the Field”
All creation speaks, even bells
Carol of the Bells
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Merry Christmas!
Feliz Navidad
Sang in the choir at a more traditional church this morning.
Then came home and my wife, son, and I opened our gifts.
I’d really like to take a nap now, but dinner is scheduled to be in 40 minutes and I still need to do the taters and brussel sprouts and Yorkshire pudding. Did I mention I like to cook?
Forgot to mention that my 21 year old son got us an $80 bottle of wine. Momma about fainted. He just got a bonus at work, knows the principles at the company where he works part time, had a glass of their wine at the Christmas party and was impressed and asked where he could get a bottle. Great kid.
had a 80 dollar bottle of wine from my kid once. the wine was 5 bucks but after drinking it himself, the dent removal from the car fender was 75 bucks….garage door got in the way seems like.
My son has acquired the wisdom of enjoying a little bit of really good stuff, rather than over-indulging in what he now considers to be sub-standard.
It may have had something to do with a co-worker over-indulging at the Christmas party a couple of years ago, passing out in a stall in the mens room, and no one noticed, and when he woke, all was dark, everyone else gone, and he was locked into the venue for the night.
While a student at William and Mary in Colonial Williamsburg, I knew a superb musicologist at the CWFoundation named Taylor Vrooman who was quite a good musician.
He also had a wicked sense of humor.
In those days Williamsburg was sort of a scrubbed-clean Disneyland sort of place full of stiff colonial costumed actors playing its residents and our “fore fathers”, so Taylor decided to get permission for Christmas to get a group together he called “the wraggle taggle gypsies” to sing Christmas Carols throughout the town after dark during Christmas week.
And he insisted we all look disreputable as hell, with missing teeth, eyepatches, torn colonial clothing and the like, puffing on our clay pipes, in short looking like REAL colonial Virginians. Just to make things worse Taylor recruited two black road house guitarists he knew to be “slaves: ” Romulus and Remus,” who got to hang on to the booze, and act insolent. Taylor kept us fairly soused on applejack and brandy. But he insisted on great acapella singing.
We staggered through town in a cloud of pipesmoke and an alcoholic haze, but the music was GREAT. The tourists loved us, particularly the kids who joined in the carols lustily, delighted to be rid of the stiff “dress up” of Williamsburg which had been boring the hell out of them. and followed us around dragging their parents behind them.
So we wandered through the December mists, from bonfire to bonfire, getting better all the time, thanks to Taylor, until our “Lo How A Rose..” brought tears and people were actually trying to give us money. We would stay in character and ask for a little drink or a little kiss, or didn’t they have someplace we could sleep.
Needless to say ( and as Taylor intended ) we totally outraged the authorities who insisted we never mar the icy splendour of their concept of Williamsburg at Christmas again.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…..
LikeLiked by 9 people
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 12:45 am
Never hear of that…bet it is mellow! One of those things in life where if you have to ask the price, don’t bother… 🙂 Merry Christmas.
BTW I gave my husband isotoner slippers.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 9:18 am
Merry Christmas, amwick!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 11:05 am
TY… We had a lovely day. Hope you and your family did too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 6:37 pm
Wow! Good morning and Happy Holidays, Nyet! Be careful – it’s stronger than the usual stuff.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:19 am
Happy Holidays, koolkosherkitchen (Dolly)!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 11:24 am
Thank you, Nyet!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:41 am
Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:46 am
Thing is, I love great whisky and sour mash but never got a taste for Scotch. To me it has all the qualities of great whisky poured through burnt dirt.
My ex-FIL was a Scotch fan, he’d sit down with a glass, sip and savor it. Every now and then when he was out of booze ordinaire he’d just put a small tin of Sterno on the table for me.
Family…sheesh.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Like anything else, It depends on a lot of things. I happen to like the one in the picture and it has the strange peat/antifreeze quality to it, but the ones common on the shelves here in the US that are listed as the top scoring are very bland or burnt dirt at worst.
I suspect it’s a lot like wine making and it depends upon where the ingredients come from as much as quantities of each.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 4:38 pm
Dh is a scotch drinker, but does not prefer single malt. Never had anything near that fancy, although his SIL had Johnie Walker Blue once. It was wasted on me.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 6:39 pm
Only ‘quality’ ingredients I look for are Tennessee or Kentucky waters.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 11:42 pm
MERRY🎄CHRISTMAS
…this morning unwrap a bit of happiness…
LikeLiked by 5 people
By hocuspocus13 on December 25, 2016 at 7:06 am
LikeLiked by 2 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 9:11 am
Good morning, Impeach, Happy Holidays!
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:20 am
Happy Hanukkah to you, Dolly.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 12:05 pm
Thank you so much – you are so thoughtful!
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 12:05 pm
There are five more days? The thing that concerns me about Chanukah is that I am never sure the correct spelling. Hope you are enjoying the festival of lights.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 6:41 pm
Thank you so much! There is no correct spelling – as long as we are having a good time, everything is correct.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 10:15 pm
Back in Kindergarten we celebrated Christmas and Chanukah with equal enthusiasm. We had construction paper stockings that we hung by a cardboard fireplace, and we had a cellophane flame menorah that we lit every day. We sang all the songs from both holidays. Really one of the nicest teachers in my educational life…Mrs. Raskowitz. Its been over half a century and I still remember. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
By amwick on December 26, 2016 at 2:29 pm
Good teachers do leave an imprint on our hearts.
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 26, 2016 at 3:42 pm
“Khrystos rozhdayet’sya” (“Christ is born” )
May the hope of the child Christ fill us all with peace and love ❤️. Love to each and everyone of you.
“Slavite Yoho” (“Glorify Him” )
LikeLiked by 5 people
By lovely on December 25, 2016 at 7:25 am
Gregorian chants are so haunting…
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:20 am
LikeLiked by 6 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:22 am
LikeLiked by 5 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:24 am
So very beautiful! Merry Christmas!
LikeLike
By IdahoDeplorable on December 25, 2016 at 11:23 am
Merry Christmas kids!
LikeLiked by 10 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 8:39 am
Hmmmm,
9 less deer in the rain. 😉
LikeLiked by 3 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:42 am
Merry Christmas Peach!
LikeLike
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 11:07 am
Merry Christmas, Ms WeeWeed.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 12:06 pm
Reindeer poop on an open roof……merry christmas to all….get the animals off my shingles…
LikeLike
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:15 pm
Merry Christmas Miss Wee and all. Apparently I pulled it off for another year. Based on the results, it appears as though I was placed on the Nice list once again. Merry Christmas y’all. 😆
LikeLiked by 8 people
By texan59 on December 25, 2016 at 9:31 am
Merry Christmas T!! Ya done good – you’ll be fed one more year!! 😀
LikeLiked by 4 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 9:53 am
Morning Miss Wee, lol! Thank you.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 10:46 am
Merry Christmas Derk!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 10:56 am
Merry Christmas Ms.WeeWeed, and to All of My Good Friends Here.
LikeLiked by 5 people
By Col.(R) Ken on December 25, 2016 at 10:50 am
Merry Christmas Colonel Sir!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 10:56 am
Good morning, Miss Wee! Happy Holidays!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:22 am
And to you and yours Miss Dolly!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 11:36 am
Thank you!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:47 am
Santa’s been peeking into my freezer. Gotta do something with those methane-producers when you transition to a hybrid sleigh.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 2:07 pm
Santa like the red Mercedes….
LikeLiked by 2 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:16 pm
That might require Santa to be naughty…or nice…or both, depending upon the series and accessories.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 4:23 pm
Santa just got a Tesla, I hear.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 4:38 pm
Well….. you know, tha day after……. 😀 😀 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 8:16 pm
“No no, Rudolph, you misheard me, I never said you’re going to Venice, son.”
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 11:10 pm
Merry Christmas, WeeWeed!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By stella on December 25, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Merry Christmas Miss Stella!! We’re finally done with our thing…… on to my favorite day!! Tomorrow!!!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Power nap over.
Time to ketchup.
Also, time for another log…
LikeLiked by 3 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:41 am
Merry Christmas WeeWeed 🙂
Not too Christmassy but I just had to share !
LikeLiked by 6 people
By lovely on December 25, 2016 at 8:52 am
The old upstate hunting lodge.
Beware of an invitation. 😉
LikeLiked by 5 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 9:00 am
Merry Christmas, Lovely!!! I heart it!!!!! 😀
LikeLiked by 4 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 10:10 am
Absolute genius.
Merry Christmas, Weed!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 10:37 am
Merry Christmas Wooly!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 10:58 am
Merry Christmas, Lovely!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 10:38 am
Merry Christmas Sweet Wooly!
LikeLike
By lovely on December 25, 2016 at 9:18 pm
Morning Lovely, another lol! Thank you.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 10:47 am
Good morning, Lovely, Happy Holidays! Our president-to-be is a good hunter!
LikeLiked by 4 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:26 am
Happy holidays Dolly!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By lovely on December 25, 2016 at 9:18 pm
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 10:17 pm
Col Ken could probably use some caffeine…
Old age is a bear, memory wise, at least.
Sorry for the delay. Forgot where the pot is.
Lookie here. A Christmas miracle…
LikeLiked by 8 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:47 am
Sorry for the delay. Forgot where the pot is. That is too funny! Merry Christmas.!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 9:21 am
the Pot is mostly in Colorado and California…some in Washington state.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:18 pm
And Alaska. And Oregon.
LikeLike
By The Tundra PA on December 25, 2016 at 8:36 pm
Thank you Impeach!!! excellent coffee this morning!!!!!!!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By Col.(R) Ken on December 25, 2016 at 10:54 am
Morning, Colonel, sir, Happy Holidays!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:27 am
Merry Christmas to you
and Granny Hottie. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 12:29 pm
Time to make my mind happy…
and my sweet tooth, too.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:54 am
Mention of the sweet tooth, stirred the cobwebs…
LikeLiked by 3 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 8:58 am
Cookies! Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:28 am
LikeLiked by 4 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 9:07 am
LikeLiked by 5 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 9:08 am
lol
LikeLiked by 2 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 10:49 am
Morning, Derk, Happy Holidays!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:29 am
Morning Kool, have a great Holiday as well.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 11:32 am
Thank you, Derk!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:42 am
Dh filled my stocking with scratch off lottery tickets. So I am buying a boat, and a Mediterranean cruise, and a new Porsche. Or not. Having a wonderful Christmas with Dh is good enough, I am lucky already.
LikeLiked by 6 people
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 9:28 am
Good morning, Amwick, Happy Holidays! Good luck, win a ton, buy a sailboat, see you on the next tide! Look for a black cat on a jib – that’s me!
LikeLiked by 4 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:30 am
Something like this?
LikeLiked by 4 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 12:53 pm
Like what – this?
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 12:54 pm
Has a black cat on sail, yes? 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 1:10 pm
what……a floating Chinese Fireworks stand on a sailboat?
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:21 pm
Or a floating ad for a particular Zell-made wine.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Same idea, but this is a male cat (at least my male cat looks exactly like this), while I have a Tango Cat on the jib. Sorry, I am a techno-idiot. I am still not managing to include graphics in comments.
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 4:41 pm
who needs the IRS audit and intrusion into your life anyway…….merry christmas amwick.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:20 pm
Who needs the IRS – and stop right there. Happy Holidays, Joshua!
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 4:43 pm
Ty.. We all won big back in November.. or I should have said we won Yuge. Never ever won a lottery ticket. Merry Christmas Joshua.
LikeLike
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 6:49 pm
LikeLiked by 5 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 10:12 am
LikeLiked by 7 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 10:20 am
LikeLiked by 6 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 10:22 am
Thank you, Impeach! Happy Holidays!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:32 am
One could get lost in this one. Amazing.
“6 Triggered Trigglies.”
Legend of Trigglypuff, on the YouTube. Not gonna link it. Not on Christmas.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 10:44 am
“Kek” means “LOL”. Long story.
A massively-multiplayer online game called “World of Warcraft” exists. It’s a thing.
You can be part of a faction when playing your character in this game.
When you text your faction buddies, everyone online sees your texts.
People in other factions see a garbled version of your text, so as not to violate opsec.
Since everyone online uses “LOL” a lot, some nut figured out that “kek” was the other faction laughing.
Pepe is an even longer story.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:13 am
Thanks, I’ve wondered.
LikeLike
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 11:34 am
I’m sure you’ve seen this, was years ago. I still laugh to this day.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 11:51 am
Yes.
LikeLike
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 2:34 pm
Funny thing is, I never once played the game. Or Everquest, Or Ultima Online.
I’m just familiar with the culture. I’m in the bleachers.
EVE Online is something to behold.
Ambassador Stevens was a player.
LikeLike
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 2:37 pm
LOL
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:25 pm
Morning, Wooly, Happy Holidays!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:33 am
LikeLiked by 4 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 10:24 am
LikeLiked by 5 people
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 10:25 am
Thank you, Impeach! As I don’t tweet, please thank them on my behalf.
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:34 am
Neither do I. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
By ImpeachEmAll on December 25, 2016 at 12:55 pm
EAGLES do not Tweet, nor Flock…..you have to find them One at a Time.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:27 pm
too many candles? hmmmmm
LikeLike
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 6:52 pm
Merry Christmas Stella, Stellars,
While I appreciate all the gifts you all share, for me laughter is my favorite, And you all are mighty giving in this arena. Thank you all.
Yep, wishing you the Christmas Spirit throughout the year. God’s blessings to y’all!
LikeLiked by 6 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 10:54 am
Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
(Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
(Tom Collins)
(Black & Tan)
(Boilermaker)
(Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
(Irish Car Bomb)
(Godfather)
(Mortlach)
(Roy Rogers)
(Classic Daiquiri)
(Gin & Tonic)
(Blackberry wine)
(Backdraft)
(Flaming Dr. Pepper)
(Stinger)
(Rusty Nail)
(Jack Daniels)
(Whiskey Smash)
(B52)
(Rum & Coke)
(Night Train Express)
(Albanian Raki Moskat)
(Hot Buttered Rum)
(Mudslide)
(RumChata)
Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎
Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 (earthquake)
Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂
Mornin’ texan59! 🙂
Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂
Mornin’ Czarina! 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂
Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀
Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂
Mornin’ Howie! 🙂
Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂
Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
Mornin’ lovely! 🙂
Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂
Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂
Mornin’ Les! 🙂
Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂
Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂
Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂
Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂
Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂
Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂
Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂
Mornin’ joshua! 🙂
Mornin’ John Denney 🙂
Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕
Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Christmas pastries with coffee
LikeLiked by 10 people
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 10:59 am
Merry Christmas B!
LikeLiked by 4 people
By WeeWeed on December 25, 2016 at 11:04 am
Merry Christmas, WeeWeed!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 11:05 am
Gorgeous Nyet, well done. merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
(BTW Thank you!)
LikeLiked by 4 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 11:13 am
Merry Christmas, derk!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 11:15 am
Merry Christmas nyet!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By Menagerie on December 25, 2016 at 11:15 am
Merry Christmas, Menagerie!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 11:17 am
Good morning, Menagerie, Happy Holidays!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:37 am
Thank you for a fabulous festive breakfast, Nyet!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:36 am
Word out of Mosvow is that a Russian military TU-154 passenger plane that took off from Sochi andcwas bound for the Russian military vase in Latakia, Syria has crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board. Among the dead are 64 members of the Red Army Choir.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QF6zp7sdTSo
LikeLiked by 5 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 11:04 am
Not an actual “like”, sad news indeed.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 11:11 am
😦
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:22 am
It’s a spiritual war, I think.
The Right used to hate Russia/USSR for their Godlessness.
Now the Left hates Russia for it’s return to Orthodoxy.
Now its the LEFT that invokes the Red Scare.
Lately, and for a while, I’m a big fan of Russia.
Ever since Beslan — heck, since Chernobyl — Russia has turned to God.
This is very sad news.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:26 am
Everybody has to have an enemy somewhere, it’s what keeps the system lurching forward.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 11:55 am
the basis of Free Market Capitalism, actually.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:30 pm
The basis of everything, even Christians have an enemy they hate – Satan. Keeps eveyone focused and on the same page.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 4:33 pm
Good morning, Czar, Happy Holidays! Love the Red Army choir – what a terrible tragedy!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:39 am
Dzien dobry. Yeah, loved them. Used to say that we had the best equipment but they had the best songs.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 11:53 am
The best voices, too. Do you remember tenor Major Belov singing “Kalinka”?
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:57 am
Korobelniki, My Country, on the Road….got all of their vinyl and CDs too.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:13 pm
You still have vinyl? I am not the only crazy one?
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 12:16 pm
Oh no, lotsa vinyl, most all of it dating back to the 60s. Never tossed any of it and I’m sure my kids can’t wait to put it on eBay.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:34 pm
Mine is mostly classical music, best Russian orchestras and operas. I kinda have a feeling that my son would want to hold on to it, but who cares what happens when I am not here to see it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 12:47 pm
True dat, I’ve always felt that about one minute after one goes to room temperature it’s all moot.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:53 pm
I have to say that Russia had crappy consumer goods but great culture. I can remember being in Moscow on a blamy April day, drinking that yummy corn-based soft drink out of a dispensor with a common cup chained to it, waiting to get inside of the Bolshoi. Magnificent interior, super cavier and champagne (eh, drinkable) snack stands inside too. Seats were velvet, clean as a whistle, no gum on the floor or under the seats (possibly due to that consumer goods thing) and floors were carpeted and spotless.
We were wearing suits, typical Western bourgeoisie, but the place was largely filled with workers in work clothes.
Performance was memorable showing me there was a place for state-sponsored culture if carefully controlled.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 4:03 pm
Me too! It’s popular again.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By stella on December 25, 2016 at 1:10 pm
Yeah, has more of a depth to it than digital. There are also little background recording glitches on records that the digital remastering tends to filter out.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 1:24 pm
me too…protect my players….single as well as multiple platter…but actually never use the multiple except for singles…don’t drop vinyls…..have lots of cleaner, duster, anti static tools to protect them…have some 78s from the 50s…no 45s as there was not a quality player except an insert to the hole to play on multispeed turntable…which I do have, but did not keep the 45s from my High School days…they have all been remaster for superior sound anyway.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:34 pm
I have some 78s from my Dad and even a few 33-1/3rds, getting harder to find turntables that will do 78s and 33-1/3rds.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 4:38 pm
I had a wax canister, about the size of a beer can. It was a recording of a kind of march.
LikeLike
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 6:57 pm
I even have horse hair.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 1:17 pm
I had a hoarse hare once, not much you could say about that though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 3:40 pm
sign language using nose and ears common to hoarse hares.
now, one time or another, I DID have a Wild Hair….different story though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Is this the rendition of Kalinka that you are talking about?
My wife is an actor and a singer and is in awe of the soloist.
Take Care
LikeLiked by 4 people
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 2:42 pm
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Yes! But he passed away quite a while ago.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 4:50 pm
Good to see you oldiaguy! Merry Christmas!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By lovely on December 25, 2016 at 9:47 pm
And to you too lovely!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 10:13 pm
Niech Bóg cię błogosławi, mój brat.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Dziekuje rowniez. Sorry, ability to use diacritical Marx is Bloced on my iPad.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 3:37 pm
My wife had just brought them up in conversation in the last week or two. I have seen/heard them on Russian TV morning shows singing contemporary pop via the Internet.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 4:49 pm
The Russian version of Little Drummer boy.
The Soviet Union is gone, the Cold War is over and Russia is once again Christian. Sadly these voices are forever silenced. I’m listening to their Christmas Carols in honor of their memory. As fellow Christians, we have far more in common than our leaders would have us believe.
Merry Christmas to all and a Blessed New Year!
LikeLiked by 7 people
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 12:23 pm
Red Army Choir will go on, these voices will be still but they’ll find new and equally great ones.
LikeLiked by 6 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:35 pm
Certainly. They scout vocal departments of provincial conservatories and offer those guys permission to reside in Moscow, plus all kinds of privileges. They get the best.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 4:58 pm
Talk about old memory bubbles floating to the surface, remember the prayers for the ‘Prayers for the Conversion of Russia’?
LikeLiked by 4 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:51 pm
Now that you mention it I do vaguely recall it, but that was a looooonnnnng time ago.
Listening to the songs the choir sings, both in Russian and English, reminds me of the Christmas truce during World War I. Again as people, we have much in common with our Christian Traditions.
You have to listen to the Battle Hymn of the Republic song by the Red Army Choir.
Considering the bad days of the Cold War, it is truly haunting.
Take Care
LikeLiked by 6 people
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 1:25 pm
Yeah, last I remember was back around mid-to-late 60s. There were specific prayers to specific saints and they’d be part of mass and other services, more than one regular prayer had a plea ‘for the conversion of Russia’ tacked on.
Original plan/plea was for Russia to be converted to Catholicism but when the other shoe hit the floor it went back to Orthodox. Man proposes….
LikeLiked by 3 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 1:31 pm
Oh yes, the old days back in Catholic School. Those nuns sure knew how to use those mental ribbed rulers!! I thought back then that the nuns lived forever, as I had a nun that taught my mom. Yep, I was in trouble from the start and it wasn’t even my fault. 😉
Take Care
LikeLiked by 3 people
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 1:38 pm
And another selection. God Bless America and the National Anthem.
Take Care
LikeLiked by 2 people
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Man, oh man. It’s quite a loss.
It’s amazing that Russia became Christian again. Good for them.
After their forebears (bears, heh…) turned America Godless.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:29 pm
Happy Holidays, oldiadguy!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 4:55 pm
And Happy Holidays to you as well!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By oldiadguy on December 25, 2016 at 10:13 pm
🙂
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 10:17 pm
Now who in the USA will blame Whom for hacking, sabotaging, interfering with, and killing Russians?
LikeLike
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Dunno…did anyone on the plane owe the Clintons money? Time to start a false news rumor…
LikeLike
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 11:14 pm
I demand a recount of the number of passengers…..the plane manifest was RIGGED.
LikeLike
By joshua on December 26, 2016 at 1:04 am
Good morning and Happy Holidays, Stella and everybody!
LikeLiked by 6 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:12 am
LikeLiked by 4 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:31 am
Thank you, Wooly! I love klezmer bands, and this kid with a violin is very good! Just what I needed on Chanukkah morning!
LikeLiked by 4 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:46 am
Klezmer, Jewish jazz. Not as many klezmer groups since the Catskill crowds started to thin. Pass the gribenes and don’t hold the schmaltz!
LikeLiked by 4 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:09 pm
Ah, fried cholesterol – love it, but it doesn’t like me any more, so no gribenes! There are many klezmer groups all over the world now, even a Gypsy klezmer orchestra. https://youtu.be/LCUv9W0ViRc
(that’s a Gypsy national anthem)
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Gypsy? CIGANI?! Oy!
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:44 pm
But I love them! I have cigani friends, I sing cigani songs and dance cigani dances.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 12:53 pm
My family from Galicia (also Ukraineish) had all sorts of rituals that were performed when one came across a Gypsy, and G-d forbid one should cross your path. German side had more direct rituals but they’ve been calmed down a lot.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 12:57 pm
I’ve heard of all kind of superstitions concerning Gypsies, but they’ve crossed my path many times, and only the best things happened.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:02 pm
LikeLiked by 3 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:50 pm
Yes, love this one!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:03 pm
Jewish Jazz. Love it.
I just watched that three times.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 3:04 pm
Used to be a lot more klezmer around when I was a kid…then again there were a lot more dinosaurs around when I was a kid so I guess it all balances out.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 3:11 pm
I never heard, nor heard of, Klezmer, until Arafat died.
When you hear it, and in that context, you hear joy and happiness.
Given what these m’fers have been through, it’s sometimes hard to understand why they have been given so much joy.
I stopped trying to understand why. I just know that they have.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 3:22 pm
Used to be lots more of it around back a few generations ago when the Jewish communities were more insular. As modern Western music made more inroads into the communities traditional music became more the stuff of soft science dissertations.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Because we have a commandment to rejoice, and klezmers are helping us to fulfill this commandment. It sustains us through all the tragedies.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:07 pm
Velociraptors were not fans of klezmer….they were more into Zydeco….and clog dancing.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 5:00 pm
The last dinosaur was Brezhnev, and he died in the 80’s.
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:05 pm
I aim to please, Dolly!
I’m happy to be a Stella’s Place DJ.
Love’s what it’s all about. Whachu need? Got it.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 2:47 pm
It’s appreciated, Wooly!
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:08 pm
Happy Holidays to you, Dolly!
LikeLiked by 4 people
By stella on December 25, 2016 at 12:57 pm
Thank you, Wooly! Made my day!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 11:41 am
That’s all I wanted, Dolly.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 2:49 pm
And Dolly? It’s not me. I’m just a drunken conduit, sometimes.
God uses us.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 2:51 pm
We are all conduits, drunk or sober.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:09 pm
Although, cleaning of conduit blockages may be required in the fall due to leaves and such.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 7:04 pm
A nice drink clears those blockages right away.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 10:16 pm
my granny swore by a good dose of mineral oil to get rid of blockages.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 26, 2016 at 1:07 am
Applied where, exactly?
LikeLike
By koolkosherkitchen on December 26, 2016 at 1:18 am
Had the big Christmas dinner last night so rather than graze today we devided to go back to the themed dinner. Tonite’s the Celebration of the Crustacean: shrimp covktail, shrimp pie, crawfish bread and shrimp/crawfish (bought a few too many) pierogi. Not 100% decided on the veggies yet but centerpiece will be the candles and an automated defibrillator. Between the butter, cream and whole milk we’re using cows will tremble at the mention of my name.
LikeLiked by 3 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 2:19 pm
I have a feeling certain internal components of my iPad were made in Vietnam – notice the sneaky insertion of the V/C.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 2:22 pm
Memory bubble again, Vietnam, Christmas 1967. Roomie and I managed to snag a number ten can of GI dehydrated shrimp. As the water in the Lyster bag was a holiday mix – enough chlorine in it to bleach a pig – we were looking for other things to rehydrate our feast. Perhaps motivated by our general lack of culinary knowledge but more likely due to our being drunk as a lord, we used Mateus Rose.
Folks, don’t try this at home…or anywhere else for that matter. The results weren’t really as expected though liberal application of Johnny Walker red made the the meal tolerable and not unforgettable. Then, it was war…
LikeLiked by 7 people
By czarowniczy on December 25, 2016 at 2:31 pm
Some of your comments, czar, are best read out loud…
LikeLiked by 2 people
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 2:53 pm
Yup. Just read it out loud to my wife.
LikeLike
By John Denney on December 25, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Shalom…..through strength….
LikeLiked by 3 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 4:56 pm
Seconded – Shalom, in every meaning of the word.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By koolkosherkitchen on December 25, 2016 at 5:12 pm
LikeLike
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Whoops, copy of wrong one, apologies
This is it.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By derk on December 25, 2016 at 3:09 pm
LOL@Leeeeeeeeeeeeroyyyyy!
Love it, derk.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 3:13 pm
How much would I have to pay my local radio station to play this every two hours?
LikeLike
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Merry Christmas, everyone! Our big dinner was last night, and my family just left to attend my SIL’s family celebration (huge). I stayed home to rest, recuperate and eat leftovers, which is my favorite thing to do on Christmas afternoon. I’m eating some ham, along with the last of the corn pasta (big hit) and a glass of Prosecco.
Just got an email from my nephew (10 months younger than I am); he has moved to Italy, near his mother’s relatives. It is near Bari, in the heel of the boot. Don’t know what prompted his move, but I know he has dual citizenship, courtesy of his mother, and I’m sure it’s a lovely place to retire.
Dinner was delicious last night (boneless rib eye roast, a potato gratin, baby broccoli and aforementioned pasta (the kids don’t eat beef). I made a lovely berry trifle for dessert. I took pics! [ADD: We also ate about a pound of peel and eat shrimp with cocktail sauce]
Also on the food front, my SIL made rum balls (LOTS of rum), and his Grandma Tillie’s fruitcake as gifts for me and his family.
The best part, of course, is visiting with my family. Both my grandsons are as tall/taller than I am (which isn’t short). The older one is over 6′ now, and has turned into quite a nice young man. He seemed to go through his surly stage at an earlier age. He just finished finals (all A’s, we hope), and is trying to arrange a trip to Japan next year (his Senior year in HS); he has been studying Japanese in preparation.
Can someone tell me what happened to the past 20 years? My daughter and SIL will celebrate their 20th anniversary on March 21, 2017.
I hope you are all enjoying your day, wherever you are, and whatever you are doing. Love you!
LikeLiked by 9 people
By stella on December 25, 2016 at 3:32 pm
Merry Christmas, P! You too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By nyetneetot on December 25, 2016 at 4:59 pm
last 20 years or so…what happened…in a nutshell
| George H. W. Bush | William J. Clinton | George W. Bush | Barack H. Obama
LikeLiked by 2 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 5:06 pm
now….we get to MAGA
Merry Christmas, Stella and to your family too….this site is like a wonderful home full of friends.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By joshua on December 25, 2016 at 5:08 pm
GHWB was more than 20 years ago … He left office in January of 1993.
Anyway, my comment wasn’t political; just commentary on the passage of time.
LikeLiked by 2 people
By stella on December 25, 2016 at 6:29 pm
Lot’s of people get nostalgic with the passing of time(read..getting older). I always just say consider the alternative. Be glad for the days that you have, be very glad.
Anyway, Dh and I are accustomed to celebrating with just the two of us. Next year he would like to spend Christmas in Charleston.
LikeLiked by 5 people
By amwick on December 25, 2016 at 7:10 pm
20 years ago, my youngest son was 5. The inbetween years were like a speeding freight train coming through and going past. What happened with my kids was environment, family, educational, spiritual, behavioral, cultural, and lots of love and luck. I wasn’t paying attention to politics until the last 16 years…..
LikeLike
By joshua on December 26, 2016 at 1:12 am
Merry Christmas Stella!
LikeLiked by 3 people
By lovely on December 25, 2016 at 9:51 pm
Started a rib-eye roast yesterday. Dry-marinated it for an hour or so with salt, sugar, and seasonings, then frapped it about 20 minutes at 425 degrees, then dropped the oven temp to 150, sprinkled on garlic and rosemary, and it’s been cooking since. We’ll eat in about an hour, with Yorkshire pudding, spinach souffle, roast brussels sprouts, and smashed potatoes ( boiled whole, put on a baking try and squashed down about 1/3 to 1/2 thickness, then sprinkled with what strikes my fancy, maybe turmeric, oregano, smoked paprika, pepper, and mustard powder today, and olive oil, then baked about 20 minutes.)
The only thing not “from scratch” is the spinach souffle.
Led about 45 minutes of Christmas carols at a house church last night, arranged in the order that makes sense to me:
The Misery before His coming, Roman conquest and occupation being what it was:
O Come O Come Immanuel
Then He came!
Joy to the World
But where and how and what circumstances?
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Christ Child Lullabye
Silent Night
Then some excited shepherds showed up on the edge of town:
Angels We Have Heard On High
How Great Our Joy
Everyone should come!
O Come All Ye Faithful
Some wealthy came from afar
We 3 Kings
Some were of more humble means
The Little Drummer Boy
Even the animals had their say
The Friendly Beasts
You’ve seen, now go tell the world!
Go Tell It On the Mountain
My favorite telling:
Mary’s Little Boy Child, by Jester Hairston, same guy that wrote “Amen” in “Lilies of the Field”
All creation speaks, even bells
Carol of the Bells
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Merry Christmas!
Feliz Navidad
Sang in the choir at a more traditional church this morning.
Then came home and my wife, son, and I opened our gifts.
I’d really like to take a nap now, but dinner is scheduled to be in 40 minutes and I still need to do the taters and brussel sprouts and Yorkshire pudding. Did I mention I like to cook?
Merry Christmas to all!
LikeLiked by 7 people
By John Denney on December 25, 2016 at 6:53 pm
Forgot to mention that my 21 year old son got us an $80 bottle of wine. Momma about fainted. He just got a bonus at work, knows the principles at the company where he works part time, had a glass of their wine at the Christmas party and was impressed and asked where he could get a bottle. Great kid.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By John Denney on December 25, 2016 at 7:03 pm
had a 80 dollar bottle of wine from my kid once. the wine was 5 bucks but after drinking it himself, the dent removal from the car fender was 75 bucks….garage door got in the way seems like.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By joshua on December 26, 2016 at 1:15 am
My son has acquired the wisdom of enjoying a little bit of really good stuff, rather than over-indulging in what he now considers to be sub-standard.
It may have had something to do with a co-worker over-indulging at the Christmas party a couple of years ago, passing out in a stall in the mens room, and no one noticed, and when he woke, all was dark, everyone else gone, and he was locked into the venue for the night.
LikeLike
By John Denney on December 26, 2016 at 3:02 pm
Forgot to mention dessert: RumChata. Thanks, Nyet!
LikeLiked by 1 person
By John Denney on December 25, 2016 at 8:31 pm
Fun story from a Facebook friend:
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY…
While a student at William and Mary in Colonial Williamsburg, I knew a superb musicologist at the CWFoundation named Taylor Vrooman who was quite a good musician.
He also had a wicked sense of humor.
In those days Williamsburg was sort of a scrubbed-clean Disneyland sort of place full of stiff colonial costumed actors playing its residents and our “fore fathers”, so Taylor decided to get permission for Christmas to get a group together he called “the wraggle taggle gypsies” to sing Christmas Carols throughout the town after dark during Christmas week.
And he insisted we all look disreputable as hell, with missing teeth, eyepatches, torn colonial clothing and the like, puffing on our clay pipes, in short looking like REAL colonial Virginians. Just to make things worse Taylor recruited two black road house guitarists he knew to be “slaves: ” Romulus and Remus,” who got to hang on to the booze, and act insolent. Taylor kept us fairly soused on applejack and brandy. But he insisted on great acapella singing.
We staggered through town in a cloud of pipesmoke and an alcoholic haze, but the music was GREAT. The tourists loved us, particularly the kids who joined in the carols lustily, delighted to be rid of the stiff “dress up” of Williamsburg which had been boring the hell out of them. and followed us around dragging their parents behind them.
So we wandered through the December mists, from bonfire to bonfire, getting better all the time, thanks to Taylor, until our “Lo How A Rose..” brought tears and people were actually trying to give us money. We would stay in character and ask for a little drink or a little kiss, or didn’t they have someplace we could sleep.
Needless to say ( and as Taylor intended ) we totally outraged the authorities who insisted we never mar the icy splendour of their concept of Williamsburg at Christmas again.
LikeLiked by 4 people
By stella on December 25, 2016 at 9:48 pm
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/12/23/learned-exxon-ceo-rex-tillerson-spending-week-jury-duty
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 10:44 pm
R.I.P. George
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:39 pm
Lotta soul in that man.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:43 pm
If Daryl Hall (et al) doesn’t do a tribute, I’ll be surprised.
LikeLike
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:45 pm
So sad.
LikeLike
By lovely on December 26, 2016 at 12:07 am
Besides the Gospel, today taught us that your plane could crash, killing you and your 60 best friends, or you could wake up dead.
And that we should make our mark while we can.
God bless you, Stellars.
LikeLiked by 1 person
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:53 pm
The Red Army Choir and George Michael made their mark.
LikeLike
By Wooly Phlox on December 25, 2016 at 11:56 pm