<p>Loved the Led Zeppelin Xmas mashup! Sent it on to my sons who are LZ fans.</p>
<p>pulling my people up from pg 2 while waiting on the slugg christmas card.</p>
<p>Yes!!!</p>
<p>What will the little kitties tell us this year?</p>
<p>I can’t wait to find out.</p>
<p>Anyone else want to join me for a Trader Joe’s scotch, fake ‘Glinlivet’ style? Not half bad!</p>
<p>Trader Joe’s can’t sell scotch in our state. ABC laws. :(</p>
<p>Except for one store in Manhattan we can’t even get Two Buck Chuck at Trader Joe’s in our state.</p>
<p>I will go on record and say that two buck Chuck is TERRIBLE.</p>
<p>At Trader Joe’s, I prefer the Hecha a Mano tortillas, myself. </p>
<p>But I could sprinkle my quesadillas with a little not-half-bad fake Glenlivet, SB. In keeping the the Alley ethos.</p>
<p>Hmmm…fake Glenlivet might be worth a try. Some of Trader Joe’s wine are good and some are not so good. Maybe the not so good seems a little better after you have had two or three of the good?</p>
<p>Just checking in to see what’s pouring in the Alley tonight. Hubby is off to the la-la land inhabited by cruel bosses, I need some beverage buddies, 'cause drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism ;)</p>
<p>Yep, two-buck chuck is just… yuck!</p>
<p>A French neighbor of ours likes a Merlot they sell though. I haven’t drunk two buck Chuck since I was in grad school. :)</p>
<p>Speaking of Zep, what I wouldn’t have given to be at that concert yesterday! If they do decide to tour, and they hold another lottery for the 3 million of us vying for the 20,000 tickets, anyone know how I can bribe the lottery agency?</p>
<p>TFSFH had his first two college final exams yesterday. He reported to me that he’d gotten a full night’s sleep when I noticed him on AIM at 7:30am (yes, I was up in CA, insomnia, sigh), and then he gleefully reported on the “hearty breakfast” he went and had: “a pear, hash browns, sausage, bacon, eggs, a waffle, rice krispies (with milk), mountain dew, a bagel with cream cheese, and a banana. and i am NOT FAT. and i brought a little 20 oz ginger ale with me to keep me from being stressed”</p>
<p>I guess when you’re an 18-yr-old male who’s 6’6" and beefy, you get to eat a bit more than the rest of us (although I admit to a falling jaw after reading his list).</p>
<p>He called later to gleefully inform me that he thinks he did “awesome”. (His estimation of “awesome” has not always agreed with his teachers’ estimations, though, so we shall see – at least it means he didn’t likely bomb them, I guess.) Hope everyone else’s students are faring well!</p>
<p>Did anyone else notice that there is a quick shot of a marmot near the end of the “Bubble” video?</p>
<p>AH yes, the shot of the "[dramatic</a> prairie dog](<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs]dramatic">http://youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs)"! (So called, harrumph)</p>
<p>but aren’t our marmots more melodramatic?!!</p>
<p>What I meant to say, is that I always thought of OUR marmots as being the melodramatic type!!! (especially after they’ve been drinking)…</p>
<p>Oh, they’re regular Barrymores.</p>
<p>Actually, mine’s a “Burrowmore”…</p>
<p>Where’s a good rimshot mp3 when you need one?</p>
<p>LOL m&sdad!</p>
<p>I needed that. Hanging out for too long on a thread where we’re trying to explain to a youngster that in this country, in public schools we also have freedom FROM religion.</p>
<p>My brain hurts.</p>
<p>Mommusic, now you’ve done it. Curiosity led me over to that thread, and now my brain hurts too. May I buy you a round?</p>