I actually have increased my real world activity because of FaceBook. I've reconnected with old friends who now call me. I've gotten to know people in my area whom I now visit with regularly and go do things with.

But the biggest thing for me is keeping the connections I could not have in the real workd. The sister I have not seen in years, who I now "see" regularly. The best friend from college i thought was dead and now talks to me at least once a week for hours.

Well since I always end out doing the opposite of what I resolve here's mine for this year.

Get as fat as possible.
Be as mean and nasty as possible.
Take on a life of celibacy

Actually I will probably succeed at at least one of them. I won't say which. GRIN

Meh
Whatever

And on a personal note the one word I would most like to not hear is one I will hear for at least four more years. Obama

They don't have Marathon Bars.
My favorite candy bar as a kid.
Bummer

By reputation you would think that Lewis would have been trying to convert Tolkien, but it was the other way around. Tolkien was a Christian first and was the one who convinced Lewis.

I'm just glad they both wrote since their respective books are some of my favorites.

I would have done better but I used the "Night Before Christmas" spelling.

In the original english translation it is Donder not Donner.

In the original Dutch it was even odder. It was Dunder and Blixem.

This is just wrong on so many levels.

And once again we see what can be accomplished when Hollywood is out of the loop.

Indie Rulz!

Let me guess. As a kid, you were the one who ruined Santa for all the other little kids and argued about the lack of realism in fairy tales.

Yep. Terminal was based on the story of Merhan Karimi Messeri who lived in the Charle De Gaule Airport from 1988 to 2006. He now resides in a homeless shelter nd is considered quite insane from his experience.

I think I am glad that I don't get it.

BTW did you know this is the first year that sexual predators are required to put special pumpkin decals up on their homes to warn kids off. I saw it on another site. It's a pumpkin with the words on it saying that this house has no candy.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pardon me, I think I need my teddybear.

I consider myself to be a very patriotic person.
I also consider myself to be a person with a modicum of sense.

This is just tacky.

Damn, now that was class. George just grew a point in my book.

I looked up the magazine they mentioned and it is awesome. Several of my neices will be getting subscriptions.