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Did you know that the first residential house to have a Christmas tree in Canada is here in Halifax on Cobourg road? The original owner's wife was of German descent and the Germans are credited with the origin of the decorated Christmas tree.

Oops! A Jesuit magazine published and ad for a Virgin Mary statue covered in a condom! The ad was intended as a protest against the Catholic church's stance against using condoms to counter the spread of AIDS . The ad was for religious artowrk for sale and the photos in the proofs were black and white and they couldn't make out the condom. However, the description of the item, titled "Extra Virgin" noted the statue was covered in a delicate veil of latex. Um. Well maybe being Jesuits, they wouldn't have taken that as a clue? That's their excuse and they're sticking to it.

Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Some of the nominees for word of the year brings a couple of terms to the surface. That roll of flesh that hangs out over tight low jeans? "Muffin top" and the bit of thong that's visible from the back of those low slung jeans? "whale tail". Sudoku has made the nominee list as has "spim" which is instant message spamming. To "Jump the couch" is frenetic or bizarre behaviour. Where do you think that came from? Yep, Tom Cruise's leap on Oprah. How low can that man's image sink?

A lad in Missouri that wanted to wear a kilt to a high school dance was told to put on trousers, which sparked a debate about cultural dress. And so it should! This has come up in other areas of the country as well, with one school principal in Texas (no surprise there, then) saying "I know kilts and these aren't kilts and they aren't even Scottish". So what? If they want to wear a kilt, let them. tsk.

The Canadian Olympic hockey team has been selected and there's a uproar. The bright new star, the new face of the NHL, Sidney Crosby was not picked and one of the men that was, Todd Bertuzzi, was previously suspended for 17 months for a brutal assault where he charged another player from behind and actually broke some bones in the other man's neck. He pleaded guilty and served probation and community service but the feeling is, should this be the image of someone that represents Canada in the Olympics? No i don't think so either.
News of the Weird:

A local man was convicted yesterday of possessing and making child porn. He said he had saved the images to a disk so that he could take them to the police because he was offended. Um. But you did go to the child porn sites to get it didn't you? And then when convicted he said he wasn't appealing because he was brought up to believe that when you make a mistake, you stand up and take it like a man. So that's why you pleaded "not guilty" and forced a trial, yes? *snork*

Another local man was arrested for making hundreds of phone calls asking to smell men's stinky feet! In some of the calls he mentions a desire to be beaten up and also mentions his own black socks. There was no mention of what colour socks he was wearing on his arraignment nor if he was even wearing any ;)

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The kids in the office today are pretty well behaved though one little boy seems to have had a recent burst of energy and is running about. Two people brought in their dogs, Zoey, a big black female lab and Katy, a large female German shepherd. The dogs have been good too and they both love the kids. I discovered that the usb cable for the mp3 player also fits the digicam so yay! That means i have a spare! Bless XP too, i didn't need to have any drivers installed, just needed to redirect the Network drive to a new letter since we have so many already fixed at work.

Think i'll pop in to Pennington's just before i get the car to see if they have any nice tops or blouses. Maybe some new Christmas jammies too :)

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Ah excellent news. Dad is being transfered today to the Dartmouth hospital, which is a lot closer for Mom to visit, no bridge traffic or rush hour traffic either. Also he will then be under the eagle eye of his own family doctor which he really is pleased about.

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Got the car. another Sebring. Traffic was insane because everyone was getting off early. The grocery store was a madhouse.

Went to see Dad tonight. He had a rough patch when we got there. the move from the other hospital was hard on him and he was having breathing trouble but the doctor and nurses settled him down and the visit after that, with Mom, sis, me, Staci and Justin was good. He was back to himself again but seeing him the way he was when we got there really brings it home though. Anyway he's in a pallative unit in a private room which is decorated quite nicely. There was a volunteer that came in and brought him a cuppa tea and another one checking on him to see if he wanted anything. He was joking about the car too, "oh, Sebring the car?". *groan* That's when you really know he's feeling better.

Anyway, Link via sheepthief, This had me giggling too. Not sure i want to be on the receiving end of whatever that fellow has on his mind.

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas to me :) My sweetie, Rock God gramie_dee has done it again! My very own handwritten and recorded song for this year is up and online at Myspace and is called Livin for Lovin. It's very different from last year's ballad. This year he's gone retro to 80's radio rock, complete with spandex. ;)

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