Monthly Archives December 2006

Shedding A Little Light

Gillian: concrete must be cheap Sarah: few bucks a bag Gillian: there ya go Gillian: i will make the entire shed of concrete Gillian: no one gonna f**k with my lawnmower

Tis the Season

…of gluttony. Saturday: The annual Jay family trip to the Holiday Pops started with snacks at Steve’s, egg nog at the Pops, and a decadent dinner at Aujourd’hui. I had a giant bowl of butternut squash and lobster bisque with lobster flan and chive oil before my main course of venison and a squash gratin. [...]

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Almost Perfect – INFP

20% Extraversion, 86% Intuition, 46% Thinking, 6% Judging So, you want to make the world a better place? Too bad it’s never gonna happen.

Warning: Sneezing May Be Hazzardous to Your Health

At dinner last night I felt a big sneeze coming on. Rather than try to stare into the lights or take other preventative measures, I turned to the side and let it loose. Big mistake. Who knew twisting and sneezing weren’t a good combination for core muscles? Well, I found out immediately. It hurt to [...]

Night of the Living Dead

Jon is sick. It started with a simple cold early last week and has blossomed into what can best be described as mucus hell. It wasn’t bad until the congestion started keeping him up at night. For four nights in a row. By the weekend he was dehydrated and hadn’t gotten more than a few [...]

Five on Friday for December 8, 2006

Holiday Spirit 1. Which winter holidays do you celebrate, if any? Why? While I’m not a Christian, I enjoy plenty of the celebrations for Christmas. I think we’ve reached a point in our society where a large part of the holiday is secular enough that I feel comfortable participating. You might say I celebrate Winter [...]

More Reasons to Be Happy

eggnog flavored coffee cold fronts that bring snow wearing my freshly knitted cowl cute new stamp releases Christmas carols turtlenecks sales! chocolates in the kitchen good moisturizing lotion

What kind of christmas candy are you?

Sugar cookies! You are very very happy, sweet, and fun… watch out for Santa. Take this quiz!

Mr. Beer

Mr. Beer is what got me into homebrewing. In fact, if it wasn’t for the horrible swill that comes out of them, I would have never moved on to bigger and better things. [Jon Jay, fledgling brewmaster]