Interesting mistletoe article

Some highlights of the article you can read here:

  • The druids believe mistletoe is special because it never touches the ground, and possesses symbolic fertility qualities.
  • “Traditionally mistletoe was considered to be the semen of the gods and of the forest, because the berries contain a liquid that looks like and has the texture of semen. This is the real reason we kiss under it at Christmas, this and because mistletoe blooms in the dark womb of wintertime.”
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Rating Christmas Music

Someone sent me this link and I found it pretty amusing. I’m actually surprised that someone took the time to rank his or her thoughts about Christmas music.

It’s actually a lot to read, so here are some highlights:

  • Carol Of The Bells
    Gosh, I hate this one. That same asinine four-note sequence over and over, and brain-dead lyrics to boot (“ding dong ding dong/that is their song,” indeed).

  • Deck The Halls
    It’s by far the most pagan Christmas carol, and hence is considered okay to market to atheists.

  • Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
    Gosh, what a retarded song. What the heck is a “cup of cheer”? It must have taken the composers all of three minutes to put together this lyric.

  • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    What a demented scenario. A little girl spies on her mother making out with a stranger, and her reaction is that it would be a “laugh” if her father could watch, too?

  • Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
    Now, why the heck would you rock around your Christmas tree? What would that even look like? Tripping over wires, dislodging candy canes, breaking bulbs, getting tinsel all over the carpet — it’s a bad idea, I tell you, a bad idea.

  • Silent Night
    There’s something theologically counterintuitive about telling the object of your worship to go to sleep.

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I watch CBS Evening News in hopes that Lara Logan will have a segment.

Everyday at 5:30 without fail Dad had the CBS Evening News on. When I went to college, I don’t think I ever watched any of the national news. Maybe just CNN Headline News since I knew it came on every 30 minutes. After college, I started to watch ABC’s World News Tonight. Something about Peter Jennings I liked. I think he reminded me of what James Bond would be as an anchorman without the accent. May he rest in peace.

Since Peter Jennings passing, I have been watching the CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer. I kind of like him since he’s like a grandfather type figure and he is from this area. He worked for the Fort Worth Star Telegram and graduated from TCU. Always thought it was cool that he had some major leads regarding the Kennedy assassination. He actually drove Oswald’s mother to the Dallas Police station.

But I guess to be honest with myself, I think I watch CBS News because I’m smittened by Lara Logan.

What I really like about her is her South African accent – just makes me weak in the knees. Everytime she does a segment, I think I start to glow.

Here are some other pictures that I gladly found, and here is a link you might be able to use to hear that lovely voice.

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