December 5th

snow flutters around me

a snowman leans

in the distance

~Rebekah Slodounik

Images via here, here, and elsewhere.

and a sheep:

December 4th

overheard in various places around North America...

Why Are You Buying a Chocolate Jesus?

Cashier: Merry Christmas.
Customer: You, too.
Cashier: Wait! I gotta be politically correct -- Happy Holidays.
Customer: Yeah, I'm Jewish.
Cashier: Oh my god, me too!
Customer: Then why the fuck are we wishing each other a Merry Christmas?
Cashier: I have no fucking clue.

It's Branding – What Are Ya Gonna Do?

Hipster #1 walking past large inflatable snowman: Dude, I fucking hate Christmas. It's like, nothing but a giant celebration of modern consumer capitalism.


Hipster #2 gesturing to wreath on church door: Totally. Look, even the churches are advertising Christmas these days.

~Wegmans, Manalapan, New Jersey

Girl #1: Every time I watch Rudolph, it gives me stress.


Girl #2: That show is horrible!


Girl #1: See, those little reindeer, they didn't know any better, but Dancer was a grown-ass reindeer! He knew better than to treat Rudolph like that, tellin' his own kid not to play with Rudolph... That's some straight-up bullshit.


Guy: And why was Rudolph's nose red if both of his parents' noses were black?


Girl #2: 'Cause his mom was a ho.


Girl #1: Y'know, Dancer was probably his mom's punk-ass baby-daddy. And you know what? Even Santa didn't know how to act. If I was Rudolph, I would tell Santa, 'Oh, hell no!'


Girl #2: Oh, hell no!


Girl #1: 'Santa better get his fat ass up there and guide his own shit, after he be treatin' me like that! Oh, hell no!'

Ordinarily I'd Add My Own Cheer

Barista: Soy latte coming up.


Monotone man: Will you make it with holiday cheer?


Barista: Uh... Okay, sure.


Monotone man: I'm a little tired today.



--Starbucks, 114th & Broadway

Is This Quote Culinary Erotica? Discuss.

Girl #1: I don't know if I want cookie dough, I'd rather make cookies.


Girl #2: Oh, man. It's totally carnal, the things I wanna do to that cookie dough. I want it on my face.


(five minutes later) 
Girl #1: Okay, I want some cookie dough.


Girl #2: I thought you didn't want any!


Girl #1: You gave such a rave review of the cookie dough on your face that I entertained the possibility that I, too, might want it on my face.

–Boston, Massachusetts

and a sheep:

December 3rd

...and I can't embed this one but it's worth a visit, from the March of the Penguins and set to music: baby penguins take their first steps.

and a sheep:

December 2nd

Furry Bear 
 If I were a bear,     

And a big bear too, 

I shouldn’t much care     

If it froze or snew; 

I shouldn’t much mind     

If it snowed or friz –

I’d be all fur-lined     

With a coat like his!  

For I’d have fur boots and a brown fur wrap, 

And brown fur knickers and a big fur cap. 

I’d have a fur muffle-ruff to cover my jaws, 

And brown fur mittens on my big brown paws. 

With a big brown furry-down up to my head, 

I’d sleep all the winter in a big fur bed.

images via here, here, and other places.

December 1st

Good morning, good afternoon, good tea time, and good evening Nanermellon and Filly :)

An advent calendar for Kippen and this song (play the video) started this blog, and now it is our turn to create an advent calendar for you.

We hope you like it, and we love you lots.

Sometimes Why and Emberella Cat.

ps. A sheep to count as well as blessings:

The joy of being alive

"There are elements which, if added to one's experience, make life better; there are other elements which, if added to one's expirience, make life worse. But what remains when these are set aside is not merely neutral: it is emphatically positive. . . The additional positive weight is supplied by expirience itself, rather than by any of its contents."

~Tom Nagel, Mortal Questions

found in Nicholas Humphrey's Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness

I like the idea that life is at base positive, not neutral. It makes me more inclined to get up in the mornings and wander out into the world.