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Tuesday, December 17, 2002
 

Just 99 years ago today...

It is remarkable how rapidly this technology developed.
4:33:34 PM    


A bit of holiday music from the iPod (if you don't have an iPod, you should really look into getting one - they are amazing. It is probably one of my three favorite pieces of hardware and that is saying quite a bit)...

First we have a rather melancholic season that seems appropriate this year. A Scottish Christmas. Amazon lets you listen to a few tracks. This one is very different and quite wonderful in the middle of the night with a bit of eggnog and the shortware.

Another amazing set of tracks is from John Fahey's Christmas CD The New Possibility. Minimal guitar and remarkable interpretations.

One that isn't on the iPod is A Toolbox Christmas. I heard this on NPR a few years ago and remembered the title sufficiently well to do an Amazon search. The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is, er, a revelation. If someone gave you the Barking Dog Christmas, this should serve as a fine retaliation.

A bit of non-holiday music. It is astonishing how little many of us know about Africa. Several years ago a Oberlin professor managed to interest me in the Kora. Kane Mathews is a very good Kora player. Listen to some of the samples from his recordings section. This is delightful walking music and tends to stay on the iPod (for those of you without iPods, you can only put a few thousand tracks on the device, but downloading is very quick).
5:10:23 AM    


but back to the holiday... this is making its way around the net

Not long ago and far away, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip... but there were problems everywhere.

Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule.

Then Mrs.Clause told Santa that her mother was coming to visit, stressing Santa out even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two had jumped the fence and were out to heaven knows where..

An he began to load the sleigh, one of the boards cracked and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the toys.

Totally frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of coffee and a shot of whiskey. When he went to the cupboard, he found the elves had hid the liquor and there was nothing to drink. In total frustration, he dropped the coffee pot and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found that mice had eaten the straw.

Just then the doorbell rang and Santa cursed his way to the door. He opened the door and there was a little angel with a great big tree. The angel said : "Where would you like to put this tree fat man?"

And that, my friend, is how the little angel came to be on top of the Christmas tree!


5:09:50 AM    


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