Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.

Riley ,'Help'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2014: so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good bye...  

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering.

Buh bye, 2014.


Hil R. - Dec 22, 2014 6:12:07 pm PST #127 of 300
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Extrapolating from the address, It appears to be from a Mathy Jewish Santa (don't tell that lady on your f-list). That or Santa's getting sneaky...

It's option 2. I've been told to point out that there is a note in the travel mug.


brenda m - Dec 23, 2014 2:51:47 am PST #128 of 300
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hah! I figured as much. I was going to feel really bad if you'd gone out and bought Santa paper on my behalf.

And oops. I expect I'd have found that note before I hit the road for TL, or else had some very fibrous coffee on the road. The answer is dark, unflavored and I use a Melita so ground for paper cone is best. Other than that I'm easy.

And also delighted, and thankful. Did I mention that?


Toddson - Dec 23, 2014 4:41:07 am PST #129 of 300
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Well, I've been LDB'd ... waiting for the bus last night, a guy in the rail station was playing a trumpet. Bits and pieces of holiday songs - two or three lines from one song, then two or three from another ... but the LDB was recognizible.

And FedEx seems to have lost the one and only present I sent off (not to a Buffista, but still ....)

Can it be 2015 now? I'd really like a fresh start.


msbelle - Dec 23, 2014 5:03:38 am PST #130 of 300
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am concerned that packages I sent last week are not received.


Zenkitty - Dec 23, 2014 7:43:51 am PST #131 of 300
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

My BFF's most special, nigh-irreplaceable present was delayed over two weeks from sending to delivery. We were sure it was lost. The day we decided to call and file a claim, it showed up. No idea what happened. But it wasn't damaged, so we figured it got lost under a chair somewhere.


Jesse - Dec 23, 2014 8:59:16 am PST #132 of 300
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I got a package from amyth! With many lovely things in it! I'm saving the wrapped ones for later, but I already see great-smelling teas and omNom chocolate (which I saw for sale in Iceland!) and a big-ass candy cane! Thanks!!


amyth - Dec 23, 2014 9:22:06 am PST #133 of 300
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Oh yay! I'm so glad it actually got there on the day they said it would!


Dana - Dec 23, 2014 9:24:42 am PST #134 of 300
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I am about to get on a plane, so I won't be around to open packages until the 28th.


Toddson - Dec 23, 2014 9:35:02 am PST #135 of 300
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

yay! the package turned up! I am GREATLY relieved.


EpicTangent - Dec 23, 2014 11:04:30 am PST #136 of 300
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Heard back from the guy who hosted the less-than-awesome party with the predatory towtruck - the earring has been found! Yay, tiny redemption of crapstorm day!