December 25, 2008 – 3:51 pm
That would be roux. MLB and I do it from scratch. The effort has always paid off; we’re extremely careful with the whole process; man, that stuff is hot, and trips to the ER would put a major damper on the festivities.
We prepare what for us is now a traditional Christmas Day meal: shrimp [...]
December 24, 2008 – 5:02 pm
Luke 2:
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And [...]
December 23, 2008 – 9:03 pm
I love the Christmas season; by the church calendar, we’re still in Advent season, a time of preparation for the Miracle of the Birth of our Lord. Advent has nothing to do with the singing of Silent Night, The First Noel, and other Christmas carols. Some of the traditional Advent music is almost [...]
December 20, 2008 – 6:41 pm
MLB and I aren’t ones to charge up a storm, in good times or bad, for a bunch of flashy Christmas gift doo-dahs. Instead, we spend on items for household improvements1, charitable donations, and the like.
Nonetheless, there are little things that each of us likes, and we buy them as we see them. MLB is [...]
December 25, 2007 – 12:23 pm
Combination Christmas/Out of the mouths of babes edition:
“That’s Round John Virgin.”
-k-tbbs tags: Holiday, Christmas, Punchlines
December 25, 2007 – 9:33 am
Santa in G-String Arrested on DUI Charge
In the Christmas oddities department, from La-La-Land:
A man in a Santa hat was arrested Sunday night for investigation of drunken driving after he was spotted outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood wearing a wig, a red lace camisole and a purple G-string, police said.
And, in a stunning example of [...]
December 25, 2007 – 12:00 am
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant [...]
December 31, 2006 – 3:23 pm
I nearly let the Holiday season pass without a post about my seasonal likker purchase. Yesterday, it was time for a haircut, and there’s a Virginia ABC stors in the same strip mall village center as my haircut place.
I walked out of the ABC store with 750 ml of pure amber goodness: Jefferson’s Reserve [...]
December 25, 2006 – 2:29 pm
And on XM Radio, or at least on XM via DirecTV, classical Christmas carols. I’m listening, as I perform my spontaneous combustion abatement exercises in the family room. In the spirit of the season, lyrics from an excellent carol:
Hark the herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled”
Joyful, [...]
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