wrapping presents and eating cookies. which wine goes with gingerbread?

excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend

I am preparing the meal this year. Since I am more of a baker than a chef...I am serving plenty of wine. So why wait for dessert for the ice wine? (from Canada's Niagara region.)

Would you take this man's hand and walk out the door?

Ocean Shores

A little less conversation a little more action (clicking like and repost)

The Jersey Shore is a really underrated place. Maybe Beach or Coast would be better names. There are many historic Victorian homes which are now mostly museums or research stations. This would be a nice place to work.

Second-hand Porsche EVs are plummeting in value. If a Porsche can't hold its value, what does that mean for the rest of the EV market? Back in August we investigated why this is happening, and how you can game the system to your advantage.

Not too long ago this was my backyard...

I am starting to think that the real threat is a two -tier world where a small group of people get to work, live, and travel wherever they want and the rest of us are limited to whatever opportunities fall our way. The new nationalism to restrict our lifestyle.

I'm not bragging but I took an IQ test and it came back positive.

During COVID lockdown I watched 2 or 3 movies on most days. One of my faves is The Light between Oceans. (A love triangle with 4 sides.) Finally I read the book. The Book is better. The chief reason being that the writer of a book knows how to end a story. Hollywood, not so much.

well if we just get rid of all the schools we can devote more time to rock choirs... www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWf-...

fake news: 10% on all islands solely populated by penguins still in force

The world as we know it was designed by these guys in the 1940s. Its falling apart, blame who you want. People should read up on this event to understand where we are now. The 60s and 80s were bumps on the road... NYTimes report

I wont be afraid as long as you Stand by Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-T...

I melted some butter in the microwave today. Now I know what an explosion of flavor looks like.

There are ways to get from the US to Canada if you need affordable Canadian items. Because I like you I'll give you 20% off everything.

you stay up one night and then you cant sleep again for a week

I hope 2025 is better than 2024 for Each of You.

There was a kid named Matt who used to sit on a front porch with his uncle and a guitar make up songs. Thirty years later he won a Grammy for best performance for the song "Electric Messiah". As I reflect on the past and future, I am glad Matt won but his best work was Boy on the Red Bike.

Ursula is right

and the after Christmas lunch choice was...

Landscape, 1909 https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15816

A thought on December 25...'Let you who are without sin caste the first stone"

My favorite non-fiction book is Escape from Freedom. Erich Fromm. Its a lot of no nonsense reality. It will help the reader deal with good and evil in our world by understanding how ordinary people can do very bad things.

However you spend December I hope you have a good one. I believe that God is calling all of us to him. (All people and all of creation too if you like theology.)

Local fave at Michigan State U

US people need to stop bickering about culture issues. For a Green economy we need 90% of the people to participate. Cant meet goals with 52%. Lets save the planet then argue politics later.