Merry Christmas, John
and thank you for this blog…it’s one of the finest ones out there.
I dreamt i gave birth to puppies last night…i kept finding them everywhere. In the closet, under the couch.
Wonder what it means…
Presents are all open and I can now proudly proclaim to be part of the Connect Four championship team. (One of my first grade daughters is quite good and we won all three games against Mom and our other first grader!) Of course, I did get pwned in the early rounds of Zingo! But hey, they do get more practice than I do.
Chag samayach! And other vaguely Christmas Hebrew greetings. :)
5.
satby
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and any other celebration going on these days to you and all your readers.
6.
Laura W
Crass consumerism over Christmas coffee…
Happy Day All!
Santa did not bring me a TV/DVD for the bedroom, but he did bring me a great new P/T source of income that allows me to justify buying my own.
Considering I labored over which digi-camera to buy for years, and have been considering this purchase for at least a year, HALP!
19-22" is plenty. All I ask is good picture and good sound, easy to set up (mandatory. I’m an idiot.) How’s this one? Under/around $300 is my price range.
I’d love recos on brand and vendor (if I can get it new on eBay will do that, too).
Thanks in advance.
We can all agree on one thing for 2009: Change has come to America, so let’s celebrate by dumping all the complete fucking idiot pundits who clog the airwaves and get new complete fucking idiots and start over.
I always knew Prager was a nutcase, but I think this seals it.
(link, via WaMo).
9.
JL
Merry Christmas! John I also want to thank you for the site. It’s been fun watching you "mature" over the years. I for one am glad that you finally dumped that Kool-Aid the repubs fed you.
Laura W., You will probably receive more educated guesses than mine, but my Toshiba TV has been working fine for over a decade.
Finally, this educational piece explaining where the absurd Xmas tradtions have come from.
Yeah, I got your War on Christmas, right here.
11.
Punchy
Bought the GF a crockpot fo x-masakkuh. I will soon be requesting either face-slap balm or recipes.
12.
Elroy's Lunch
Be well John and many thanks for this excellent blog.
13.
passerby
It’s 78 degrees and thick fog in NO. When I left E. TN it was in the mid 20’s. 82 degrees yesterday. I packed wrong.
Hope you snow folk arrive safely and don’t lose power.
Merry Christmas to all and John, kiss the puppies for me.
14.
demimondian
Merry Christmas, Trolls and Juicers!
It’s 32 here, and still snowing. With luck, the poor fellow who wound up stranded in the demi-bunker due to the Alaska/Horizon face plant finally gets to head on to his family’s home in a state further this afternoon.
Here’s hoping that all of of you spend the day, and the year, with the people, problems, and paraphernalia you wish to be with, and away from those you wish to avoid.
Merry Christmas and wishes for a fruitful and prosperous New Year, not only to John but to all who comment here. You have added immeasurably to… something, I don’t really know what, but I’ve enjoyed being here beyond description. This is a unique bunch.
17.
Martin
Merry Christmas John and juicers. Thanks for the hangout. I’d be a little less sane without it, for sure.
My kids say thanks for the new President. He’s just what they wanted.
18.
Laura W
@Punchy: I just loaded up my crock pot with some sort of beef roast, huge shrooms, onions, garlic, eggplant, red wine and tomatoes. They are miracle wonder vats, IMO, esp. if you don’t like to cook.
Wolf Creek ski area in SW CO is getting EIGHTY inches, I think I heard? Which means Pagosa, the town I moved from, is getting like THREE feet, at least. I am so damn grateful to be in WNC where is it sunny, clear, and too warm to have the heat on inside this morn.
The whole family skeez has been delayed a day, so I am having capered roast lemon pepper chicken for breakfast instead of cookies. Ah well. Got some Karmacoda to keep me company.
22.
The Other Steve
I’d love recos on brand and vendor (if I can get it new on eBay will do that, too).
I’d say stick with the big ones… Toshiba, Sony, Samsung, Sharp, LG. The Toshiba you linked to sounds pretty good. It has both an ATSC and a QAM tuner. QAM is a must have if you have cable, as it allows you to pick up the local stations in digital.
One tip… monoprice.com These guys have really good prices on cables and wall mounts for televisions, if you decide you want to go that route. For a small 19" TV… putting it up on the wall costs about $25.
I agree with anyone who says this blog made their year a little bit better. I think it was from Steve Benen’s old site, The Carpetbagger Report, that I first started coming here regularly. I came for the snark and stayed for the snark. Don’t get me wrong, you’re a sharp guy in general, but you really do know how to channel the contempt for Republicans and their allies well. I probably laughed along with what I saw here more than I laughed at anything else this year. I wish our politics wasn’t so petty that we needed to approach it like that, but hey, it’s not your fault someone like Michelle Malkin is the way that she is.
Got to Canada on December 23. No luggage. Accidentally left in Boston. Was pissed like you wouldn’t believe.
December 24. Called American Express. I have baggage insurance. Can spend $500 on clothes, toothpaste, etc..
Less pissed.
December 25am. Got a call. Baggage will be delivered to my house today. Also, Delta will also give me compensation for the delay.
December 25 noon. Realized that I’ve made about $700 on this trip.
No longer pissed.
Hoping to have a baggage delay on the way home. Need more clothes.
26.
Strawmanmunny
Merry Christmas to you John. Love the blog and look forward to another year of troll goodness and stupidity, to which you can eviscerate.
27.
Reverend Dennis
Merry Christmas!
Lots more rain today in SoCal which, added to the generous rains that have already fallen, means that those in the burn areas may just receive a Christmas gift of mud.
28.
Roza Hussein
Feliz Navidad
(from the bottom of my heart)
29.
max
Merry Christmas, guy(s and gals)!
max
[‘Woot.’]
30.
bago
Anyone thinking about puppies hard enough to leave a 2 page reply is a furry.
31.
gnomedad
Merry Christmas, John and Juicers! And thanks to John for a great blog and for letting us play in your sandbox.
Merry Christmas, and warm yuletide greetings to everyone!
cain
36.
Krista
Merry Christmas to John, Tim, and all of my fellow Balloon-Juice reprobates, regulars, lurkers, trolls, snarkmeisters and sockpuppets. Much love, and may 2009 bring us competent governance and much mirth from the fRight-wing.
37.
Laura W
@The Other Steve: Thanks, Steve, appreciate the input. My hesitation on the one I linked to is that a large % of the reviewers thought the sound sucked. That’s my chief complaint about my MacBook sound when it comes to listening to anything besides a 50 second cute animal video and the reason why I don’t use the DVD feature here.
In my usual way I will probably continue to obsess and delay, taking no action, until one day I just DO IT in a fit of impulsivity.
Probably won’t go for the wall mount option since it sounds like that may involve mounting it on a wall.
(Insert winky emoticon)
38.
KRK
Merry Christmas, John and all.
Thanks for the great blogging, John.
39.
Tsulagi
Merry Xmas all you godforsaken BJ atheists and fence-sitting agnostics!
Been a good day so far in our house. Kids happy with their presents. Unexpected quickie present from the wife. Thank you, Jesus.
Latin party here later. Plenty of salsa and reggaeton dancing while the guests will get hammered on my holiday drink I make pretty well. It’s rum based, but not that egg nog crap. It’s a drink popular in some parts of the Caribbean called a Painkiller. With the right rum proof and proportion, after a couple of those you will feel no pain.
It’s a good day.
40.
Rosali
Merry Christmas to all.
My cat did the ultimate Bah Humbug thing today. She left me cat poop under the Christmas tree this morning.
41.
Indylib
Merry Christmas and/or any and all Seasonal Greetings that suit the reader to all the Juicers from Wisconsin, the land of "I can’t freakin’ believe I have 3 feet of snow in my driveway".
My kids seem to have come down with a connective disorder – their new Wii controllers seem to be permanently connected to their hands and don’t seem likely to remove themselves any time soon.
Getting ready to have standing rib roast, mashed potatoes, and glazed carrots for dinner.
Thanks to John and all of the regulars for the snark-filled political conversation. I never would have made it through the year, sane, without it.
And a very Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. Cole, and all the regulars here on Balloon Juice.
I hope that red-suited scamp brought everyone what they wanted this year, or, at the very least, that there was something nice under the tree for you. Sitting here, waiting for Christmas dinner to finish cooking, I’m feeling very content and at peace with the world.
One of my gifts, by the way, was exactly what I’d been hoping for, and a relative in the military made it possible for me to hold in my hand at this very minute this little beauty:
Just came back from in-laws, who positively gushed about how good Tom Friedman’s books are (they saw him speak in person!) and about how I should read them because they’d really help me see the light and give up my liberal ways.
And the husband says "who’s Tom Friedman?" and I say, "remember that review I read you the other night? it was about one of his books" and the husband says "ohhhhhh" and changed the subject to the newborn First Grandkid.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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The Other Steve
Merry Christmas again Trolls!
Carrie
Merry Christmas, John
and thank you for this blog…it’s one of the finest ones out there.
I dreamt i gave birth to puppies last night…i kept finding them everywhere. In the closet, under the couch.
Wonder what it means…
The Grand Panjandrum
And you!
Presents are all open and I can now proudly proclaim to be part of the Connect Four championship team. (One of my first grade daughters is quite good and we won all three games against Mom and our other first grader!) Of course, I did get pwned in the early rounds of Zingo! But hey, they do get more practice than I do.
Ms. Missive
Chag samayach! And other vaguely Christmas Hebrew greetings. :)
satby
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and any other celebration going on these days to you and all your readers.
Laura W
Crass consumerism over Christmas coffee…
Happy Day All!
Santa did not bring me a TV/DVD for the bedroom, but he did bring me a great new P/T source of income that allows me to justify buying my own.
Considering I labored over which digi-camera to buy for years, and have been considering this purchase for at least a year, HALP!
19-22" is plenty. All I ask is good picture and good sound, easy to set up (mandatory. I’m an idiot.)
How’s this one? Under/around $300 is my price range.
I’d love recos on brand and vendor (if I can get it new on eBay will do that, too).
Thanks in advance.
TheHatOnMyCat
Wonder what it means ….
I’m thinking it means you should have used protection when you were with the dog just before election day. But, that’s just the practical side of me.
In any case, have a bow-wow Yule, and here’s hoping that all Juicers and Trolls have a good one, too.
TheHatOnMyCat
Here’s a little something to be thankful for today:
You didn’t write this.
We can all agree on one thing for 2009: Change has come to America, so let’s celebrate by dumping all the complete fucking idiot pundits who clog the airwaves and get new complete fucking idiots and start over.
I always knew Prager was a nutcase, but I think this seals it.
(link, via WaMo).
JL
Merry Christmas! John I also want to thank you for the site. It’s been fun watching you "mature" over the years. I for one am glad that you finally dumped that Kool-Aid the repubs fed you.
Laura W., You will probably receive more educated guesses than mine, but my Toshiba TV has been working fine for over a decade.
TheHatOnMyCat
Finally, this educational piece explaining where the absurd Xmas tradtions have come from.
Yeah, I got your War on Christmas, right here.
Punchy
Bought the GF a crockpot fo x-masakkuh. I will soon be requesting either face-slap balm or recipes.
Elroy's Lunch
Be well John and many thanks for this excellent blog.
passerby
It’s 78 degrees and thick fog in NO. When I left E. TN it was in the mid 20’s. 82 degrees yesterday. I packed wrong.
Hope you snow folk arrive safely and don’t lose power.
Merry Christmas to all and John, kiss the puppies for me.
demimondian
Merry Christmas, Trolls and Juicers!
It’s 32 here, and still snowing. With luck, the poor fellow who wound up stranded in the demi-bunker due to the Alaska/Horizon face plant finally gets to head on to his family’s home in a state further this afternoon.
Here’s hoping that all of of you spend the day, and the year, with the people, problems, and paraphernalia you wish to be with, and away from those you wish to avoid.
rob
Happy Holiday’s juiciers.
Bill H
Merry Christmas and wishes for a fruitful and prosperous New Year, not only to John but to all who comment here. You have added immeasurably to… something, I don’t really know what, but I’ve enjoyed being here beyond description. This is a unique bunch.
Martin
Merry Christmas John and juicers. Thanks for the hangout. I’d be a little less sane without it, for sure.
My kids say thanks for the new President. He’s just what they wanted.
Laura W
@Punchy: I just loaded up my crock pot with some sort of beef roast, huge shrooms, onions, garlic, eggplant, red wine and tomatoes. They are miracle wonder vats, IMO, esp. if you don’t like to cook.
Wolf Creek ski area in SW CO is getting EIGHTY inches, I think I heard? Which means Pagosa, the town I moved from, is getting like THREE feet, at least. I am so damn grateful to be in WNC where is it sunny, clear, and too warm to have the heat on inside this morn.
Holiday Cheer from all of the W Furs
JL
Merry Christmas all!
Capelza Gradenko
Merry Christmas!
bago
The whole family skeez has been delayed a day, so I am having capered roast lemon pepper chicken for breakfast instead of cookies. Ah well. Got some Karmacoda to keep me company.
The Other Steve
I’d say stick with the big ones… Toshiba, Sony, Samsung, Sharp, LG. The Toshiba you linked to sounds pretty good. It has both an ATSC and a QAM tuner. QAM is a must have if you have cable, as it allows you to pick up the local stations in digital.
One tip… monoprice.com These guys have really good prices on cables and wall mounts for televisions, if you decide you want to go that route. For a small 19" TV… putting it up on the wall costs about $25.
Zzyzx
ENOUGH WITH THE DAMN SNOW!!!!
Sheesh.
Brian J
I agree with anyone who says this blog made their year a little bit better. I think it was from Steve Benen’s old site, The Carpetbagger Report, that I first started coming here regularly. I came for the snark and stayed for the snark. Don’t get me wrong, you’re a sharp guy in general, but you really do know how to channel the contempt for Republicans and their allies well. I probably laughed along with what I saw here more than I laughed at anything else this year. I wish our politics wasn’t so petty that we needed to approach it like that, but hey, it’s not your fault someone like Michelle Malkin is the way that she is.
Merry Christmas, John Cole.
Michael D.
Got to Canada on December 23. No luggage. Accidentally left in Boston. Was pissed like you wouldn’t believe.
December 24. Called American Express. I have baggage insurance. Can spend $500 on clothes, toothpaste, etc..
Less pissed.
December 25am. Got a call. Baggage will be delivered to my house today. Also, Delta will also give me compensation for the delay.
December 25 noon. Realized that I’ve made about $700 on this trip.
No longer pissed.
Hoping to have a baggage delay on the way home. Need more clothes.
Strawmanmunny
Merry Christmas to you John. Love the blog and look forward to another year of troll goodness and stupidity, to which you can eviscerate.
Reverend Dennis
Merry Christmas!
Lots more rain today in SoCal which, added to the generous rains that have already fallen, means that those in the burn areas may just receive a Christmas gift of mud.
Roza Hussein
Feliz Navidad
(from the bottom of my heart)
max
Merry Christmas, guy(s and gals)!
max
[‘Woot.’]
bago
Anyone thinking about puppies hard enough to leave a 2 page reply is a furry.
gnomedad
Merry Christmas, John and Juicers! And thanks to John for a great blog and for letting us play in your sandbox.
Zuzu's Petal's
Merry Christmas !
NonWonderDog
Happy Monkey!
Zuzu's Petal's
Merry Christmas!
Cain
Merry Christmas, and warm yuletide greetings to everyone!
cain
Krista
Merry Christmas to John, Tim, and all of my fellow Balloon-Juice reprobates, regulars, lurkers, trolls, snarkmeisters and sockpuppets. Much love, and may 2009 bring us competent governance and much mirth from the fRight-wing.
Laura W
@The Other Steve: Thanks, Steve, appreciate the input. My hesitation on the one I linked to is that a large % of the reviewers thought the sound sucked. That’s my chief complaint about my MacBook sound when it comes to listening to anything besides a 50 second cute animal video and the reason why I don’t use the DVD feature here.
In my usual way I will probably continue to obsess and delay, taking no action, until one day I just DO IT in a fit of impulsivity.
Probably won’t go for the wall mount option since it sounds like that may involve mounting it on a wall.
(Insert winky emoticon)
KRK
Merry Christmas, John and all.
Thanks for the great blogging, John.
Tsulagi
Merry Xmas all you godforsaken BJ atheists and fence-sitting agnostics!
Been a good day so far in our house. Kids happy with their presents. Unexpected quickie present from the wife. Thank you, Jesus.
Latin party here later. Plenty of salsa and reggaeton dancing while the guests will get hammered on my holiday drink I make pretty well. It’s rum based, but not that egg nog crap. It’s a drink popular in some parts of the Caribbean called a Painkiller. With the right rum proof and proportion, after a couple of those you will feel no pain.
It’s a good day.
Rosali
Merry Christmas to all.
My cat did the ultimate Bah Humbug thing today. She left me cat poop under the Christmas tree this morning.
Indylib
Merry Christmas and/or any and all Seasonal Greetings that suit the reader to all the Juicers from Wisconsin, the land of "I can’t freakin’ believe I have 3 feet of snow in my driveway".
My kids seem to have come down with a connective disorder – their new Wii controllers seem to be permanently connected to their hands and don’t seem likely to remove themselves any time soon.
Getting ready to have standing rib roast, mashed potatoes, and glazed carrots for dinner.
Thanks to John and all of the regulars for the snark-filled political conversation. I never would have made it through the year, sane, without it.
BethanyAnne
@Michael D.: LOL!
Atanarjuat
And a very Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. Cole, and all the regulars here on Balloon Juice.
I hope that red-suited scamp brought everyone what they wanted this year, or, at the very least, that there was something nice under the tree for you. Sitting here, waiting for Christmas dinner to finish cooking, I’m feeling very content and at peace with the world.
One of my gifts, by the way, was exactly what I’d been hoping for, and a relative in the military made it possible for me to hold in my hand at this very minute this little beauty:
http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=182
Life is good.
jenniebee
Just came back from in-laws, who positively gushed about how good Tom Friedman’s books are (they saw him speak in person!) and about how I should read them because they’d really help me see the light and give up my liberal ways.
And the husband says "who’s Tom Friedman?" and I say, "remember that review I read you the other night? it was about one of his books" and the husband says "ohhhhhh" and changed the subject to the newborn First Grandkid.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!