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| A and/or B with C to soon follow ... : ) |
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 Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:40 am
Here's wishing everyone a wonderful New Year! 
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:18 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:46 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:48 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:15 pm
Merry Christmas to you all, too. biggrin
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:29 pm
What was the coolest thing you got for Christmas?
My parents got me a "Symphony Surprise" clock from the country store in Cracker Barrel! On the hours it can play any of a large selection of Christmas or everyday tunes...& it has little doors on the front that open to reveal a little band of bears that play the music! biggrin
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:43 am
Got two cool gifts...
First, was a multi-regional, code free DVD player. So now I'm enjoying my UK DW Series 2 eps. biggrin
Second, was a VHS to DVD convertor. We started changing our Christmas tapes to DVD last night. We got a VHS camera in 1989 and have filmed our Christmases with our family since then. Last night we started with 1989... our sons were 3 and 5 years old back then (they are now 20 and 22). We all had tremendous fun watching it... especially the 22-yr-old's fiancee. xd
And then an added "gift"... God bless modern technology and the Brits! I got to see DW's "Runaway Bride." It was good! 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:07 pm
Merry belated christmas everyone!
Sorry I'm a bit late... Anywho, christmas was alright for me gift wise. I got some christmas money which I turned around and bought myself a new digital camera (Nikon Coolpix L4.... only $99.99 at Ritz Camera for their after christmas sales!). Becides the money I got the standard clothes and what not, but I got a bag of baked goods from my grandma which have served me well so far.
Other than that, I was sick from christmas eve till yesterday..... Evil stomach flu/bug thingy. I was throwing up on christmas eve and I couldn't keep anything down for what seemed forever... but thats okay because I'm better now.
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:30 am
So sorry to hear that you were sick over Christmas, Mitsu. Glad that you're doing better and hopefully you'll have a terrific New Year's! biggrin
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:07 pm
Being sick right on the holidays is lousy.
Have lots of fun tonight, Mitsu!
Anybody going to watch the Rose Bowl Parade? I love it!
I watch it on HGTV nowadays because they do more intelligent commentary, actually describing the float, not just making dumb jokes & advertising other shows. And they show every float in good detail.
I hope it won't rain in California this year; it was sad last year watching the beautiful floats fall apart in the rain after all the work put into making them.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:09 am
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:50 am
Happy New Year, everyone! Has everyone had their Hoppin' John yet?
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:37 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:10 am
Hoppin' John is a traditional dish in the cuisine of the Southern United States consisting of crowder peas and rice, often seasoned with a combination of; ham hock or fatback, onions, green peppers, vinegar and spices. In much of the region, eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a year filled with luck. Many regional variants exist, including "Hoppin' Juan," which substitutes Cuban black beans for black-eyed peas.
The origins of the name are uncertain, though the dish is believed to have been typical slave food in early colonial times. One possibility is that the name is a bastardization of the French Creole term for black-eyed peas: pois pigeons (pronounced: "pwah pee-JON"). Variations of this dish are seen throughout the American South and the Caribbean.
The OED's first reference to the dish is actually from Frederick Law Olmsted's 19th Century travelogue, A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States. "The greatest luxury with which they are acquainted is a stew of bacon and peas, with red pepper, which they call ‘Hopping John’." There is also a recipe for Hopping John in The Carolina Housewife by Sarah Rutledge, which was published in 1847.
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:17 am
Haven't had that, but I've eaten my Mutant Beans on Toast!
(in-joke from the SciFi DW forum for Rhiannon) biggrin
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