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[George]

3HREE!

[George]

And continued from yesterday:

Getting Christmas Eve day off is very nice...especially like this year where we get a four-day weekend without using our own vacation time.  We don't get New Year's Eve day off, but all the buildings have to close early, so next week, since New Year's Day is on Friday, we'll get a three-day weekend.

Do you guys get a day off for Boxing Day or is that not a holiday?

Boxing Day is not a holiday here in the USA.  We at the library get the day off because our union-equivalent years ago negotiated to get the day off.  My sister works for the state and is working today.  They don't get the day off.  The library where I work is not a state agency.  We're our own special county taxing district, so we're quite independent in that respect.

[George]

More than you wanted to know?

[George]

Today, the family is meeting at my parents' house, but not until a little later in the afternoon.  That'll give me time to shower and get dressed, wrap the gifts that I got for my dad (we exchanged names), and do little last minute shopping. 

[George]

I want (but don't specifically need) to get the new Star Wars soundtrack at Target.  Their copy has some excluseve bonus items (but not extra tracks) and it's only about $13 or so.  When I'm not pressed for time, I don't mind a little adventure out amongst the crowds.

[George]

I don't think I'll be able to post while at my parents' house, so Have a Great Day, Everyone (however you chose to spend or celebrate it)!!

[Dan M]

I spoke to my friend with cancer.  I told hm he's on two prayer lists - I hope - and all I can ask is that you keep those vibes going for him. Please.

Absolutely!

[Jrand74]

The time is nigh!

[Dan M]

For this year, my favorite Christmas carol is once again [wait for it . . . timpani please . . .]:
Carol of the Bells.

I would love if a company released an entire CD of all versions of that song. Bear Family released a CD of different versions of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (and one devoted to "Unchained Melody" if I recall) and another label put together a CD of multiple versions of "Stairway to Heaven".

I would also buy a CD of the various recordings made of "The September Song".

[Dan M]

The time is nigh!

Nigh o'clock?

[Jrand74]

Or nigh thirty.

[Jrand74]

Why I sometimes type like DR VIXMOM.

[John G.]

Elmore, I thought the Amazon package that arrived today was the one you had told me about. Instead it was the original cast recording of Hamilton and the soundtrack for At Long Last Love. A very merry musical Christmas for me!

I'll let you know when yours arrives.

It isn't coming from Amazon but I ordered it on the amazon.com Market.  It's from Deep Discount DVD. Expect it next week.

I'll look out for it.

[John G.]

For this year, my favorite Christmas carol is once again [wait for it . . . timpani please . . .]:
Carol of the Bells.

I would love if a company released an entire CD of all versions of that song. Bear Family released a CD of different versions of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (and one devoted to "Unchained Melody" if I recall) and another label put together a CD of multiple versions of "Stairway to Heaven".

I would also buy a CD of the various recordings made of "The September Song".

I used to do mix CDs, back in the old days, of carols for my Sunday school class and for friends. Each year, I would choose a different carol and include five or so different versions of it interspersed with others. The one that people still talk about it the Silent Night year, which may have been the first. It had the cast of 42nd Street doing a tap dance version with a really scorching jazz band as well as an a cappella version sung by Karen Akers and Andrea Marcovicci, which remains a personal favorite.

[John G.]

I spoke to my friend with cancer.  I told hm he's on two prayer lists - I hope - and all I can ask is that you keep those vibes going for him. Please.

Will do.

[John G.]

Peace on earth, goodwill to all.

[John G.]

I must leave for church soon and still have much to do before then.

[Ginny]

Christmas Eve greeting!  We've been to Lima for a 2pm service and we're very glad to be home before dark.

[Ginny]

Before we left this morning I baked a gorgeous pecan pie to take to Cincinnati tomorrow.

[bk]

Spent most of the morning proofing the Create Space galley - already knew we had to completely redo the cover/back cover/spine thing.  This time I really went through it carefully - most of what I fixed were a couple of spacing issues that remained, and several hyphens that should have been em dashes - got all those fixed.  I found two wrong lyrics (stuff we'd corrected in rehearsal, but I'd never fixed them in the script) so that was good - a few commas gone, and that was really about it.  It looks very good and is ninety pages long, as opposed to the fifty-something pages of what I typed originally (very wide margins, which all got much smaller in the 6x9 format.  Doug sent me the corrected PDF with both covers and spine.  Once I'd finished all that, I re-uploaded it all and now they'll send a new proof.  If that's fine, which I'm hoping it will be, then I think it will be available pretty quickly - I've set the pricing, where it will be sold (except for Kindle, which I'll do later), what my royalties are, etc.  So, all that has to happen now is I approve it and I'll order copies.

[bk]

I began cooking at noon, and that took about forty minutes, and the sauce is simmering.  I'm not sure I'm feeling the Wacky Noodles vibe today.  It's just so hard do cook six pounds of spaghetti and also try to make the Wacky Noodles, which you can't really do too far in advance.

[bk]

House is clean, I picked up a couple of packages, and I'm just relaxing now.

[George]

Why I sometimes type like DR VIXMOM.

That's a great picture, Jack!

[George]

I've showered and dressed, checked my e-mail and the Book of Face, and just need to wrap my gifts, then I'm off.

Again, have a great day, all!!

[elmore3003]

ROTFLMAO! I wonder if they dance?

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

[Jeanne]

I woke up about 4:30 this morning and had trouble going back to sleep. I can now barely keep my eyes open.

[Jeanne]

I went to acupuncture today--it's usually on Friday. I knew that street parking would either be very easy today or horrible. Easy! Ooops. I forgot that today is Thursday, not Friday, and neglected to check the parking signs. That resulted in a $73 parking ticket. Ouch! The City of Los Angeles is now on my Christmas list, I guess. I'd rather give the money to someone else. 

[Jeanne]

Around seven years, David Burnham asked me to write this chart for a holiday concert he was doing. I have no memory now of how he found me or where the concert was, but I really enjoyed working with him.  This sound clip is from a concert about three years ago.

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/o-holy-night

Very nice, Larry! I found it nicely untraditional, a bit of change but not too much.

[Jeanne]

I have already made nine mini tarts (apricot and fig again), taken JB to the Tweet Suites, picked up my decongestant and mopped the kitchen floor. I'm now waiting for an oil change and then off to Costco. And the day is just beginning.

Methinks DR John G is competing with Vixmom for who can get the most done in a day.