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That's why I didn't insult him by countering my own offer.

I made my pitch. Felt weird about it. Ordered from Amazon because I don't have tons of extra money to throw around.

I will make it up to the vender the best I can by buying a few small-ticket items.

27823. arkymalarky - 12/25/2013 4:14:52 AM

Check out vihart.com or look up vihart on YouTube. Amazing.

27824. thoughtful - 12/25/2013 2:17:00 PM

Merry Christmas Moties! Hope your holiday is happy and bright.

27825. wabbit - 12/25/2013 5:51:02 PM

Merry Christmas to all!

27826. arkymalarky - 12/25/2013 6:24:22 PM

Merry Christmas! I love you all--even the ones who haven't been around in a long time. And I miss the ones who are gone. Great times, great memories.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy day!

27827. Ms. No - 12/26/2013 3:21:36 AM

Merry, merry, Christmas!

27828. alistairconnor - 12/26/2013 4:16:04 PM

Yo ho ho! That doesn't sound right. Ho ho y'all!

I have spent some time hanging out with my Daughters -- a rare treat to see them both together. Elder Daughter scammed me out of a new laptop for Christmas -- she needs a fast machine to do video editing, so I got her a Toshiba with a Pentium i7. She convinced me that it was important for her career, and she couldn't possibly afford it on her own. Which is true, but still a scam, since she later confessed that she has blown all her babysitting income on a ticket to Brazil for spring break...

That's the danger, you give them a taste for travel, and they soon have friends to visit all over the world. (She's also going to Serbia for winter break, but at least she's doing that on the cheap.) She's finishing her Batchelor of Communications degree in Avignon, and looking further afield.

Her 6 months in Finland seems to have given her a taste for pasty complexions, lousy climate and national drinking problems -- she is now envisaging a four-year photography degree at the Glasgow School of Art. For my money she's already a phenomenal photographer, but I may be biased.

27829. alistairconnor - 12/26/2013 4:17:00 PM

(that should read : a phenomenal photographer)

27830. arkymalarky - 12/26/2013 6:40:55 PM

Wow. Lots of nice ones. The bird in flight is very cool.

27831. wabbit - 12/31/2013 6:28:46 PM

Good eye - I remember meeting her in NYC when she was but four years old.

Happy New Year moties!

27832. arkymalarky - 12/31/2013 9:06:23 PM

Happy New Year!

27833. Wombat - 1/1/2014 4:25:08 AM

Happy New Year, Motiers! Hope the new year will be better than the old!

27834. judithathome - 1/1/2014 7:04:19 PM

I'm with Wombat...hope this year is as nice as our cozy evening at home last night watching Peter O'Toole movies.

27835. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:06:13 PM

We split a bottle of wine and watched Kathy Griffith and Anderson Cooper. It's become a yearly tradition for us. They crack us both up.

If you want a nice New Year smile, check this out:
Escape Games 24 Happy New Year

27836. judithathome - 1/1/2014 8:09:02 PM

Ran into Woden on a forum today...she says "hey!".

27837. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:10:34 PM

And do your brains a favor and check out the videos on Vihart or look her up on youtube. A student told Stan about her and she's amazing. I know I'm stating the obvious, but there's really a lot of jaw-dropping stuff on youtube.

27838. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:11:20 PM

Crap. Screwed up the link. vihart.com

27839. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:11:54 PM

Hey and Happy New Year to her!

27840. arkymalarky - 1/1/2014 8:25:00 PM

Ok. I'll make it super easy. This is a link to a video with sound: Vihart on algorithms.
She calls herself a mathemusician.

27841. anomie - 1/2/2014 3:10:24 AM

Happy new year everyone. Riding up to Mt Charleston has become a new year's day tradition...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JHlfgc9l9IE

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