Alternatively, pork roast smothered in apples and onions which have been sauteed in red wine.

That's a possibilty.

I am flakey with the Christmas food this year.

What are you planning? Just dinner at home with the four eating machines?

Pretty much.

Four??

MM, Punk, Ollie, Elliott. Okay, it's not like all the cat does is eat, but it's not like he does much else around the house either, being, you know, cat.

Heh.

What are you guys doing?

A Holiday wish for the Buffistas, and all the asshat bossistas etc...

Peace On Earth: Death to Our Enemies.

I had never heard of either the nuts being called that, or of Eenie Meenie Miney Moe having anything other than a tiger in it. Huh.

See, tiger was a surprising new variation for me. I learned it in the Brownies, and it was "catch a brownie by the toe". Although at school, it was "catch a baby by the toe" instead. I didn't realise that there were more offensive versions out there, but it doesn't come as a surprise.

Fay, I am so impressed by the llama-juggling. Know anyone who does... er... juggles... camels? It could be an act. Vegas, baby.

thinks

Hmm. No. But I understand that some people juggle geese...

Aimee, I wish I had an easy-to-cook suggestion! (Although I think that Tacos would be fantastic, actually.)

Happy Thing #1 - we have just had Christmas Dinner. Even though it's Christmas Eve here. It was yummy.

Happy Thing #2 - turns out that the complete boxed sets of Seasons 1 and 2 of Farscape, that I bid for on e-bay in the Summer and left money for with my Dad? DID get delivered after all. So now I have lots of Farscape-y goodness to look forward to. Yay for that!

eta Hec, I have been gradually downloading songs from Buffistarawk, although I've not downloaded all the JazzyFay ones yet. (Got seduced by some of your Halloween and Christmas things too, y'see...) They're all fabulous, and the Jazzy stuff is fabulous.

But gmail seems to have taken umbrage over the whole business, or something. Can't access the account. Grr. Argh.

Beef & Guinness Pie, Aimee. I usually add mushrooms (button or cremini -- nothing fancy), and carrots and potatoes. And use the whole can of Guinness. Buy the puff pastry sheets instead of making your own, and the prep work takes about ten minutes. (Especially if you buy baby carrots and potatoes -- no chopping at all!)

I learned "eeny meeny" with the tiger (this would be mid-70s, DC area), and I remember thinking it was kind of lame because tigers don't holler, they roar (not to mention kicking your ass if you're dumb enough to try to grab them) -- but it didn't occur to me until years later that "tiger" had been substituted in.

We're having roast beast tomorrow, unless I get impatient and decide to have it today instead, because one of the joys of not really doing holidays is that you don't have to do them on schedule. (We gave each other gifties a couple of days ago, because neither of us could wait any longer to see the other open them. They were cleverly wrapped in a patchwork of brightly-colored post-it notes. Such is life in casa ADD.)