I really wanted to send out some sort of holiday greeting but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone.
So I met with my attorney yesterday, and on his advice I want to say to all of you:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:
This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
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by Water Pony » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:26 pm
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by NavyCrimson » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:00 pm
Gosh!!!!!!!! I luv it!!!
it's incredible how less than 5% of the population are trying to control the thought waves!!! LOL!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!!!!!
it's incredible how less than 5% of the population are trying to control the thought waves!!! LOL!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!!!!!
BRING BACK THE GLORY DAYS OF SMU FOOTBALL!!!
For some strange reason, one of the few universities that REFUSE to use their school colors: Harvard Crimson & Yale Blue.
For some strange reason, one of the few universities that REFUSE to use their school colors: Harvard Crimson & Yale Blue.
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by Diamond Girl » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:32 am
And a Merry Chriskwahanadan to all!!!
Everything we want is on the other side of difficult.
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by BUS » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:50 am
Does Water Pony work with Stallion?
I think the model is all wrong for that greeting.
Where is the passion the committment? I see no follow through. We are not going to be competitive with greeters that are our traditional rivals.
Come on.
I think the model is all wrong for that greeting.
Where is the passion the committment? I see no follow through. We are not going to be competitive with greeters that are our traditional rivals.
Come on.
Mustang Militia: Fight the good fight"
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by Water Pony » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:15 pm
Remember:
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. --
George Carlin
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by LA_Mustang » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:58 am
Dec 23 - Festivus
HAPPY FESTIVUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:38 AM CST on Thursday, December 22, 2005
By DARLA ATLAS / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
Can you believe it? Just one more shopping day until Festivus!
Luckily, the only thing you have to buy is an aluminum pole, and that's assuming you don't already have one. And some would also say there's no such thing as Festivus, anyway. But they would be wrong.
The holiday was made famous by a 1997 Seinfeld episode, in which George's dad, Frank Costanza, describes the traditions he created as a comeback to commercialism. There is the Airing of Grievances, in which family members get to describe the many ways others have wronged them that year; the Feats of Strength, a wrestling tournament that ends when the head of the household is pinned; and the aluminum pole, upon which tinsel is forbidden.
Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza, says he's constantly reminded of his Seinfeld days by strangers on the street.
"You get a lot of people screaming at you, 'There's a Festivus for the rest of us!' " he says in a phone interview from New York.
But if there's a deeper meaning behind Festivus, he's happy to be associated with it.
"We send gifts, wait for a thank-you – why not just put up an aluminum pole with no tinsel or thought to it and leave it alone? I have nothing against giving, but sometimes, a phone call is just as good."
Still, even he can't always embrace the true spirit of Festivus.
"I want to tell you: Right now I'm on a show [CBS' The King of Queens] and I'm sending gifts to everybody that walks on the set," he says. "The grips, the costume people, the hair, the makeup – I have such a need for their love and for them to laugh during the course of rehearsing. It really wrecks me, and I haven't licked it yet."
The holiday – officially celebrated on Dec. 23 – has its roots in real life. Seinfeld writer Daniel O'Keefe's dad is the true father of Festivus. In 1966, as legend has it, the elder Daniel O'Keefe created the holiday to commemorate the first date with his wife, and the family continued celebrations each year through the 1970s. When young Daniel grew up and mentioned it one day at work, the concept was put into the script.
Now Mr. O'Keefe's vision is being adopted by the masses. According to the book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us (Warner Books, $14.95), there's a Festivus disc-golf tournament in Oregon, a Festivus wine in Oklahoma and Festivus parties across the country, all of which have creative ways of interpreting the rituals. In Missouri, for example, partygoers write down their grievances and put them inside a cardboard, silver-painted pole, which is broken like a piñata at the end of the night so the complaints can be read aloud.
As for local bragging rights, the book notes that the first "O Festivus!" song was overheard last year at [deleted]'s Last Resort in Dallas. Sung to the tune of "O Canada!", the book recites the lyrics, which include:
"Thy feats of strength are glorious to me.
Frank Costanza, we tip our hat to thee.
O Festivus, we'll pin you first, you'll see."
No holiday is complete without commercial tie-ins, of course, so a Milwaukee company has begun selling Festivus Poles. A 6-foot floor model is $38 plus shipping at www.wagnercompanies.com.
Like "yada yada yada," double dipping and sparing a square, Festivus is a Seinfeld gift that keeps regifting. Mr. Stiller says his time on the show "was the freest form of theater I've ever in my life experienced. ... I love basketball, and at its best, that's what the show was like. We passed from one guy to another; it didn't matter who scored the points."
And what are Mr. Stiller's Festivus plans for this year? He chuckles and says, "I think we're going to just let it pass."
Darla Atlas is a Fort Worth freelance writer.
E-mail darlajatlas@yahoo.com
HAPPY FESTIVUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:38 AM CST on Thursday, December 22, 2005
By DARLA ATLAS / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
Can you believe it? Just one more shopping day until Festivus!
Luckily, the only thing you have to buy is an aluminum pole, and that's assuming you don't already have one. And some would also say there's no such thing as Festivus, anyway. But they would be wrong.
The holiday was made famous by a 1997 Seinfeld episode, in which George's dad, Frank Costanza, describes the traditions he created as a comeback to commercialism. There is the Airing of Grievances, in which family members get to describe the many ways others have wronged them that year; the Feats of Strength, a wrestling tournament that ends when the head of the household is pinned; and the aluminum pole, upon which tinsel is forbidden.
Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza, says he's constantly reminded of his Seinfeld days by strangers on the street.
"You get a lot of people screaming at you, 'There's a Festivus for the rest of us!' " he says in a phone interview from New York.
But if there's a deeper meaning behind Festivus, he's happy to be associated with it.
"We send gifts, wait for a thank-you – why not just put up an aluminum pole with no tinsel or thought to it and leave it alone? I have nothing against giving, but sometimes, a phone call is just as good."
Still, even he can't always embrace the true spirit of Festivus.
"I want to tell you: Right now I'm on a show [CBS' The King of Queens] and I'm sending gifts to everybody that walks on the set," he says. "The grips, the costume people, the hair, the makeup – I have such a need for their love and for them to laugh during the course of rehearsing. It really wrecks me, and I haven't licked it yet."
The holiday – officially celebrated on Dec. 23 – has its roots in real life. Seinfeld writer Daniel O'Keefe's dad is the true father of Festivus. In 1966, as legend has it, the elder Daniel O'Keefe created the holiday to commemorate the first date with his wife, and the family continued celebrations each year through the 1970s. When young Daniel grew up and mentioned it one day at work, the concept was put into the script.
Now Mr. O'Keefe's vision is being adopted by the masses. According to the book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us (Warner Books, $14.95), there's a Festivus disc-golf tournament in Oregon, a Festivus wine in Oklahoma and Festivus parties across the country, all of which have creative ways of interpreting the rituals. In Missouri, for example, partygoers write down their grievances and put them inside a cardboard, silver-painted pole, which is broken like a piñata at the end of the night so the complaints can be read aloud.
As for local bragging rights, the book notes that the first "O Festivus!" song was overheard last year at [deleted]'s Last Resort in Dallas. Sung to the tune of "O Canada!", the book recites the lyrics, which include:
"Thy feats of strength are glorious to me.
Frank Costanza, we tip our hat to thee.
O Festivus, we'll pin you first, you'll see."
No holiday is complete without commercial tie-ins, of course, so a Milwaukee company has begun selling Festivus Poles. A 6-foot floor model is $38 plus shipping at www.wagnercompanies.com.
Like "yada yada yada," double dipping and sparing a square, Festivus is a Seinfeld gift that keeps regifting. Mr. Stiller says his time on the show "was the freest form of theater I've ever in my life experienced. ... I love basketball, and at its best, that's what the show was like. We passed from one guy to another; it didn't matter who scored the points."
And what are Mr. Stiller's Festivus plans for this year? He chuckles and says, "I think we're going to just let it pass."
Darla Atlas is a Fort Worth freelance writer.
E-mail darlajatlas@yahoo.com
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by CalallenStang » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:04 pm
A Festivus for the rest of us!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus
The Festivus celebration includes four major components:
The Festivus Pole: The Costanzas' tradition begins with a bare aluminum pole (originally a Scandinavian phallic symbol), which Frank praises for its "very high strength-to-weight ratio." During Festivus, an unadorned aluminum pole is displayed. The pole was chosen apparently in opposition to the commercialization of highly decorated Christmas trees, because it is "very low-maintenance," and also because the holiday's patron, Frank Costanza, "find[s] tinsel distracting."
Festivus Dinner: The Festivus dinner menu is flexible, but it should consist of filling, non-holiday comfort food (no turkey, duck, goose, or ham). The televised dinner featured what may have been meatloaf or spaghetti in a red sauce. (Presumably, an entree in a red sauce is more festive.) Kruger took a flask out from his jacket and took a swig; so one might interpret that drinking is optional.
The Airing of Grievances: At the Festivus dinner, each participant tells friends and family of all the instances where they disappointed him or her that year.
Frank Costanza: "I've got a lot of problems with you people."
The Feats of Strength: The head of the family tests his or her strength against one participant of the head's choosing. Festivus is not considered over until the head of the family has been pinned to the ground. A participant is allowed to decline to attempt to pin the head of the family only if they have something better to do instead.
"Oh Festivus" (also known as "The Festivus Song") was first sung in Dallas, Texas bars and taverns in the 2004-2005 holiday season. It is adopted from the original Scandinavian songs of celebration. [1]
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