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Hmm…. perhaps I need to evaluate my life.

You Are Eggnog

Rich, sweet, and probably a little drunk. Everyone who knows you tends to get a little fatter.

So…. there ‘ya go.

Tip ‘o the Santa cap to Roly and sprite for this one.

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Or are most modern pop and R&B stars incapable of simply hitting a note and holding it?

Or are they hiding their inability to do so in a sea of melisma?

Seriously: why do primal songs - “Over The Rainbow” and “As Time Goes By,” among others - need to be doctored by a modern performer throwing it through the vocal warp effect?

It’s overkill.

It’s pathetic.

And it’s spent.

Now there is a place for melisma in music: it’s been used for centuries, especially in Hindu and Middle Eastern music forms. But these days, the mash-up of jazz-esque improvisation by folks who don’t have a clue about improv that is complementary to the music, rather than simply wailing above it, seems to be the unfortunate norm.

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OMG!!!

SNOW IS COMING!!!

PANIC!!! PANIC!!! PANIC!!!

Quick - everybody raid the stores for all the bread, milk and toilet paper you can stockpile!!!

I’M SERIOUS HERE!!!

SNOW = THE APOCALYPSE!!!

ACK!!!

(For those who don’t live in DC, this is the typical reaction to a prediction of accumulating snow, which is in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon. The locals here tend to think that any snowfall is cause for concern that everybody will be housebound. Yup: DC is a city full of lightweights when it comes to winter.)

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Want to see ‘em? Go here, to my more politically-oriented site. Heading in to 2008, that’s where I’ll post my political opinions.

(And yes, I’ll build a link off of this site soon.)

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The past week was chock full of house cleaning.

TONS of house cleaning.

It’s as if we’d taken our apartment, turned it upside-down, shaken it out, sorted the crap, then put most of it back together again.

The remainder either became:

1. Goodwill donations.
2. Recycling fodder.
3. Offerings to the shredder.

It was worth doing, even if it made both of us sneeze, cough, whine and bitch a lot.

After all, we had our Annual Arboreal Adornment last night, and it was a great success. We got to share our tree trimming with many friends, and what’s better than that?

Now all I need to do is re-discover the bike to keep the holiday pounds at bay.

Popularity: 25% [?]