<p>Mixed sadness/relief in our house: TSFH did not pass his written M1 certification test for his motorcycle license yesterday. Ah the consequences of not studying for something that at least ought to have deserved a bit of review. And sigh, he’s likely to pass it on the second try, which can be as soon as a week from now.</p>
<p>Anyone doing anything exciting for the eve of the new year?</p>
<p>On the eve of the new year, my son flies back to school. Sigh…</p>
<p>It’s one big happy season here at the slugg house! The clumps of dead leaves and tinsel blowing in and out of the house are signs that Falloween-Giveachrist-Chunukwanza-Boxingday is finally here! </p>
<p>Oh JOY unto you and to the guy who occasionally sleeps on my couch during college breaks. I think he’s a friend of sluggson’s, and I hear he works at Whole Foods in the beer department. Thus, the Queenslugg has deemed him worthy of sleeping on her royal chocolate truffle-stained couch. :)</p>
<p>I have just plowed through a month’s worth of Alley postings. In the interest of saving time, I will summarize:</p>
<p>~ Cool pic of a totally awesome spaceship from jmmom on 12-07-06 (Post #4871).</p>
<p>~ Discussion of pc terms for “girls,” a.k.a. *women, wymmin, ladies, and goils<a href=“thank%20you,%20BHappyMom”>/i</a>. Made a mental note that “broads,” “Tittsy-Magee,” and “the chick with the jugs” were not included in the discussion.</p>
<p>~ Post #4984: A new holiday for the sluggmeister…Saturnalia. A carnival for <em>special</em> people who like to sing Christmas carols in the nude. I am one with the nekkiddness. </p>
<p>~ Raising my congratulatory flagon of grogg to PSAT scores that kick a** from Aluson, SBson, and jymson. </p>
<p>~ A toast from our last 5-liter box of Sinner’s Alley 2006 house wine-- a hearty blend of this year’s leftover drinks known for its robust nose with leather and tobacco notes-- goes to Cheer’s gradson and BHappyD’s admission to Harvard, dahlings! Double-woot! </p>
<p>~ Oh, and a bigg sluggy hugg to m&sson’s acceptance to the Creative and Performing Arts high school. Dibs on a lifetime pass to the museum of awesome talent that will be built in honor of m&sdad’s artistic kids.</p>
<p>~ Post #5040: SBMom’s translation of ghrrbll gjkllh mlghm, which means “lie down by me” --not “lie down on me” (which is how I read it the first time). ;)</p>
<p>~ Followed by SBMom’s memorable quote from a first driving lesson with SBSon: “Jesus Christ, STOP NOW!” (Post #5047) Similar to the chest-clutching utterances heard around the slugghouse after driving with the teenage equivalent of 3-year olds behind the wheel…IT’S YOUR #@!! TURN NEXT TIME! </p>
<p>~ Mental post-it note of BHappyMom’s slow decline into tweed-clad old ladydom…“Treasure these days, they grow up too fast.” (Sluggthought: Not fast enough.) --Post #5072</p>
<p>~ High-fivers to TSFH on finishing his college apps!! (Post #5089)</p>
<p>~ Partially retained commentary from BHappyMom’s Post #5093 about erecting a Christmas tree: “…being men they did not measure it.” (Wanna bet?)</p>
<p>~ Post #5106: Welcome to newbie, wecandothis! Your “pompous, sexist ass” rant on The Donald was right on, sisterwoman! The marmots were dispatched to work on his hair. They mistook it for a lopsided marmot nest.</p>
<p>~ Post #5126: Sent ibuprofen-chomping Weeniepooch a squeaky toy.</p>
<p>~ Posts #5129 & #5138: Sent Bandaids and collision avoidance systems to mommusicson and massson. Hoping that wildmen, puppies, and cars are on the mend. </p>
<p>~ Post #5135: Thinking of jym626 on a cruise ship sipping on a blue drink with a paper umbrella in it. :)</p>
<p>~ And, finally – Post #5142: TSFH lives up to his name - lol! Last September, Sluggson threatened to get his M1 and drive back and forth to college singing, Born to Be Wild, the whole way-- preferably with a fringe-clad, 30-year old poet/tramp he was hoping to meet at a local Davis coffee shop. Never did get his M1. :eek:</p>
<p>slugg notes on all SA doings. All’s right with the world. Prospero ano to all.</p>
<p>Hail Slugg!!! Whooohoooo We Missed Ya! :D</p>
<p>I have dutifully returned my tweeds to the costume cupboard along with the lavender bun-wig. In my imagination now I will wear shoes that will make me really tall, a lycra dress that will make me really thin, and a mirror mask that will make everyone love me…spray on a Divine scent and party all New Years Eve…in reality I will probably eat grilled cheese sammy’s in my pj’s until it is time to pick up DS from his Party… ;)</p>
<p>What is everyone else up to? Should we dust off the Mirror Ball from SA?..the Marmots still have time to chew view books into colored confetti…</p>
<p>Update on Weeniepooch:
On the mend! Troy is home and after some very fine nursing care (if I must say so myself - and, evidently, I must) he is able to hold down food and today is his last day for meds. His tail wags, he is feisty with weeniepooch #2, and he was just caught trying to eat a poker chip :eek: (husband has poker here tonight). </p>
<p>So all is well with the world. </p>
<p>Favorite Christmas presents? Glad you asked -
<p>Congrats on Weeniepooch! That is a great way to wag in the new year…bring him down to SA and we’ll find something safe to feed him while he entangles himself about our ankles… :)</p>
<p>Since I know you’re all dying to see this ibuprofen-eating bad boy:</p>
<p><a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/uvw34[/url]”>http://■■■■■■■.com/uvw34</a></p>
<p>(Hope the link works…)</p>
<p>Shucks, and here I am inviting him over for New Years when all this time he’s been a regular…third barstool from the left…the whiskered fella that likes Guiness Stout and steak and kidney pie…Who Knew? (Nice Pic 
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<p>weeine, glad to hear that troy is now on the mend. Slugg, swinging by just in time to ring in the new year. Bhappy, can I have a couple of those sequins that are falling off of your dress. (by bucket needs a little sprucing up). I got a hole in the bottom of one of my baskets so whoever has the duck tape, please slide it down the bar so I can re-sole my shoe.</p>
<p>What an angelic little troublemaker, weenie! So glad to hear he’s back to his old tricks already: what a relief!</p>
<p>And I am here to correct a misconception sluggbugg was having: it was not until THIS VERY AFTERNOON that TSFH clicked the Submit button on all the rest of his apps and supplements. I cannot tell you what a joy and relief that is – now I can stop becoming my mother and nagging all the time, jeez I did not care for that one little bit.</p>
<p>Of course, it took TSFH getting a call this morning that his super heavy duty new motorcycle helmet had arrived at the store to get him motivated. He zipped out there at (for him) an absurdly early hour and <em>WORE IT HOME IN THE CAR</em>, and basically didn’t take it off all day. He sat in the dining room in front of his laptop with this zippy Kawasaki green and black supercool helmet on, typing in the last bits of application stuff. And then he wore the helmet to work at the frozen yogurt shop tonight. Um… yeah. Well, whatever floats his boat, I guess!</p>
<p>Now how long do you think it’ll take for me to get him to finish the brief and almost pro-forma scholarship app he has from the school he’s already been accepted to? I hope it won’t take his buying a motorcycle to get him to do it… (And yes, he has all the equipment except the bike… and that pesky M1 license certification, heh.)</p>
<p>sluggsisterwoman-- The Donald… I mean, can he possibly be serious? The scary part is, I think he is. The marmot-do! LOL, he deserves it. Not to get political here, but I’m not sure who I dislike more, him or Newt Gingrich! </p>
<p>d and I are in the final throes of the final application, unless we do another safety since she doesn’t really like the safeties we already did.</p>
<p>bring on the espresso bearing italian soccer players, I say!</p>
<p>Totally and completely laughing out loud here in rainy Oahu with my kidlets. Smooches to all, a greeting I give only to the near and dear. If we can’t find any Italian soccer players, I’m down with the Hawaiian fire night dancers…</p>
<p>Who needs shirts, that’s what Alumom says!!!</p>
<p>Slugg. Next time don’t leave us for quite so long. We hang in there in your absence but have to drink WAY TOO MUCH without you…</p>
<p>Al-ohhhhhhhh-ha, Alum! A 'ohe hana nui ka alu’ia. --No task is too big when done together. That’s the motto of my Second Life company. You see, on my personal island named after my darling pooch, I live on a pirate ship with my sister-pirate (my real sis) who happens to look like Captain Jack Sparrow. She’s the cute pirate. My pirate av has a peg leg, scraggly gray hair, unplucked eyebrows, and a peevish case of andropause (male menopause). We serve Waikiki Woo Woo’s in the ship’s galley:</p>
<p>Waikiki Woo Woo</p>
<p>1 oz Rum
1/2 oz 151-proof Rum
1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Tequila
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Amaretto
2 oz Pineapple Juice
1 oz Orange Juice
1 oz Cranberry Juice
Crushed Ice
Combine all ingredients with ice and pour into a hurricane glass. Top with a pineapple ring, slice of orange, and cherry speared on a paper umbrella. </p>
<p>In Second Life, I train avatars to clean up after themselves, use good manners, and wear underwear at all times. Hmm, I can’t seem to get away from the mom-thing, even in my metaverse existence. If anyone gets out of line, I have no choice but to blast them with my Judge Dredd Lawgivers. Mootie, I don’t think the Lawgivers will make TSFH finish his scholarship essays any sooner, though. A metaverse mom-pirate with cosmic cyberblasters can only do so much. ;)</p>
<p>A greasy corner of a cocktail napkin has just been passed up to the bar…The Klingons and the Wookies have elected Weeniepooch into their Hellraisers club. Anyone who has fangs, rips up innocent toilet paper rolls, relentlessly stalks poker chips, and can honestly say that he’s a dog automatically qualifies. :)</p>
<p>Checking in from a lovely corner of Mexico, nowhere near any beaches… Slugg it is good to hear from you!! </p>
<p>Happy New Year all!</p>
<p>Weenie, glad to hear about your pooch…what a relief for you!</p>
<p>Slugg, could you make me one of those Waikiki Woo Woos? DD just pressed “submit” on her last two apps today…</p>
<p>mootmom:
Congrats on the Submit Button accomplishment! :D</p>
<p>Welcome back to sluggbugg! Enjoyed her precis of the happenings in the alley. Congrats to all of you submitting year-end apps! </p>
<p>Does this happen to anyone? You are on vacation and wake up in the middle of the night wondering if DS is home in bed yet? And he is safe at home with DH, who is on duty, NOT YOU? I theorize it would take me a week to stop being in worrying mom mode, but I only had 4 days. </p>
<p>No big plans for New years eve, but will definitely concoct an interesting drink and enjoy!</p>
<p>Hey–the title at the top of my page has a TM mark next to Sinner’s.</p>
<p>Are the mods trademarking Sinner’s Alley?</p>
<p>Happy New Year’s to all those in corners of Hawaii and Mexico (Rancho La Peurta?).</p>
<p>We had a fire int he fire place on New Year’s Eve. Most unusual…</p>