When I was in 8th grade I was asked by the nuns to be Saint Nicholas for a church program thay day.  They had me dressed up with in the full bishop regalia.  I even had the staff and one of my then friends was my assistant.  At the end of the mass I was brought in to do a blessing and sit in the bishop's chair which was brought down off the altar.  As the grades filed out back to class I was supposed to give individual blessings.

When it got to the girls in 7th and 8th grade it got interesting.  The girls took turns sitting on my lap telling me what they wanted and where I should put it.  Mind you I was in church just feet from the altar and all of these were students from a Catholic school.  And there were nuns watching.

Billy Joel said Catholic girls start much too late.  I have no idea where he went to school but it wasn't Buffalo.

Lina has a new theme for the week.  What do you want from Santa no matter how extravagent.

That's easy I want a good General Contractor to do the $250 million repair to my Fortress of Solitude.  And the money to do the repair.  I'll set up a nice apartment in the tower to overlook the city of Buffalo.

What are your five favorite Christmas songs or movies?

1. Charlie Brown Christmas

2. A Year Without A Santa

3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

4. Scrouge  - The version with Albert Finney.  The ghost of Christmas Present sings really cool in that one

5. All of the Die Hard movies - Yes they are Christmas movies - watch them and see.

Traditions - Other then the arguments over spending too much on everyone and going to the inlaws we don't have a lot or tradtions.



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Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
It’s a picture.  The book is everyday Photoshop for Photographers

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What's there?
Air.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
A repeat of Cold Case

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
Almost 5

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
4:42

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The TV, Philip, the toy Philip is playing with

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
Around 11:15 leaving the gym to come home

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
outlook so I could open a new email to paste the quiz into to edit it.

9. What are you wearing?
Sweater, jeans, underwear and socks

10. Did you dream last night?
Nope

11. When did you last laugh?
This morning reading about a movie.  (it may be a blog soon)

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Family pictures

13. Seen anything weird lately?
nope

14. What do you think of this quiz?
It’s ok I quess

15. What is the last film you saw?
No idea, it wasn’t at the show it was on TV.  It was one of the kid spy movies

16.If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
The Buffalo Central Terminal to be my fortress of Solitude

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I like bread and butter pickles

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Have m as supreme ruler.

19. Do you like to dance?
I can’t dance, I never go any where to dance, the wife doesn’t dance but yea I like to dance

20. George Bush:
is a waste of space

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Karen – after the girl that named Frosty

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Ian James.  Then the wife decided to make it James Ian.  It was supposed to be after Ian Flemming’s James Bond.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
nope

24. What do you want to say to God when you reach the pearly gates?

Good job, take a 10 minute break.

What's your favorite ornament hanging on your tree?: There are way to many to pick a favorite.

What's better: Sledding or Snow Angels?: Sledding

Do you put marshmallows in your hot chocolate?: When I have them, I do.

Tell me a funny sledding story.: Does I don’t have any.

Do you still get pictures with Santa?: I rarely did as a kid, so no

What's your favorite holiday food?: Krakus Ham imported from Poland.

What do you want for Christmas this year?: A 30 gig Zune

Did you go shopping on Black Friday?: No, I work at an electronics store that is open on Black Friday.  (I do tech support, I don’t work for the store but I have to be in a store.)

Are you on the naughty or nice list?:depends, usually the very nice list

Give one reason why you think you're on the list you chose.: Because I never do bad things if I can help it.  I go out of the way to be good.  Very boring

Do you have fake trees or real trees?: An ARTIFICIAL tree.

Are you good at guessing what's inside the presents?: I used to be.  It pissed everyone off,  I pick up everyone’s gift and tell them what it is.

How early do you get up on Christmas morning?: Around 6am after 3 hours sleep playing Santa and arguing with the wife over the crappy way toys are mad and how I hate putting stuff together.

Do you have a system for opening presents at your house?: Yes, we do. You sit on the floor, rip into the wrapping paper and pretend to be happy about that crappy gift in front of you. After that, you throw the paper, haphazardly, onto the floor, for Mom to pick up.

How many days before Christmas do presents start appearing under your tree?: Some of the presents are already there.  The wife’s was first and I hid the receipt and she search the house trying to figure out what she got.

What's your favorite Christmas decoration?: Different then ornament…  We a have a tree that’s about it.

Do you like icicle lights?: Nope.

Are you good at making Gingerbread houses?: I The pre cut ones sure.

Does it snow where you live?: yes, It’s Buffalo

If not, do you wish it did?: don’t matter, as long as it stays under 10 feet.

Do you use advent calendars to count down the days til Christmas?: The kids do.

What event lets you know that Christmas is coming up?: Black Friday – getting up at 2am to get to work

What's your favorite holiday drink from Starbucks?: I do not purchase anything from Starbucks

Do you like red or green better?: Red

Do you eat candy canes?: Not so much.

How many Christmas songs do you know by heart?: Oh none.  I keep switching to the Polish versions and I forget where I am

How good are you at wrapping presents?: YES!

What type of wrapping paper is your favorite?: As The kind that is made of paper

Do you post bulletins on Myspace wishing people a Merry Christmas?: I don't on Myspace, but I probably will here.

Do you have Christmas layouts and songs for your Myspace profile?: nope, I’m not big on Myspace

Does your school do a food drive?: not this year

Have you ever been to Rockefeller Center to see the tree?: That would mean entering New York City and I will not do that

What about Disney World?: HA, I’d rather go to the Hell hole of NYC then set foot in Disney

Any cool family traditions?: Fighting over something the in laws said

How many people do you buy presents for?: 1.  The wife buys for a lot

Have you ever told a little kid Santa isn't real?: nope

Do you have any cute holiday outfits?: ummm no…

Does your family get a picture taken and send it out in Christmas cards?: No

What type of tree topper do you have?: An angel with light under her dress

On a scale of 1-10, how decorated is your house?: 3

Would anyone ever call you a grinch?: more of a miser

Do you and your friends do "Secret Santas?": Friends? What are those?

Do you think Snowflake-Shaped Ritz Crackers taste better than regular ones?: Do they even make them that way?

Do you go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve?  HA! Not even when I went to Catholic School

What Christmas movie do you watch EVERY YEAR at Christmas Time?: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Would you rather get one big gift or a lot of little gifts?: Lots of little ones! Everyone knows that when it comes to gifts, the smaller ones tend to be better!

Whats the first thing you do after all your presents are opened?: put something together or take a picture

Whats more fun: the days leading up to Christmas, or Christmas itself?: neither.

Do you do any community service stuff around Christmas time?: you mean volunteer and be a good citizen with all those posers that only volunteer during the holidays, NO!

Are you excited for Christmas this year?: Same as always no

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Santa has made his list, wrapping the gifts and packing the sled . . . we are in the midst of the mad seasonal rush to buy the perfect gift.

Since is it more blessed to give than receive, let's think about the gifts we have given over the years.


What gift have you given that was the most . . .

1. Unique - I don't do unique.

2. Life Changing - hmmm they never did that

3. Difficult - Anything I give the wife.

4. Funny - wow, they were never funny.

5. Memorable - A statue for my fater in law.  It was a porcelon 12" figure at the Vietnam wall.




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