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And our closing number is dedicated to Bill-O and all the boys and girls at Fox News.

Take the quiz. You find some unexpected stuff, such as the origin of Rudolph the Reindeer.

I got my Fuji Sports 10 from the Urban Bike Project, to which Second Son introduced me. (Just between you and me, I think he was interested in a young lady who volunteered there.)

Just about the best $75.00 I have ever spent.

They do good work with good hearts.

It seems that one of my favorite OTR sites, a site which, being Canadian and not fixated on old time radio shows from the USA, was distinguished by the variety of its offerings, myoldradio.com, has let its domain name expire.

One hopes it will redeem the domain within the grace period.

If it does not, the OTR community will have suffered a great loss.

Addendum, Two Weeks Later:

My Old Radio is back.

Update: The location has been changed from Croc’s to Gordon Biersch.

A week early because of Christmas.

Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.

When: Thursday, December 19th, 6 p.

Where:
Gordon Biersch
4561 Virginia Beach Blvd (Town Center)
Virginia Beach, VA (map)

More here.

We stumbled over this on our cable company’s free stuff feed. It starts slow, but it’s quite nicely done.

Now on Tuesdays for Norfolk (still Thursdays for Virginia Beach) to make it easier for persons with commitments on either day to catch at least one per month.

Drinking Liberally is a gathering place for liberals. Socialize and laugh in a friendly atmosphere.

When: 6 p., Tuesday, December 10.

Where:
Uno Chicago Grill
5900 Virginia Beach Blvd
(Janaf Shopping Center) (map)

I “swyped” g-i-b-l-e-t-s into a text to First Daughter about cooking a turkey and Google spell-check returned

C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s.

I’m thinking that’s not an error.

Ernest Hooper reports from the family front:

When I asked my son to tell me the best way to reach him, I wanted him to distinguish between text, email or Facebook.

But he said to get his attention, I should simply not transfer money into his account and he would contact me. Immediately.

(Christmas) Decoration Day.

Noam Chomsky takes down 9/11 Truthers.

Even if you don’t like Noam Chomsky because you think he’s much too radical (he’s not, by the way, as history has proved), watch this. It’s a master wielding a scalpel in public discourse.

Via TPM.

Warning: Language.

Happy Thanksgiving.