Oh Christmas Tree

Some day, I'd really like to have a Christmas tree. I didn't ever have one growing up, of course. About three years ago, snowy_kathryn had hers set up here, but that's the only time I ever had one. Unless you count the time I once decorated a houseplant with disposable pink razors. I may be no Martha Stewart, but I do get a kick out of decorating trees. Maybe it's because it's still a total novelty for me.

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I think this octopus is just the cutest thing I've seen all day.



See it and other nifty critters at Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010: Editors' Picks.

The bad-ass of the week award goes to Gaius Marius, who was one cantankerous SOB.

f-words from plantagenet-era england: I think some of these should reenter common parlance.

Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colours: Good historical costuming resource.

All right. Back to proof-reading I go....

Fact

careful poetry
and careful
people
last
only long
enough
to
die
safely.


~ Charles Bukowski

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I never knew.