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Eric: A brief Administrative Note and Wish
I have two -- count them, two essays started that I haven't had time to finish. I don't have time to write the third I need to start, either, because I have to get in my car with my cat and go do things that mean it's Christmas.
I will hopefully have some writing time later, in and around doing things that mean it's Christmas.
If, however, I don't, I hope you all have the very best possible Christmas. If you don't celebrate Christmas, I still hope the day is phenomenally good to you. If you celebrate other things, I hope they're good too.
(If I come back and discover a "War on Christmas" debate in the comments, I will sob. Sob tears. On Christmas Eve. Just for the record1.)
Merry Christmas, everyone.
1 If preemptive guilt can work for mothers, maybe it can work for me. If not... well, everyone likes debate, right?
Posted by Eric Burns-White at December 24, 2005 2:09 PM
Comments
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at December 24, 2005 2:14 PM
We can have a war on the War on Christmas, right?
Joking, joking!
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Comment from: Alexis Christoforides posted at December 24, 2005 2:30 PM
Let's just wish each other whatever we want, shall we?
Merry Christmas! Looks like it's going to be a great new year too!
Comment from: Paul Gadzikowski posted at December 24, 2005 2:53 PM
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!
Comment from: Reinder Dijkhuis posted at December 24, 2005 3:12 PM
"I have to get in my car with my cat and go do things that mean it's Christmas."
I hope that doesn't mean the cat is Christmas dinner.
Comment from: lucastds posted at December 24, 2005 3:15 PM
No, the cat is obviously his sidekick while he hunts wild turkeys.
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at December 24, 2005 3:18 PM
You sure about that? Because Eric always struck me as the kind of guy who likes goose on Christmas.
Comment from: UrsulaV posted at December 24, 2005 3:44 PM
Merry Dies Natalis Solis Invicti to all!
Comment from: kirabug posted at December 24, 2005 4:05 PM
Merry Christmas!! Happy Hanukkah!! Happy Kwanzaa a bit early! If there's other stuff (isn't Agnostica right around now?) happy that too!
Me, I just bought the Christmas Dougnuts and the dog's napping in my lap, so I'm happy :)
Comment from: LurkerWithout posted at December 24, 2005 4:24 PM
Like I'd attack Christmas when that uppity punk Kwanza needs a beating...
Have a happy Christmas internet peoples!
Comment from: Ardaniel posted at December 24, 2005 4:25 PM
Joyous Chrismahakwanzakah! And stuff.
(A classmate of mine can't seem to figure out *what* sort of whatever I celebrate, so I got wished a very sincere, confused "Christmakkah" on the last day of classes. ;)
Comment from: John Lynch posted at December 24, 2005 4:50 PM
Merry Christmas everyone. I got 3 Melonpool books so I'm fairly happy :)
Comment from: SeanH posted at December 24, 2005 5:06 PM
An orgasmic Saturnalia to you all!
Comment from: Abby L. posted at December 24, 2005 5:20 PM
Merry X-holiday! With Xula and Obelisks for all.
Comment from: Imaria posted at December 24, 2005 5:24 PM
Merry Ho Ho, and all ;]
Comment from: Tangent posted at December 24, 2005 6:22 PM
What about that Eggnog?
TASTES GREAT!!!
MORE FILLING!!!
TASTES GREAT!!!
MORE FILLING!!!
*blinks*
Okay... I'm going home now...
*edges away*
Comment from: Egarwaen posted at December 24, 2005 6:31 PM
I'd think a war on Christmas would be fairly difficult.
I mean, completely aside from the usual difficulty of making war on incorporeal things, like terror, philosophy, or gravity, Santa looks like he'd be capable of some awfully tough fighting. And reindeer? Never mind the elves!
Comment from: Tangent posted at December 24, 2005 7:09 PM
BunBun managed it...
Comment from: MatGB posted at December 24, 2005 7:29 PM
Bah, humbug to the lot of yers. Happy Yuletide to everyone, including Eric...
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at December 24, 2005 7:43 PM
It's worth noting that Bun Bun was only able to win the war on Christmas after taking control of the powers of Easter, Halloween, and Groundhog's Day. And even then, his victory lasted one whole week before the forces of Christmas defeated Bun Bun and stripped him of all his powers.
Nobody is stupid enough to mess with Christmas, because Christmas is one bad mutha...
Just talking 'bout Christmas, baby.
Comment from: larksilver posted at December 24, 2005 10:14 PM
May the food be good,
the company better,
and may yer hearts be full o'joy.
Comment from: Xeres posted at December 24, 2005 10:15 PM
Well, I'm TOTALLY OFFENDED. No one wished me a happy Bodhi day. It was December EIGHTH, man... CHRISTMAS IS OFFENSIVE TO BUDDHISTS-
Wait.
Wouldn't being offended by other religions be vastly UN-Buddhist? Conundrum!
Welp. I'm a horrible Buddhist. Regardless, I wish you the happiest special time of the season you may or may not celebrate. Really. I just want you all to be happy loving hugging puppy-kitten hybrids, if that's your thing.
It's hard to fit presents under a Bodhi tree.
Comment from: Thomas Blight posted at December 24, 2005 10:47 PM
Joyous Yule! Happy Saturnalia!
Funny how Christmas consumed practices from Yule and basically became Yule plus Jesus's birthday.
Oh, and Epiphany is my birthday. Ooh, only 12 days to study for my G1 driver's licence.
Comment from: Adrean posted at December 24, 2005 11:09 PM
Eggnog custard! *drool*
Comment from: Chris "EDG" Anthony posted at December 24, 2005 11:33 PM
It's hard to fit presents under a Bodhi tree.
Just another demonstration that life is, indeed, suffering. ;)
Comment from: Tyck posted at December 24, 2005 11:35 PM
Persuant to recent discussion wherein it was determined that happy stories for Christmas are no longer "in", I must mention that my brother broke his leg yesterday such that it required a surgical repair and will require a long convalescence.
That said, Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Robot Christmas, Agnostica, or other wintertime celebration of choice.
Comment from: Wednesday White posted at December 24, 2005 11:37 PM
Yeah, happy shoving Zicam up your nostril day.
Comment from: GregC posted at December 24, 2005 11:41 PM
Enjoy Festivus.
Comment from: Tyck posted at December 24, 2005 11:42 PM
..so, if we can't talk about the "War on Christmas", can we have a huge brawl about whether or not eggnog actually tastes good? 'cause I hate the stuff.
Comment from: Lis posted at December 24, 2005 11:54 PM
Happy Winter-een-mas!
Comment from: Tangent posted at December 25, 2005 12:00 AM
And it's midnight now, EST. Or really close to it. So... Merry Christmas, peoples. May you enjoy your time with friends and family and loved ones. Pleasant and safe journeys...
Take care.
Robert A. Howard
Comment from: Brendan posted at December 25, 2005 12:33 AM
ƒFeliz Navidad! Joyeux No‘l! And to all a good night! (¯Y para todos buenas noches?)
Comment from: BassetKing posted at December 25, 2005 12:48 AM
I have recieved, for Christmas....
A joy.
A wonder.
An illustrated copy of Strunk & White's Elements of Style.
If a picture truly is a thousand words, this artist makes every word count.
Comment from: Abby L. posted at December 25, 2005 12:59 AM
I got a copy of Will Eisner's Comics and Sequential Art and a wacom tablet. Merry Comic-mas. :D
Comment from: Plaid Phantom posted at December 25, 2005 1:20 AM
Bassetking: Dude. And all I got was a handheld electronic Sudoku game. With a stylus.
Which, in all honesty, is battery powered crack, so I suppose I can't complain too much.
Comment from: miyaa posted at December 25, 2005 1:41 AM
Wait, you got an illustrated Strunk & White's Elements of Style? How exactly is it illustrated? Or are we talking secret code for the 365 page-a-day hot English teacher/librarian calendar?
Comment from: gwalla posted at December 25, 2005 1:42 AM
Abby: A great book (although Eisner cheats). Now you just need his Graphic Storytelling.
Happy Agnostica, everybody!
Comment from: Aerin posted at December 25, 2005 1:51 AM
Plaid Phantom: My roommate just got the same thing. She's been playing it for an hour straight.
My best Christmas gift? Ebenezer and Snooch! I got the Two Lumps plushies! *joy*
Comment from: Dire posted at December 25, 2005 2:10 AM
Merry Christmas everyone!
Comment from: SFaulken posted at December 25, 2005 4:52 AM
Heh, I'm at work right now, 0150, but I already know what I got for christmas.
As a form of protest, I don't buy presents for anybody anymore, and tell everybody to not bother buying me anything.
Sure, there's no surprise, but I get what I want =]
So, I got a Distributor and Bellhousing for the hotrod, a gunsmithing bench, a scope for one of my rifles, and a slick little Bus powered portable firewire Hard drive.
And the best part? I guarantee, no returns on shitty gifts =]
Anyway, Best Wishes for the new year for everybody.
Comment from: Xeres posted at December 25, 2005 10:28 AM
I would just like to say that I love you all.
I don't know any of you, but that's okay. General feeling of love (I like to call it 'wuv', but people tend to shoot me in the face for that) for you all, not just because it's Christmas, but because it's a good excuse for expressing goodwill towards everyone.
For Christmas, I need... A bigger Bodhi tree. So I can fit more presents under it. Worst. Buddhist. Ever.
Comment from: Paul Gadzikowski posted at December 25, 2005 11:51 AM
I got a rock.
Comment from: Paul Gadzikowski posted at December 25, 2005 11:53 AM
Kidding. I got Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas and Only Horse People ...
Comment from: Adrean posted at December 25, 2005 11:54 AM
Abby -- A Wacom tablet? Congratulations! :D
Comment from: gwalla posted at December 26, 2005 4:12 AM
The best thing about Wacom tablets?
It's pronounced whack 'em.
Whack 'em!
I enjoy saying it far too much.
Comment from: Paragon_Kobold posted at December 26, 2005 6:06 AM
God Jul everyone!
Comment from: quiller posted at December 27, 2005 8:54 PM
Hmm, this was actually a pretty good holiday season for me. I got a nice ceramic mug with actual indentations on the handle for fingers and a resting place on top for the thumb. I got a variety of handmade gifts from a leather journal to sekanjabin syrup. And I got a copy of the Illiad from my dad. Considering that aside from the annual book or two from my dad, I usually get little more than checks for the season, it was pretty good all and all. Of course, in some ways the best part was singing Silent Night with a bunch of friends at a Christmas party. There is something truly wonderful about that song that makes even agnostics like me love it.
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