Sudo

'Twas the Night Before Christmas 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's nap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name; "Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my hand, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread; He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose; He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!" sudo (I love you guys!)

We had two Black Labs from the same liter.. Amos and Andy. After that, we had two mixed breed mostly collie pups. One with white paws.. one without..Boots and Randolph. sudo

Paw, Oh I don't know.. I can understand where Rocky might see a resemblance. Like he said.. your jaw isn't prominent like Jay's is but.. You've got Jay's coloring, I think. sudo

No Way, Re:"sounds like the offshoot i attend. i am slowly making my way out." These folks are just as happy as clams and if they want to believe what they believe then fine with me. In fact they might be better off not wanting to delve any deeper into things. That's what I did and look at what it did to me.. made me a dang heretic! (G) sudo

And then there are those who don't WANT to know the truth.. They are probably all over the United States but for sure I know they are in Memphis. They are no longer in TWI but they still run PFAL classes (on Beta no less) and twigs like it's 1979. I know because my wife goes to fellowship with these folks. They are good people. Don't get me wrong about that. But they will not listen to any criticism of their "father in the Word" VPW nor accept that any of the doctrine is in error. It would bother me but I have to realize.. you can get people to believe most anything so better for my wife to be going to twig than to have her hanging out with the Hare Krishnas. I'm counting my blessings so to speak. sudo

Any of you guys ever heard The Christmas Shoes?? It's a real tear jerker. sudo

I second Mstar, George.. I appreciate all your very informative insight into the culture of the far East. You're not boring ME. sudo

Do the classics count?? Who knows what movie this is from?? "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here." sudo P.S. Here's a great one, too.. PILATE: What's so... funny about 'Biggus Dickus'? CENTURION: Well, it's a joke name, sir. PILATE: I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called 'Biggus Dickus'. [This message was edited by Sudo on November 22, 2003 at 15:11.]

Evan, Re:"Condolences in advance for LSU whuppin' up on the Rebs..." I'm afraid you could be right. LSU has a powerhouse this year in all positions. I remember another time this game was on national television. I was there. 1970. Archie Manning's senior year and Ole Miss got whupped 61-17. I'm sure hopping it's a lot closer than that this time :(--> Howsomeever.. if we DO manage to eek out a win, it'll be one for the history books, huh? sudo

Evan, Just record your guitar and then let me know. If you can manage to somehow get it on your hard drive.. I assure you I can get direct you how to get it to me via ftp to a server I have control over. Then I'll be more than glad to post it. Have you considered the easy way?? Just use the Sound Recorder in Windows and play the guitar in front of your computer's microphone. sudo (Hoddy Toddying today!)

Bowtwi, Were you able to download it then and watch it off your hard drive? You'd need Quick Time but Just RIGHT click on the link HERE! and choose to save target as... That should do it for you. Let me know. sudo

Now for what a lot of you have been waiting for.. Paw's video. No?? As you know.. video is difficult to see with a slow connection so workarounds have been made. If you have Real Player loaded, you can try clicking HERE! and seeing if it won't play for you, though the quality isn't as good. If you have broadband AND Quick Time on your computer, click HERE! and it should start playing in just a minute. If you're using just dial up, you'll still need to get Quick Time but you'll have to download the file first and view later. Just RIGHT click on the link HERE! and choose to save target as... It could take 20-30 minutes if you have a real slow connection, though. Let me know how this works for you guys. And Remember that we can all thank Bluzeman for the conversion and server. sudo

A few more pics from Oakspear... "AHAT... totally absorbed by Herbal's witty repartee" "Oenophile on the left.. Paw on the right" "Sudo warning Shellon not to eat out of his stew bowl"

Tumbleweed, I sure was. Do we know each other from then?? sudo

No sooner than the call went out for more pics than Paw sent me some of his digital variety. So here they are: "Littlehawk looking out for revenoorers" "Rascal.. had JUST sat down, too!" "Jardinero wearing the most common expression seen at the roast" "Oakspear.... during his blue period" sudo (awaiting more pix)

Anyone got some more?? E-mail the best of them to me and let me put them up!! sudo

Here's more, guys, from Bowtwi. Thanks to Bluzeman for his server space on Bluzecentral. Thanks Rick! Now.. for the pics: "Outdoorsman extraordinaire Cory" "Boo talking Paw through filming at night" "Hannah pulling Aaron" "Hawk.. maintaining proper supplies" "Jardinero demonstrating proper bacon cooking technique" "Mr. and Mrs. Rascal" "Herbal (with Rascal and AHAT) awake and smelling the coffee" "Oak and Shellon" "Lots of Bonsai deer" "Sudo, Ahat and Rugrat" "Oak and Mr. Rascal" "Sudo getting laughed at while trying to act cool" "Rascal frying up in the skillet.." WHEW!!!! sudo

Hawk, I can't speak for the others, but I would be all for moving the roast to your place. Not only is the price right, but it kinda' ticked me off having the fuzz make us dispose of that hootch. I mean I had to drink so fast I got the hiccups. And Oak was pouring it out faster than I could guzzle it, too! We really ought to give your kind offer serious consideration. What better place to have a reunion than someone's own home? sudo

Hiya' Hawk! Actually, that pic was taken about 5 years ago when I still had a beard. Carol refused to kiss me while I had it. It's history :D--> sudo

Bowtwi, I know everybody who wasn't there is wondering about that pole dance. I think they need to know the truth, don't you? First, It was Oakspear's fancy kazoo music that just made 'ya wanna' dance and then.. tell 'em what you did, now... you PAID me to dance with that tree. I may be cheap but I ain't free! I'm posting the actual dollar bill you oh so slyly stuck down my pants, girl! What could I do after that? I HAD to dance. I'll carry that bill around in my billfold until the next weenie roast!! sudo

Is this the same guy who was an engineering student at the University of Virgina in 1979? sudo

Jardinero, Can't wait to meet you too. I'm really looking forward to this and I know we'll have a good time. Guess I'll leave the green peas out (G). They don't really do that much for the stew even if you LIKE green peas. sudo

Making out that list right now.. Only thing is I'm going to have to make the stew Thursday afternoon. I have a meeting Thursday night and my stew takes some simmering time to make the meat good and tender. I don't stay up late. Wondering if I'll use English peas in it this time. The constants are the stew meat, potatoes, carrots and onions. Sometimes I use peas and sometimes I don't. Anyone got a preference??? sudo

I didn't want to start a brand new topic for this so I'll post it here for us Southeners. The person who e-mailed me telling me this is a different kind of person who has WAY too much time on his hands but here's what he said: "While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and start making clockwise circles with it in the air. While doing that, also draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will automatically start going in the other direction." And the heck if he ain't right. sudo

Don't worry about going hungry Friday night. Shellon asked me and I'll have my beef stew ready. I'll be there at check-in time about 3 O'Clock (cabin #11) and get the stew warming up. I'll have made it the night before and will bring it in the cooler with me from Memphis. Like Ttessa was saying, we'll lay it out a little better Friday when we all get there. sudo