Not the Resolution type ..

Having said that, I have made a few decisions I would like to implement imminently.

I will be displacing Facebook postings in favor of blogging my random & occasionally very incorrect comments!

Appreciating & nurturing special friendships. Not sweating superficial or draining relationships.

Paying close attention - to life both outside & in.

Not striving for perfection: just putting my self out there & will to practice & learn.

Just some thoughts ...

Christmas & Boxing Day

Back in the days of yore, the tradition was for the King or Queen would present gifts to their serfs the day following Christmas. Gifts in boxes. Hence it is called Boxing Day. Today, it is a national holiday - a day off work.

Despite the grey cloud that hung around me pre-Christmas, Christmas Eve kicked in some spirit. Not alcoholic either.

The grey days which had preceded Christmas threw me deeper into my holiday ennui.

But to see the gifts wrapped & arranged under the tree, bedecked with unbreakable balls. A delight!

Corey made an unbelievably great Christmas Eve dinner: his first rack of lamb done on the bar b que. Spinach. Brussels & peas. Yum.

For the first year ever, we all slept in on Christmas morning. Kaelin finally called "chicken" & herded the family in to open the goodies.

I hit the jackpot this year. The "motherlode" for the house "mutha." 4 tickets, front & enter to Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba", end of January. 4 tickets for me AND the children. All 4 of us. Together. A cultural outing. Finally! How longggg I have yearned for this.

I can't even begin to articulate how thrilled I am. Best "gift" ever. An evening with my children in magical theater.

You know, sometimes, not very often but sometimes, it's good to be me!

Another take on Christmas

From Sarah Silverman, a different take on Santa & WWJD ... oy!

Eric Idle's "Fuck Christmas"

Thank you, Eric Idle, for articulating my holiday sentiment - brilliantly, succinctly, eloquently.

Long Live the Python's!

Would you rather?

Taking an unofficial holiday poll:

Would you rather deal with:

a) hormonal, adolescent, teenage female

or

b) late adolescent males w/arrested development. Both categories are blessed with omnipotent, all encompassing intelligence.

Just askin' ...

Lunar Eclipse / Solstice

Pardon the pun but this is truly heavenly!

 

 

 

Will tonight's lunar eclipse give us the answer to The Meaning of Life?

Why are we here, what's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well tonight, we're going to sort it all out
For tonight it's the Meaning of Life.

What's the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time,
Are we just yolks?
Or perhaps we're just one of God's little jokes.
Well ça c'est the Meaning of Life.

Is life just a game where we make up the rules,
While we're searching for something to say,
Or are we just simply spiralling coils,
Of self-replicating DNA?
In this life, what is our fate?

Is there Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
Is mankind evolving or is it too late?
Well tonight here's the Meaning of Life.
For millions this life is a sad vale of tears,
Sitting round with nothing to say,
While scientists say we're just spiralling coils,
Of self-replicating DNA.

So just why, why are we here?
And just what, what, what, what do we fear?
Well çe soir, for a change, it will all be made clear,
For this is the Meaning of Life
-c'est la sens de la vie,
This is the Meaning of Life.

Monty Python - of course!