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In the midst of so many serious subjects, you all are probably going to give me a good swift kick out of here for posting the following silliness. I hope these will make you chuckle. We all need a little laugh, right? And no fair googling!

1. What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?

2. What do you get if you deep fry Santa?

3. What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?

4. Why does Santa have three gardens?
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Good evening everyone. Things here are pretty crazy at the moment, but they'll settle down soon. So just a few quick updates tonight, and a temporary goodbye until things are settled. I'll be on and around, but not too much for a week or so.

First, we've not heard anything from the doctor about Tom's cysts. I'm running on the no news is good news philosophy, and I figure they are likely nothing to worry over. If it was anything serious, we would have news from the doctor by now. ...

Today was HILLARIOUS!!!! My friend, who is an idoit, whouldn't stop bugging me and I told him he had something on his cheek and pinched them REALLY hard. Earlier he, idioticly, squirted grapefruit in his eye and I told him to rub it with one finger and I slaped his hand and he poked himself in the eye.
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I found this poem while rooting the other day. Figured I'd post my non-imagist, emotional, anachonristically styled, archaic poem here, since it's trendy at the moment to post verse in one's blog:

WHEN DEATH LAYS LOW

It’s hot as hell, but hotter still
the fiery sun and scorching sand
that beat and blaze above and below
to burn the backs of better men,
of men laid low in steely Iraq
or unsung heroes West of Tehran.

The ...

Ghost

For a moment
I saw the glimmer
reflected in the mirror
but when I looked
back again
she was gone.

My heart filled
with terror
and passing lights
flashed
into my consciousness.

I tired to
shake the feeling
but the whiteness
of her form was
so clear.

For that brief
encounter
which forever
left me speechless.
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