tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post9144882459604814885..comments2023-10-24T01:47:32.025-07:00Comments on Professor B. Worm: Love All Year RoundCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-26304160846437766022009-12-13T12:52:25.389-07:002009-12-13T12:52:25.389-07:00The year before last, my husband -- for the very f...The year before last, my husband -- for the very first time -- went all out and helped me make Christmas special, buying nice, carefully chosen gifts, splurging on food, etc. We had an awful Christmas. Last year, we had a Japanese peace lily for a tree, strings of dried orange slices on red and green ribbon, and a big bowl of popcorn. We bought each other cheap-o presents -- little things we knew everyone would like. I made a big bowl of popcorn, we all huddled around the propane stove in our cold house, and we played cards together and had bacon sandwiches (huge treat in a Muslim country). It was FANTASTIC. I swear to God, the Ingalls family couldn't have done better.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-41284055970342311162009-12-09T23:13:52.276-07:002009-12-09T23:13:52.276-07:00Well better late than never. I'm glad to hear ...Well better late than never. I'm glad to hear you are getting on an even keel. Take it steady.St Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491046830905273699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-32651819800278294912009-12-09T15:56:00.631-07:002009-12-09T15:56:00.631-07:00I'm sending you back your shirt for Christmas!...I'm sending you back your shirt for Christmas! (I got MOST of the blood out!) :¬)mapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-10719404977799387632009-12-09T15:19:17.118-07:002009-12-09T15:19:17.118-07:00Generally Christmas makes me want to blow up a Wal...Generally Christmas makes me want to blow up a Walmart, but it's been a lot more enjoyable since I have unapologetically decided that I am no longer buying into (pun only partially intended) overspending on crap nobody needs idea.<br /><br />So glad you are feeling better, Charlie. We missed you.Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-62523274929302904792009-12-08T18:23:26.844-07:002009-12-08T18:23:26.844-07:00Meg, my mother-in-law tells about getting only an ...Meg, my mother-in-law tells about getting only an orange in her stocking for Christmas (she's now 92) and what riches that was to her. We used to get a large Jaffa orange in the toe of our stockings, a rare treat in the depths of winter in Canada. Now it's Terry's Chocolate oranges because oranges can be here in a two days and are available all year long. How the world changes!Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-6514569499944755762009-12-08T17:55:21.176-07:002009-12-08T17:55:21.176-07:00Well, I hope you are feeling better and please com...Well, I hope you are feeling better and please come around my blog for old-school Christmas cheer. This Santa is so up my brother's alley.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262132543395998379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-6467593148550547682009-12-08T17:32:56.894-07:002009-12-08T17:32:56.894-07:00i go back and forth. we have a huge party every ye...i go back and forth. we have a huge party every year that puts our apt. at capacity. it's always fun, but always stress inducing. but would it be x-mas without it? no.karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-9612291608926023462009-12-08T17:15:22.023-07:002009-12-08T17:15:22.023-07:00Glad you're feeling better.
I think back in ...Glad you're feeling better. <br /><br />I think back in the olden days kids got oranges. I read that somewhere. Imagine filling stockings today with oranges. The world would lose a lot of parents on Christmas.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975473150053998560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-81273685938450314282009-12-08T16:17:13.666-07:002009-12-08T16:17:13.666-07:00Hey Charlie, delighted to see you are still around...Hey Charlie, delighted to see you are still around and making Martha's life difficult ; ) Well not delighted you're making Martha's life difficult, I meant......ah you know what I meant.....Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764037390578482183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-11632578412637510902009-12-08T15:10:59.969-07:002009-12-08T15:10:59.969-07:00Good that you're back. Take it slow and get we...Good that you're back. Take it slow and get well proper.<br /><br />To my shame, this year I've started loving the sheer tackiness of the Christmas hostilities. It's probably a bad reaction to something I ate.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-76894175935212566542009-12-08T10:29:02.708-07:002009-12-08T10:29:02.708-07:00Happy to read you're feeling somewhat better, ...Happy to read you're feeling somewhat better, take care of yourself. <br /><br />Thanks for the shoutout.stinkypawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418558395508830375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-10435420767201850352009-12-08T08:31:49.097-07:002009-12-08T08:31:49.097-07:00Good to see you, chum.
TuiGood to see you, chum.<br />TuiTiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-27460758297316368702009-12-08T07:57:10.489-07:002009-12-08T07:57:10.489-07:00Glad you're a bit better :)Glad you're a bit better :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-21327074570222253542009-12-07T21:35:20.497-07:002009-12-07T21:35:20.497-07:00Glad to have you back on the keyboard, Charlie.
...Glad to have you back on the keyboard, Charlie. <br /><br />Yes, the Christmas marketing started even earlier this year, the plastic Santas were up in Home Depot before Halloween. I hate it.<br /><br />Soon we will be in the Terry Gilliam film "Brazil" where they celebrate Christmas for four months of the year. Enjoy, my friend!Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-86296914375455022482009-12-07T19:04:36.592-07:002009-12-07T19:04:36.592-07:00Glad you felt like sharing that with us, Charlie. ...Glad you felt like sharing that with us, Charlie. It's not right when you're not around. (BTW, I made you a batch of Christmas cookies, but then I ate 'em. It's the thought that counts anyway, right?)Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-8771393585691039542009-12-07T17:15:32.580-07:002009-12-07T17:15:32.580-07:00Glad you are felling better.
:¬)Glad you are felling better.<br /><br />:¬)mapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-10911900662881796092009-12-07T16:36:46.153-07:002009-12-07T16:36:46.153-07:00I'm glad you're on the mend.
Was Punkers a...I'm glad you're on the mend.<br />Was Punkers a Shitsu? He/she looks a bit like Blanche only in white.Fay Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17123764854210271111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-16166801678778070562009-12-07T16:26:14.355-07:002009-12-07T16:26:14.355-07:00So glad you are feeling better. As you know the t...So glad you are feeling better. As you know the trick is to take it slow.<br />As for Christmas they have never been as magical to me as they were as a student nurse when we had no off duty and only the sick children mattered. Ours will be quiet and peaceful and as devoid of commercialism as possible with time to remember old friends and our lost loved ones. And some chocolate and a glass or two.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.com