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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Oso Raro...

...always has the coolest images over at Slaves of Academe. This one made me laugh; and I thought it'd be a good visual for my quick recap of our tv-watching last night.... Christmas in Washington, on TNT, began with images of snow falling gently over the city, even though it's been snowless and around sixty degrees around here for most of the month. The show was mainly about the bigtime singing acts (Il Divo, Taylor Hicks, Gretchen Wilson), but it did provide glimpses for us of La Spawn, wearing a long blue gown, an off-white scarf (which she got to keep), and one hell of an enthusiastic smile on her face as she belted out jazzed up carols.

Mr. UD will soon have all the winter weather he'd like; he's going to Norway in a couple of days, on business. Our friend who lives there tells Mr. UD it's either "dark, cold, and rainy" or "dark, cold, and snowy."