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Category Archives: Holidays
Happy Mardi Gras!
Since Lent begins tomorrow, I like the whole concept of partying the day before. Of course here in NY, there weren’t any Mardi Gras parades. Well there may have been but if there were, I didn’t hear of any. The … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Religion
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3 Kings Day
Today is the feast of the Epiphany & I just discovered a new tradition I want to establish. The problem is, it will have to be delayed until next year because a) I found out about it too late and … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
I don’t know about you guys but I can’t wait for this blog to get back to the business of being funny. Although, I do think those gingerbread cookies were pretty funny. How did I get to be bigger than … Continue reading
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Cookies
My children decided that there must be Christmas cookies in the house so they spent yesterday evening baking. We now have little Christmas trees and gingerbread men. Theresa is currently decorating the gingerbread men. Usually I don’t bother with that … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, La Famiglia
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Christmas Party
Theresa teaches religious ed. to a second grade class in our parish on Sunday mornings so she generally comes home every weekend. This morning was the last class before Christmas break and they always have a little Christmas party. There … Continue reading
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Another Odd Gift
Let me ask you something: How many men want electric razors for Christmas? Is this high on their list of really cool Christmas presents? I can remember from pretty far back, those commercials with Santa using an electric razor as … Continue reading
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More About The Music
I just uploaded short audio clips so you can check out the music that goes with those obscure artists & titles. They’re about 30 seconds apiece and not high quality. If I went with higher quality or longer clips, it … Continue reading
Lighting Lessons
These are the things I’ve learned over the past 2 days while putting up Christmas lights: 1. Masking tape will not stick to a dirty window sill. 2. If you put lights inside the windows & you have vertical blinds, … Continue reading
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Christmas Music
Might as well keep up the Christmas theme here. This isn’t going to be a funny blog post because I’m too busy to be funny today. It’s going to be a plain old boring post. I want to know how … Continue reading
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Christmas Lights
There’s this house in the Bronx that has such an enormous, elaborate Christmas display that traffic on Pelham Parkway gets backed up for miles. The house is quite close to the nursing home Frank’s mom is in so this past … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, NYC life
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