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Well boys and girls, another Christmas has come and gone. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. As for this Webmaster, I had a most excellent Christmas. For starters we spent Christmas Eve at my brother’s house. Tradition at the Starling household dictates that we open all our presents that night and wake up Christmas Day to see what Santa brought everyone. This year Santa brought a trampoline for the kids. Poor ol’ Santa and his merry band of helper elves spend two hours in the butt numbing cold to assemble that beast. However, Santa said it was easier than the swing set that he brought last year.

Christmas Day we loaded up the family and traveled to back woods Alabama to see my Grandparents. There, my Grandfather (G-Daddy) gave me ever-loving heck about my man bling. For those of you who don’t know about my man bling, I wear a silver ring on my right ring finger and one on my left thumb. I tried to explain to him that I was just a slave to fashion…but that didn’t go to well. It probably didn’t help matters any when the whole time my brother is saying that it probably means I have a boyfriend or something like that. Thanks a lot brother. Then G-Daddy mumbled something about how he used to play cars with me but that wasn’t going to any happen any more. So everyone learned two things this weekend: 1) Apparently I’m a slave to fashion and 2) My brother has no idea what he’s talking about. In fact, I got this book from him for Christmas and I plan to make full use of it. Ladies, consider that your heads up.

Rounding up the trip, I got to see sleet in Alabama (hey, its close to snow) and spent two nights in the thriving metropolis of Climax. w00t!

Finally, I’ve got two shoutouts today: First one goes to Jason for giving me the honor of driving his 65 Mustang. Second one goes out to the lovely Christina, thanks for giving me an idea for Arch Nemesis #10. Keep trying not to freeze your butt off!

A special Christmas video from the folks at Red vs Blue.

Pictures of people being scared by Santa.

Paint your own Graffiti.

Fire in the hole for mice.

How to call Shotgun. Elizabeth, this link’s for you.

Play A.L.I.A.S.

Speaking of fire in the hole…


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  1. RTorpedo — December 27, 2004 #

    Fire in the hole for giant African hamster rats.
    How about fire in the hole for Southern Tree Rats?

  2. Mr rT — December 27, 2004 #

    Mock my bling? I pity the fool!

    Check out: http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends_100/102_fashion_men.html

  3. bigdaddy c-14 — December 27, 2004 #

    sorry man. i’d have to agree with your alabama folks. wearing a ring is kind of “odd”. there are exceptions to the rule, though. they are as follows:

    exception 1 – wearing a ring by the male species shall be acceptable if said ring constitutes a valid and verifiable commitment of matrimony.

    exception 2 – a ring may also be worn by a member of the male species if the said ring verifies a lifetime achievement; i.e. : high school rings, college or university rings, rings that verify an athletic achievment such as Super Bowl rings, BCS championship rings, World Series rings, etc.

    exception 3 – this is the gift clause. a ring may be worn if received as a gift from a person of the female species unless this person is either the male’s father, grandfather, brother, etc. if the gift was received from a female then the male is obligated to wear the ring in the presence of the female. he is not, however, obligated to wear it when he is “just hanging out with the guys” nor is he further obligated to wear it out in public unless to meet the female from which the ring was obtained.

  4. Juggling Pro — December 27, 2004 #

    it is 0 degrees right now….how can I keep from “trying” to freeze my butt off in weather such as this??
    Ways to try: 1) stay inside 2) get drunk on whiskey (no more alcohol for me for awhile however) 3)present a subtle similarity to the youngest boy in “A Christmas Story” while wearing a snow suit or 4) run on the driveway covered in ice to intentionally hit my head and go unconscious so as to not have to feel the cold anymore…..relief is mine

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