Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From St. Nicholas back in 1822. In addition to becoming a Family Read-A-Long Tradition in many households, it has also served as a template for innumerable imitators. Most of those versions are rather unwieldy and tortured in their execution. (Only I could get the words “tortured” and “execution” into [...]
Archive for December, 2008
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
December 17, 2008
There’s No Business Like Shoe Business
December 15, 2008
You’ve probably seen the video of a man throwing his shoes at President Bush during a press conference in Iraq over this past weekend. The guy wanted to one-up Krushchev, I guess, who only pounded his shoe on the United Nations desk. The President showed great reflexes dodging the whirling wing-tip. Of course, at a press conference [...]
Feeling Gamey
December 11, 2008
Yes. I’ve showered. The title of this has nothing to do with a person’s hygiene. By the way, I usually spell that word “gamy,” without the “e.” But, according to the dictionary, it is okay to use the extra vowel. Of course, that means you have to forward a check to Vanna White.
No, this has [...]
Dog Days of Winter
December 10, 2008
Dogs and snow go together. Our next-door-neighbors have three pooches. All are very sweet. The only issue I have with one of the pups is that his yearning eyes make my lawn mowing time much longer than necessary. If he’s out while I’m doing the cutting, he brings his big, yellow, slobber-covered ball and drops [...]
HDTVLCDPLASMAMEGAPIXELSEDKTV
December 9, 2008
No, you’re not reading an eye-chart at the optometrist. All those letters have something to do with those new, fancy digital television sets that more and more folks seem to have in their homes. Of course, here at www.kmbc.com, you can learn more about the big deadline in February which will render old-fashioned, non-digital, TVs [...]
