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I guess that decides it. Thanks, guys!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Last night in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, Navy beat San Diego State 17-16 with a late field goal. http://www.wdsu.com/sports/navy-nips-san-diego-state-in-poinsettia-bowl/30381920 It so happens that Navy was my dad's alma mater, and San Diego State was my mom's alma mater! I can't find any record that their football teams have met before.

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Jeff, I think we've seen a new low for the Cleveland Browns. The Browns' first two quarterbacks are injured, so they asked Rex Grossman to join the team for one game. He turned them down, saying that he would rather spend Christmas with his family! http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/rex-grossman-tells-browns-thanks-but-no-thanks/ar-BBh9rVl?ocid=ansfoxsports11

Thanks.

What does that graph tell us?

Here's another favorite of mine - essentially a remake of The Weavers' version.

Frank, I'm 16 minutes in, and I'm really enjoying this! Thanks!

Happy Birthday Jeff!

Yesterday Miami blocked a Minnesota punt with 41 seconds left in the game, and scored a safety on the play. The safety gave them the win, 37-35. Today's Wall Street Journal says that going through the NFL records back to 1940, that (winning a game with a safety in the final minute) had never happened before.

By coincidence, yesterday's paper mentioned that North Carolina is the country's #2 state for pork production. So I looked it up, and Iowa beats us by a mile. http://stuffaboutstates.com/agriculture/livestock/hogs.htm

Amazon has the Criterion Godzilla/Gojira on sale. I've never seen it. Does anyone recommend it? Is the movie any good, or is its praise more a political statement regarding the use of nuclear weapons? http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Criterion-Collection-Takashi-Shimura/dp/B005VU9LO0?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=cameltracker-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005VU9LO0

Happy Birthday 2014 Swinger!

Perhaps he will be remembered by many for singing alongside John Belushi on Saturday Night Live. http://radio.com/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-dead-at-70/ http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-dead-at-70/

Bing sent me this link for sheet music and lyrics of Christmas carols. https://www.bing.com/search?q=Christmas%20Carols&FORM=ML12C0&CREA=ML12C0

Here's a new list of Christmas Ales and winter beers. Has anyone tried any of these? Any thoughts? http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/12/22/8-winter-seasonal-craft-beers-for-holidays-and-beyond/?intcmp=features

This was a favorite of mine in high school.

This is another of my favorites. To me, this is real rock 'n' roll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmGYnR2mWfM

Because both of my parents were from Massachusetts, every year we had a turkey for Christmas when I was growing up. But now I find that here in North Carolina, which may be the national pork capital, the tradition is to have a "Christmas ham." Do most folks in England have a Christmas goose a la Dickens? Are there any other traditional Christmas meals folks here enjoy?

DVD Wayne Shorter - The Language of the Unknown is down to $16.68 + $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/The-Language-Unknown-Shorter-Quartet/dp/B00L3EZEJ4

I didn't know that! I guess I'm a little surprised that the advertisers would fall for that, although often each click results in different ads.

What is with the goddamn slide shows that sites over use these days?! How fucking annoying. Just print the goddmn list! I completely agree, Scott. I have no issue with sites needing to have advertisements, but slideshows and moving or video ads are so slow I often leave the page out of frustration before I have seen what I wanted to see.

Darn! I can see that you're right. Oh, well.

Here is a list of movies which will be deleted from Netflix's catalogue Jan. 1. http://www.refinery29.com/2014/12/79478/leaving-netflix-january?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=adsales&utm_campaign=ent_slideshows&utm_content=All-The-Movies-Leaving-Netflix-On-Januar#slide