From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Whether you think you can or you can’t you are right.
-Henry Ford

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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

by angela on December 25, 2008

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Merry Christmas, and Peace on Earth!

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Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself.
~Francis C. Farley

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I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them [...]

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The One Where Chairman Mao Lends the Cat a Hand

by angela on December 21, 2008

Some kitty cats need a bit more attention the others.  Lacking available human providers, resourceful kitty cats improvise.

Thanks, Chairman Mao, for lending a hand.

It’s good to know we can count on you to help out in a pinch.  Lord knows, kitty cats can’t go without pets.
(Thus concludes blogging about our pets.  We return you to [...]

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