My boss just texted me to say that her son who is at that age where it is questionable if he would still believe in Santa or not woke up and came running in saying Santa had put candy canes on his tree last night (each of the kids has a little christmas tree in their room, actually she has a christmas tree in every room of her house at christmas time). But none of them put more candy canes on the tree and he insists there are ones that were not here the night before! How cute!
P.s. paul you have 2 minutes to arrive at mom's before your gifts are forfeited and become mine!
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I Knew He Was Real!12/24/2009 13:47 #50649
Days of our LIvesI love the annual Days of Our Lives where the Hortons all get together and hang the christmas ornaments with their names on thme on the tree. It doesn't matter whose baby is stolen, who is possessed by the devil, who is sleeping with the priest, on christmas they get together and hang ornaments and i love it!
12/20/2009 18:07 #50614
Saved by the Bell and Crank DatWOw! Some people have way too much time on their hands but I freakin love this!!!! It is really quite well edited! I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I"m sooooo scared.....
metalpeter - 12/22/09 19:49
The Funny thing is now two of these people are known do to dancing. Yes that hottie did striptease oh she is so hot. Know Mario Lpez hots that best dance crew show on MTV.
The Funny thing is now two of these people are known do to dancing. Yes that hottie did striptease oh she is so hot. Know Mario Lpez hots that best dance crew show on MTV.
tinypliny - 12/21/09 18:44
Hmm... I guess ALL of those pop culture references are completely lost on me. The song sounds catchy. lol
Hmm... I guess ALL of those pop culture references are completely lost on me. The song sounds catchy. lol
lauren - 12/21/09 10:12
this is too funny! jessie spano's drug problem on the episode with the workout video. sigh.
this is too funny! jessie spano's drug problem on the episode with the workout video. sigh.
theecarey - 12/20/09 21:15
Soulja Boy and Saved By the Bell, oh my. You're right, it is edited really well. How bizarre, but I think it was made with you in mind, Mike!
Soulja Boy and Saved By the Bell, oh my. You're right, it is edited really well. How bizarre, but I think it was made with you in mind, Mike!
12/15/2009 17:58 #50568
I will always clap for fairies!I was reading this article in a magazine and the last paragraph I just really like and really is how I feel so I thought I would write it here. It was an article about Santa Claus by Alexander McCall Smith:
There is a moment in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan when the audience is invited to revive the dying fairy Tinkerbell and told, "if you believe in fairies, clap your hands." And every time, the theater breaks into sustained applause. That is not to suggest there are theaters full of seriously deluded people. What it does tell us is that there are times when we need to pretend to believe in things we know not to be true. WE know that the world is a place of suffering and hardship, and we know, too, that justice and kindness and love and such things will not always prevail against these hard realities. Myths help us to get by. The day they all die and we tell our children exactly how things are, the world will be a poorer, less enchanted place. So don't be ashamed to clap your hands at Peter Pan or act as if Santa exists. He stands for kindness and generosity, and those things are alive and will continue to be alive- as long as we believe in them.
As a side note, as I'm sure most of you can imagine, I believed in Santa for so long and long after I was pretty sure it wasn't the real deal and everyone tried to convince me he was fake, I still wanted to believe so bad. I refused to give up. When it comes down to it, I still do believe, even if I put out cookies and noone eats them, I'll just assume Santa was full, not that he doesn't exist! It's just too sad to imagine!
There is a moment in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan when the audience is invited to revive the dying fairy Tinkerbell and told, "if you believe in fairies, clap your hands." And every time, the theater breaks into sustained applause. That is not to suggest there are theaters full of seriously deluded people. What it does tell us is that there are times when we need to pretend to believe in things we know not to be true. WE know that the world is a place of suffering and hardship, and we know, too, that justice and kindness and love and such things will not always prevail against these hard realities. Myths help us to get by. The day they all die and we tell our children exactly how things are, the world will be a poorer, less enchanted place. So don't be ashamed to clap your hands at Peter Pan or act as if Santa exists. He stands for kindness and generosity, and those things are alive and will continue to be alive- as long as we believe in them.
As a side note, as I'm sure most of you can imagine, I believed in Santa for so long and long after I was pretty sure it wasn't the real deal and everyone tried to convince me he was fake, I still wanted to believe so bad. I refused to give up. When it comes down to it, I still do believe, even if I put out cookies and noone eats them, I'll just assume Santa was full, not that he doesn't exist! It's just too sad to imagine!
tinypliny - 12/21/09 18:45
So will I.
So will I.
lilho - 12/15/09 23:04
awwwwwww! this makes me love you so much more! even though i figured the farce out when i was 6 or 7, however i now think it's great!!!!!! remember how magical it made the world seem?????? being a child is a gift, and you will be gifted foreva!
awwwwwww! this makes me love you so much more! even though i figured the farce out when i was 6 or 7, however i now think it's great!!!!!! remember how magical it made the world seem?????? being a child is a gift, and you will be gifted foreva!
theecarey - 12/15/09 21:44
WHAT?!?! There is no such thing as Santa????!!!!
Sadly, I was a skeptical child; but playing "Santa" (putting gifts out at night) back when I had family in the area was a fun time.
WHAT?!?! There is no such thing as Santa????!!!!
Sadly, I was a skeptical child; but playing "Santa" (putting gifts out at night) back when I had family in the area was a fun time.
libertad - 12/15/09 21:21
That is so funny that you quoted him today, he was featured on On Point with Tom Ashbrook today.
:::link:::
That is so funny that you quoted him today, he was featured on On Point with Tom Ashbrook today.
:::link:::
metalpeter - 12/15/09 21:17
Who says Fairies aren't real. There are some people who believe that every thing has a god that watchs it, or how ever you say that. So who is to say that faries aren't in a mushroom patch in a dark forrest somewhere. There are Fairies and Dragons in multiple cultures all over the world and in terms of dragons they are different. So my question is how could all these places have ideas of draggons before the bibble was written and them not be real at some time or in some form? If they aren't real then how did all these people come up with the same idea?
Who says Fairies aren't real. There are some people who believe that every thing has a god that watchs it, or how ever you say that. So who is to say that faries aren't in a mushroom patch in a dark forrest somewhere. There are Fairies and Dragons in multiple cultures all over the world and in terms of dragons they are different. So my question is how could all these places have ideas of draggons before the bibble was written and them not be real at some time or in some form? If they aren't real then how did all these people come up with the same idea?
tinypliny - 12/15/09 20:08
But some audiences ARE seriously deluded though.
But some audiences ARE seriously deluded though.
jenks - 12/15/09 18:40
I'm with you Mike. I am 33 and my parents still put our presents under the tree after we go to bed on christmas eve. A few years ago my mom wanted me to help "play santa" and bring the presents for me up from the basement and put them under the tree, but I just couldn't do it.
Keep the dream alive! :)
I'm with you Mike. I am 33 and my parents still put our presents under the tree after we go to bed on christmas eve. A few years ago my mom wanted me to help "play santa" and bring the presents for me up from the basement and put them under the tree, but I just couldn't do it.
Keep the dream alive! :)
12/09/2009 17:07 #50515
Random RascistsSO who does these things? These things are case number 1:
1. A customer came in and wanted us to transfer an RX from a different location that he goes to. Becasue he has medicaid his insurance doesn't allow us to transfer between locations so he screams out "DON"T MAKE ME GO BACK TO N***** TOWN". Like at the top of his lungs in a store. What a jerk!
then case number 2, prolly worse
2. I am cashing out a customer and his copays are high and he says to me something along the lines of "these copays are ridiculous we need another HItler to kill the jews and the rich people!" OMG!!! How do you freakin respond to that? I just didn't say anything! I am like wow I should rlaly say something cuz tough the customer is always right, that time I think I would be justified in saying they were not! Can you even believe that? Do you people still really think like that? IT was insanity! I just was like um your toatl is whatever and ignored it completely. BUT WTF WHO DOES THAT?
1. A customer came in and wanted us to transfer an RX from a different location that he goes to. Becasue he has medicaid his insurance doesn't allow us to transfer between locations so he screams out "DON"T MAKE ME GO BACK TO N***** TOWN". Like at the top of his lungs in a store. What a jerk!
then case number 2, prolly worse
2. I am cashing out a customer and his copays are high and he says to me something along the lines of "these copays are ridiculous we need another HItler to kill the jews and the rich people!" OMG!!! How do you freakin respond to that? I just didn't say anything! I am like wow I should rlaly say something cuz tough the customer is always right, that time I think I would be justified in saying they were not! Can you even believe that? Do you people still really think like that? IT was insanity! I just was like um your toatl is whatever and ignored it completely. BUT WTF WHO DOES THAT?
tinypliny - 12/09/09 22:23
Random Rascists = Random Number*(Rascals)^2/Localised Fascists of specified Race?
Random Rascists = Random Number*(Rascals)^2/Localised Fascists of specified Race?
mike - 12/09/09 18:06
is that what that degree is for? I thought it was just so I would have the privilege of paying a bank a few hundred dollars a month for the rest of my life.
is that what that degree is for? I thought it was just so I would have the privilege of paying a bank a few hundred dollars a month for the rest of my life.
hodown - 12/09/09 17:41
@ (e:zobar). LOL
and Mike. Yeah I remember my Riteaid days. people are basically insane. i just going to throw out some food for thought. how about you use your fancy private school degree and get another job?
@ (e:zobar). LOL
and Mike. Yeah I remember my Riteaid days. people are basically insane. i just going to throw out some food for thought. how about you use your fancy private school degree and get another job?
zobar - 12/09/09 17:38
So I'm going to go ahead and totally miss the point: why can't you transfer a prescription from Niggertown to Crackerland?
- Z
So I'm going to go ahead and totally miss the point: why can't you transfer a prescription from Niggertown to Crackerland?
- Z
Haha, you make me smile. :)