Ladies and Gentlemen, the Christmas season is *officially* upon us. Shop safely, and remember that we buy one another gifts in honor of the One who gave us all the greatest gift in offering his son, Jesus. At least that's the way we look at it in my house.
I enjoyed spending time with my family yesterday. I'm not sure the family in today's post enjoys their patriarch quite as much, but what he says is certainly ... umm ... entertaining?
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STUFF MY DAD SAYS
"Son, no one cares about all the things your cell phone can do. You didn't invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that."
"I hate paying bills. No, son, don't say 'me, too.' I wasn't saying it to relate to you. I said it instead of 'go away'."
"Oh, please. You practically invented lazy. People should have to call you and ask for the rights to lazy before they use it."
"I need to change clothes? Wow. That's big talk coming from someone who looks like they've robbed a Mervyn's."
"Just pay the parking ticket. Don't be so outraged. You're not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double-parked."
"No, you cannot borrow my tee shirt ... and how about instead of standing there looking shocked, you go do your laundry?"
"Don't let the dog inside. The dog is an outside dog. You want an inside dog, go get your own inside."
"Remember how you used to make fun of me for being bald? No, I'm not gonna make a joke. I'll let your mirror do that."
"That woman was sexy. Out of your league? Son, let women figure out why they won't date you, don't do it for them."
"You worry too much. Eat some bacon. What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better ... I just made too much bacon."
[taken from a Twitter feed by Justin Halpern, a 29-year old who lives with Sam, his 73-year old father in San Diego; I have done a LOT of family-friendly editing to clean up Sam's crusty and curmudgeonly language -- MR]
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Still desperately in the middle of three projects, so please have a kind word and pray for a 25th hour in each day. At least for the next two weeks. Thanks.
And I'll - probably - see you on Monday. Here on the blog maybe sooner. Maybe.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::WEB SITE of the WEEK: Continuing my series on webcomics I read daily, meet Dewey, Mel, Tamara, Colleen, Merv, and Buddy the Book Beaver all over at http://www.unshelved.com/. It's an Internet comic about the Mallville Library, its staff, and their kooky-yet-oh-so-true-to-life customers. And every Sunday they give you a comicky synopsis of a different book recommendation.
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WORDS for YOUR WEEKEND: "Never value the valueless. The trick is knowing how to recognize it." (Sidney Madwed)
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