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This is the quietest offseason that I can remember. The only thing up in the air is where we are going to get our 2nd left handed reliever... Will it be through free agency? A trade? The Rule 5 draft? Ohhh.... the drama. There's already nothing to talk about in Baseball Talk and we're not even to the Winter Meetings yet.

The Chiefs are horribly awful. Missouri State basketball isn't worthy my attention. And the rest of college basketball doesn't matter until March. The Blues aren't playing. This is going to be the longest winter of my life.

It's also the cold and flu season, so you have that to look forward to. Yes, winter is wonderful. Makes all the sense in the world like people like winter.

You also have all the ancillary noise around Christmas to look forward to; gluttonous shopping sprees for adult relatives, Christmas cards (blech), tree/decorating, and crappy parties you wouldn't normally attend.

planet puma wrote:You also have all the ancillary noise around Christmas to look forward to; gluttonous shopping sprees for adult relatives, Christmas cards (blech), tree/decorating, and crappy parties you wouldn't normally attend.

planet that reminds me - I need your sizes and address; also are you free to attend our crappy party?

Molly wrote:

planet puma wrote:You also have all the ancillary noise around Christmas to look forward to; gluttonous shopping sprees for adult relatives, Christmas cards (blech), tree/decorating, and crappy parties you wouldn't normally attend.

planet that reminds me - I need your sizes and address; also are you free to attend our crappy party?

LOL, Molly. I'm still debating whether I'm even putting up a tree with our feisty foster kittens. Could just be another PITA.

planet puma wrote: I'm still debating whether I'm even putting up a tree with our feisty foster kittens. Could just be another PITA.

I recommend putting a little jalapeño extract in the tree's water.

With the kids out of the house we got one of them trees you just plugin. It's all lit, decorated, the whole nine yards. I just have to figure out where it is and we'll be all decorated for Christmas in minutes. As far as adult presents - just talked to my oldest about this: NO. All I want for Christmas is to see my family. My wife and I haven't bought xmas presents for each other in years, and now that my son is married and in "adult land", I told him last night the same. I don't even like Christmas presents. If I want something, I buy it. If I didn't buy it, I don't want it that bad. So mostly Christmas presents go back to the store. Thanks for the errand though!

planet puma wrote:You also have all the ancillary noise around Christmas to look forward to; gluttonous shopping sprees for adult relatives, Christmas cards (blech), tree/decorating, and crappy parties you wouldn't normally attend.

Wait a minute! Hold the phone.

Weren't you the one making neat little crafty things last year like wreathes, etc. while listening to Wilson Phillips - "Hey Santa" ???????

I just think it's cool that the words ancillary, gulttonous, and blech were all used in one sentence. Probably a first ever for mankind.

Fat_Bulldog wrote:

planet puma wrote:You also have all the ancillary noise around Christmas to look forward to; gluttonous shopping sprees for adult relatives, Christmas cards (blech), tree/decorating, and crappy parties you wouldn't normally attend.

Wait a minute! Hold the phone.

Weren't you the one making neat little crafty things last year like wreathes, etc. while listening to Wilson Phillips - "Hey Santa" ???????

Yeah, well, Pinterest was new to me then. Now it sucks. I want to buy all the crap for people as easily as possible. Give me a freakin' link if I'm going to buy your 35 yr. old ass a present, brother-in-law. Didn't you post something about me and mom jeans too? And jim, I don't know how you get off so easy at Christmas. I think we'd be disowned if we floated the idea of no gifts.