Happy Solstice!

If you didn't expect this, you don't know me as well as you think you do (-:

(full Solstice Advent calendar here)

music recommendation?

So, I'm kind of at a loss what to get my folks for the holidays, and I was thinking maybe a CD or two. They like new-agey instrumental stuff -- Tangerine Dream, Kitaro, etc. I was sort of thinking about Bonobo's album "Dial M For Monkey" (assuming I can find it between now and Thursday), but it might be just a squidge too eccentric for them. Anyone have any suggestions?

doomed. Doooooomed!

I left the little man sitting on the floor. When I looked again a few minutes later, he was standing up holding into the coffee table. Must. Find. Camera...

I heard a bird sing

I Heard A Bird Sing
by Oliver Herford

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

'We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

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Bush dodges everything

Who would've guessed he'd be so good at ducking? Probably reflexes honed after years of hunting with Cheney.

(thank you, Making Light!)

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this was a very, very close second for the Solstice square on the advent calendar

Christmas Meme

(courtesy of istemi) ( 25 questions about Christmas )