Happy Anniversary, Burrell!!

And continued Happy Hannukah to all!

I am counting down the hours until my boss's vacation -- except that never keeps her off email, so I don't know what I'm thinking will change.

Happy Anniversary, Burrell!!

And continued Happy Hannukah to all!

What Jesse said.

I actually kind of like some of the nativity sets-- the lego one is pretty cute!

I saw the best (where values of best=funny and oh so wrong) nativity scene last weekend. A friend and I love to go driving around looking at Christmas lights, so we did. But, she had seen an article in the local paper about a special light display.

Seems this man really puts a lot of effort and artistic thought into his work. He does a prototype of the display in his backyard during the summer and he likes to have a message with his lights.

This year, he did a nativity scene. With Joseph, the 3 wise men, no Mary, no Jesus. But, he did have 2 passed out hobos with about 15 empty bottles and cans of malt liquor laying around. Joseph and the wise men were the typical illuminated plastic statues. The hobos were more like dressed up scarecrows.

His message? Don't forget about the homeless during the holidays and remember that overindulging in alcohol can be bad.

My take? Now, I'm not an artist, so maybe I just missed the message. But, all I could think was "Why are those 2 dead guys laying in the manger and I'm so glad Mary took off with her baby and didn't stick around for that scene."

I made my friend turn around and pass by again. And again. I had to see it 3 times. It made me donkey laugh and dance in my seat by its utter wrongness.

A family who lives down the block from my parents always puts up a plastic light-up nativity scene that's fairly traditional (if tacky), except that there are only two wise men, and Santa is in the spot where the third usually is.

Chi-kat, that is too funny. I think I just snorted while laughing!

I need more internets. I am trying to write something for our website, and I need distraction.

And speaking of the nativity: Chuck Norris claims that, if "Obamacare" had been around 2000 years ago, Mary would have aborted Jesus. [link]

Next week, he writes about how the country is destroying its "Judeo-Christian" heritage by getting rid of public nativity scenes.

Chuck Norris claims that, if "Obamacare" had been around 2000 years ago, Mary would have aborted Jesus.

Interesting how he thinks a half-assed health care reform would trump Mary's submission to the will of God. I don't have that much confidence in the latest version of the health care bill. Or even the one we were promised before the election.

Next week, he writes about how the country is destroying its "Judeo-Christian" heritage by getting rid of public nativity scenes.

I get so tired of people implying that not having publicly sponsored religious symbols means banning publicly displayed religious symbols. They aren't the same thing at all.

Here's a linky to the article about the hobo nativity...complete with pictures. Doesn't do it complete justice, but it gives you a good idea: [link]

Chuck Norris claims that, if "Obamacare" had been around 2000 years ago, Mary would have aborted Jesus.

I keep seeing this bumper sticker around here that says virtually the same thing, like "If Mary were Pro-Choice, there wouldn't be a Christmas." (Which, don't even get me started on how that's incorrect.) I saw it and looked at Joe and said, "Well, good thing she was pro-rape-by-a-diety, too."