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Daily Dose of Surprise- PRIUS!

Holidays /

Some of you may remember a recent blog entry in which I asked the question “which one of you dingbats, I mean kind and generous people, bought me a Prius for the holidays??” Well a few days I figured out who the dingbat kind generous person was… TW BOUGHT ME A PRIUS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

She’s soooo bad at keeping gifts a secret, which is good because I truly do not like surprises. She would drop remarks about someone, probably my sister, buying me the car for Christmas. Now some of you who know some things about my sister could maybe see how this could be a possibility. But, those of you who would think that (including TW) just don’t know my sister. So it really never was a plausible idea for me.

I really just thought someone was playing around and clicked the “reserve” on my Things I Want list. No way TW would buy me a car. We can’t afford it and while money, or lack of, has never stopped TW from indulging me (or anyone else she loves) she knew that I would truly not have been happy about such a purchase.

So a few days ago I was talking to my mom on the phone about holiday travel plans and gift purchases and I jokingly asked her if she bought me the car. She laughed and said “that would be your sister” ha! My sister was in the room and said she saw it was reserved but she certainly didn’t do it, ha! again! And then it hit me…

TW did not buy me a Prius, she rented it! For a week! Just the perfect amount of time for me to enjoy it, play with it, figure out how the magic of 99.9mpg works and show all sorts of people how cool it is. And just the perfect amount of time for me to figure out whether or not I really and truly want one, if I ever actually have the $30,000+ it would cost to buy it.

So the car arrived today. It’s white (which is good because that is the last color I’d choose so it will be easy to take it back). It’s fuel efficient! It’s interesting! It’s fun! It’s magic! I LOVE IT! It’s one of the BEST gifts EVER!

Be on the lookout for more PRIUS driven posts over the next week… pictures too, and the pictures are important because TW did some “detailing” that you really MUST see!

Happy Happy Prius Day!

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Daily Dose of Christmas Cheer – Bah!

Friends & Family, Holidays, Religion /

OK this is coming to you courtesy of Heresiology but is dedicated to my friend Karen. Please do read the post, it’s a nice Solstice celebration recap. And at the bottom, this classic…. (Maybe I’ll get the little kids to sing it tonight while I record them on the iRiver…)

‘God rest ye, Unitarians’
To the tune of “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen”

Gods rest ye, Unitarians, let nothing you dismay;
Remember there’s no evidence there was a Christmas Day;
When Christ was born is just not known, no matter what they say,
O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

Our current Christmas Customs come from Persia and from Greece,
From solstice celebrations of the ancient Middle East.
This whole darn Christmas spiel is just another pagan feast,
O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

There was no star of Bethlehem, there was no angels’ song;
There couldn’t have been wise men for the trip would take too long.
The stories in the Bible are historically wrong,
O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact!

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Daily Dose of Health – Mad About Medicine

Health and Wellness /

OK ladies and gentlemen, are there any ladies and gentlemen actually reading this? Hmmm, whatever. I am proud to encourage you to run, I mean click, over to the GREAT Dr K’s nice shiney blog, Mad About Medicine and read read read. And add it to your RSS feed and keep reading reading reading all of the time. Dr K is the real deal. I’ve had the honor of talking to him about all sorts of interesting stuff, including the lack of smoke in blues clubs and cell phones dropping in toilets. Click, Read, Comment, Enjoy. I do, truly and honestly, recommend this particular blog by Dr K!

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