…And Checking It Twice
So it’s time to get everything in line so that there will be smooth sailing tomorrow.
Obviously you need the text of A Visit from St. Nicholas [AKA Twas the night before Christmas] or one of the variations.
But now that you’ve finished putting up enough lights to match the total electrical consumption of a third world nation, you can sit back and watch the North American Air Defense Command’s annual attempt to take out that red-suited commie’s attack on the capitalist system by giving stuff away. [Don’t worry kids, they are using the anti-missile defense system, so there’s no danger to anyone but taxpayers.]
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Ahem. I had A Visit From St. Nicholas memorized before I was 2 years old, thankyouverymuch. And I still know it.
The problem I have is knowing multiple variations, a few of them accidental, but most intended, so reciting the original can be a challenge.
I don’t know if they’ll be able to send off a missile from Vandenberg though, Bryan. We’re having quite the windy rainy storm front bluster through. 😉
Rain! You can’t expect the super atomic antimissile system to work in the rain, any more than the B-2 bomber.
Well, you can use the rain if it turns to snow at higher elevations and helps with the drought.
“The problem I have is knowing multiple variations,”
I inherited (from my grandmother or great aunt, I don’t remember which) a tiny book, perhaps 2″ by 2″, called “A Child’s Bijou,” containing, among other things, the earliest version I’ve ever seen of that poem… sometime in the 1860s, I believe. The book is missing its cover, so it has no antique value, but its intrinsic value is immeasurable to me.
Merry Christmas, Bryan. And may 2009 be a better year for us all.
I had a friend who consistently insisted it was Donald, not Donner, and Connell, not Comet, and a few others that just made up names as they went along. Then there is the whole “Vixen” controversy. What kind of weirdo names a reindeer for a female fox? I’m sure Dateline could get a season out of Cupid and Vixen.
A very merry holiday to you and yours, Steve.
To help with our drought, we’ll need continuous rain for years. But, it’s kinda of a nice break all wet, cold and windy…but only if you don’t live in any of the seriously burned areas. I’m thinking some are going to get (or getting) a muddy slide for a XMas present.
If the Republicans would allow a budget to pass, someone might have been able to afford to do some stabilization on those slopes, but that would make government look good, so they can’t permit that.
Sorry for the rant, but I have family who live in SoCal, and this is really messing their lives up, as it affects everyone in the state.
Enjoy your weather change and have a joyous holiday.
The Republicans have dug in their heels and are refusing to do anything to help budgetwise. Our county spent a boatload of moolah working on stabilizing the areas affected by the Gap fire, but hadn’t had time (nor any money left) to work on the areas affected by the Tea Fire which is FAR more populated and deals with roads used as main avenues.
Please rant. I wish more would. Maybe one of those bozo’s in tomato town will actually hear.
They want the government to fail, and don’t care, Jill. As long as the media and the Democrats let them get away with it, nothing will change. Too many people don’t know what is going on in Sacramento, and the US Senate, truth be told.
I get really annoyed that people don’t seem to pay attention to why things aren’t getting done.
Sorry to hear your troubles Jill! The *drought* (actually, many are calling it the new norm now) here has been bad here also, and I live in a summer high-fire danger area, so you certainly have my understanding and sympathy.
The water restrictions were ratcheted up to the next level here, 150liters of water per day per person. The worst part is that the water treatment plants can’t deal effectively with the bad water that’s coming from the low water level dams and reservoirs now. Gastro problems are increasing because of bacteria in the water and we have to boil the water to drink to be sure it’s safe. I’ve had two gastro bugs in six months. I can’t afford to buy 3 or 4 liters of water a day. We are installing a proper filter system, but the good ones to stop bacteria etc are expensive. Oh well… so is hospital. What a choice. 🙂
We can but hope that sanity may prevail over greed and that something effective will be done to fix these problems. 😉
At this point it looks like desalination is the best answer for the coastal areas. That seems to be where people want to live, and if you can get the masses who do live there to stop drawing on ground water supplies the aquifers might be able to refill, albeit slower than before.
We should really be pumping waste water that has received secondary treatment inland and let the land filter it, rather than putting it into the ocean.