#2926099 - 12/24/09 01:21 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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How does one "enjoy" fruitcake ? I've tried with no success.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#2926106 - 12/24/09 01:36 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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Happy christmas and a happy new year all, be safe.
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#2926127 - 12/24/09 02:11 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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Merry Christmas!!
My favorite poet, T.S. Eliot, has a wonderful poem that I always read at this time of year.
The Journey of the Magi (1927)
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The was deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter." And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling And running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires gong out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages dirty, and charging high prices.: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly.
Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness, And three trees on the low sky, And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow. Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel, Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver, And feet kicking the empty wine-skins. But there was no information, and so we continued And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory.
All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we lead all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly, We had evidence and no doubt. I have seen birth and death, But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.
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#2926220 - 12/24/09 04:31 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and safe travels from Halifax, Nova Scotia!
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#2926226 - 12/24/09 04:36 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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Mele Kalikimaka. I'm not Hawaiian but what the hay...
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." - Groucho Marx
“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” -Milton Friedman
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#2926240 - 12/24/09 04:57 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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If we get fruitcake, we'll send it to you!
I know, you'd like that...
Merry Christmas!
Pat Tillman (1976-2004): 4 years Arizona State University, graduated with high honors. 5 seasons National Football League player, Arizona Cardinals. Forever United States Army Ranger.
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#2926245 - 12/24/09 05:06 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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#2926268 - 12/24/09 05:37 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all fellow SimHQ members!
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#2926296 - 12/24/09 06:14 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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Merry Christmas to all the fine folks here at SimHQ--Doug, Nighthawk, Cat, Spoons, and all the rest! I really love SimHQ, you guys have done a magnificent job and here's to another fine year in 2010. From your friends at Subsim Happy holidays! Neal
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#2926311 - 12/24/09 06:45 PM
Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread
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I love that pic! I think I can see an ECM pod beneath Rudolph. Or he's just..., nevermind. Merry Christmas, all.
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