what am I listening to..?
nothing, it is dead quiet...

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almost everything aches...
from shoveling snow. i had to do the walks and driveway twice yesterday; i did it once in the morning and then the second wave of snow and wind came through and i had to do it all over again last night... by actual measurement we had 13.5" of snow. not bad for the first one of the season.
it took two hours to clean the cars off this morning as they were covered not only with snow but an underlayer of ice. then i did the grocery shopping for the week, came home, put everything away and then went back out and shoveled a path to the garbage cans and made a bigger place for Sheba the dog to use as a bathroom. after that i made some stuffed peppers for dinner and am currently waiting for them to get done whilst working on the sixth bottle of winter ale... i couldn't wait until the solstice to sample it.
i started hanging the winter decorations in the lair yesterday, got all the greens hung up in the dining room along with a huge pine spray and some really large pine cones i found on the roadside earlier this year. i also got the greens hung on the upper hallway bannister and put the candles in the windows and hung the wreaths. i'll get to the living room tomorrow night after work.
oh, yeah, i also made some killer muffins last night, i haven't made any in quite a while and they really hit the spot. i think i'll go on a muffin kick for a while, maybe make some nice apple and cinnamon muffins for the solstice holiday and some anise seed muffins for the new years. mmmmmmm.
well, gotta go check the peppers and get another ale. stay warm.
i bid you peace and Blessed be.

what am I listening to..?
the thud of giant snowflakes on the roof...

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i think...
that a peeping tom must have been watching me undressing... no doubt, it was news worthy...

what am I listening to..?
lovely warm air whistling through the living room heat duct...

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a new link...
has been added to the left - Gothic Miss Manners. Are you Goth? Do you want to be Goth? Are you too Goth? Gothic Miss Manners can help! Does your family wonder about your obsession with black clothes? Does your mom keep telling you that you need to get more sun? Are the stuffed bats hanging in your bathroom too much? Ask Gothic Miss Manners!
have fun and Blessed be.

what am I listening to..?
the faint and far off voice of sanity...

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at last...
someone has spoken up against the political correctness pundits... could this be a trend?

this was on Tongue Tied this morning. enjoy

Meanwhile, Down Under ...



Australia's Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave has gone on record as saying that schools and kindergartens should set up nativity scenes, throw Christmas parties and actually talk about the story behind the holiday, reports the Weekend Australian.

And he said if schools want to do the same for Hanukkah or the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr they should be able to do that, too.

Hardgrave said people should not have to concede traditions that have been important to them and their family generations just to appease a handful of people who might get offended.

"Our culture, our tradition are something that has attracted people from all around the world to come and live here and be part of," he said.

"We have an opportunity to learn from the cultures they brought to Australia,” he said. "But we were here first, our framework was in place because of all of the efforts of previous generations. Our framework is what made it possible for all those people to come, and we should never be afraid of it."