tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post7640002965024757378..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: "Christmas Time is Here, By GollyTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-9436474642613936912012-12-27T21:12:38.673-05:002012-12-27T21:12:38.673-05:00All shillelaghs are awesome. It is nearly definit...All shillelaghs are awesome. It is nearly definitional. <br /><br />The Mass During the Day, at which TOF lectored, was celebrated by Fr. Karobo, cousin of our pastor. It was the first time he had ever seen snow, it being rare in Tanzania. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-66165268998110130812012-12-27T15:12:50.342-05:002012-12-27T15:12:50.342-05:00Deck the halls with hunks of holly. Merry Christma...Deck the halls with hunks of holly. Merry Christmas! <br /><br />Awesome shillelagh, a weapon that, sadly, figures infrequently in space opera. <br /><br />Grew up in SoCal, where we keep our snow up on the San Gabriel Mountains, where we could admire it while working on our tans down in the basin. Here in the Bay Area, it's getting all the way down into the 30s at night, up around 60 in the day. Lots and lots of snow up in the Sierra, but out of sight. <br /><br />First encountered snow in college - took about 36 hours for it to loose any appeal whatsoever. Joseph Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17489606909822078682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-67671360686981094842012-12-27T00:17:07.715-05:002012-12-27T00:17:07.715-05:00A glance at my weather.com tab indicates that here...A glance at my weather.com tab indicates that here in Newark, DE, it's currently 41°F., while in my two alternate cities of Charlotte, NC -- home to my baby sister Melissa -- it's 40°, and that of my childhood, Fairbanks, AK, it's presently -17°.<br /><br />I'll note that blackthorn is very good at keeping vampires at bay.<br /><br />Everyone commenting on my LiveJournal responded favorably that Himself was pleased to receive his signed gifts, except for RBS, who told me he wished the photo hadn't been snapped at the instant I stepped on his foot.<br /><br /><br />JJB <br /><br /><br />JJBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-54559410233549134042012-12-26T19:54:40.366-05:002012-12-26T19:54:40.366-05:00I just read parts of this post aloud to the GF, wh...I just read parts of this post aloud to the GF, who I recently stole away from Anchorage. For Christmas I gave her, among other things, a big box of Kaladi's coffee, a brand name that will surely be familiar to your son from his Alaskan perambulations. She, by the way, laughed aloud at the caption explaining the uses of the shillelagh. <br /><br />Finally, speaking of shillelaghs, I'm tempted to recommend Frank Delaney's _Ireland_, but I'm all but certain you've already read it!TJIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048650353467582384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-84499074983181101292012-12-26T19:41:57.747-05:002012-12-26T19:41:57.747-05:00Merry second day of Christmas!Merry second day of Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com