Everyone else is asleep, so I got a few minutes to share some thoughts. For A-dogg, they will have bullitz

• My lovely wife's mother's family is always special at the holidays. We stopped giving gifts to each other last yar (end of feeding frenzy one) so everything got a little better, but this year we did a "East-Asian" Christmas. you know, the gift swap thing. So we (Recitative and I) draw a candle which we swap with a oy (teenager) who has a tupperwizzare with $7 and some candy. Two other people (another teenager and a younger boy) have the same thing. Kaphy's 40-something cousin draws a picture frame. SO HE TAKES OUR CANDY. THIS DIPSHIT ACTUALLY TOOK CANDY FROM A BABY!!!! Recit. is bawling and this ass now has $7 to buy some Budweiser. Great. Luckily, the other teenager swapped with us and took the frame. At least someone there has a soul. BTW Recit. used the money to buy gifts for others- more coming here.
• At the same party, I overhear a great conversation. This guy (early 20s) wants to buy a new generator for his boat. He needs some ungodly number of watts. Why, you ask? So he can power water proof lights to lay on the lake to draw the fish to the surface. This guy does construction for a living and is apparently a dynamite specialist... yep you see where this is going. After the fish are brought to the light, he will toss in a stick of dynamite and blow them up. I'm serious here. Then all he needs to do is scoop them out with a net. Here it comes--------- this guy doesn't eat fish. He's doing this for the sport.
• My family's Christmas is not what I remember from my childhood. My cousin's kids are 6 and 8 and are gift hounds. Like begging all night to open the gifts and crap. When we started to open presents we let the older one be Santa and pass out the gifts. what does he do? Goes through them and pulls out his and puts the rest back. Sad. Sad, sad, sad-ass, sad. I was a little let down. Still great to see everyone. The irony here is that my aunt and uncle (whose hme we were in) have a big-ass sign in the yard that reads Merry CHRISTmas. Baptists, just damn. "you're trying to take Jesus out of Christmas!!! Wait, where are my presents?!?"
• Kaphy and I have worked really hard to minimize Santa in our ritual. He fills the stockings, but the big gifts are from your family- the people that love you. We don't ever tell our kids that Santa only comes to good girls. Gifts are given to celebrate the birht of Jesus. So my family must have asked our kids last night 100 f&$%ing times if Santa was coming. Also, Kaphy's dad bought this MickEE Ratt saves Santa video. So, Recit. goes around now saying "no, no, no donald. you've got to be nice if you want Christmas presents." Sometimes I wish I was a monk.
• Christmas really is different with kids. There is nothing like sharing it through there eyes. This is a magical time. I'm not bitter or angry, just a little disappointed.
• A quick joke to piss off most of you: Why don't Republicans use book marks? There used to bending over their pages.
• Lastly, I want to say this: OBAMA '08. In a nod to Karl Rove. If you disagree you are un-american, un-patriotic, you hate freedom, un-Christian, and a racist.
• Merry Christmas to all. Hope to see you all soon.

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