{"id":768,"date":"2015-12-25T22:53:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=768"},"modified":"2021-06-18T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:35:12","slug":"this-is-50-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS 50, PART TWO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If any of you have read my blahg from the last time then you&#8217;ll know that this is the second half of my fiftieth blahg. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/mrcool.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Henderson still thinks he's cool!\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/>There are probably those of you who will probably point out this should be called &#8216;This is 51&#8217; because this is actually the 51st blahg.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\"> Cut me some slack or I&#8217;ll never get this blahg published.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you remember from last time, if you cared enough to even read my previous blahgs, then you&#8217;d know that I&#8217;m trying to recap the previous 50 blahgs with some funny commentary.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to have to take some artistic license because I&#8217;ve skipped the recap on some of the blahgs because the content was similar to other blahgs.\u00a0 I guess you can only write so much about Christmas, Cats, and Dixieland Jazz before you start being unoriginal.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll get back to those topics again one of these days.\u00a0 Last time I left off with number 25, so here&#8217;s the rest.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve been warned.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>26.\u00a0 <em>A 2013 Christmas Mish Mash Experience<\/em>.\u00a0 The point of that blahg was to share some photos of my outdoor Christmas display.\u00a0 I also gave some recommendations for Christmas video watching.\u00a0 Below are the shots of my new outdoor displays.\u00a0 Unfortunately the eight foot Santa from 2013 blew his motor and I haven&#8217;t been able to find a replacement.\u00a0 So, I substituted a moose and have added a few others in the past 2 years.\u00a0 Oh yeah, the twinkling lights on the side of my house also died so I&#8217;ve got new ones that I hope will last a few years.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1023.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-815\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1023-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"106_1023\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1023-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1023-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-816\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"106_1025\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1025-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1025-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1029.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-817 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1029-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"106_1029\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1029-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1029-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1032.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-818 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"106_1032\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1032-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1032-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1033.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-819 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1033-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"106_1033\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1033-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/106_1033-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s my Christmas video recommendation for this year.\u00a0 This a video of\u00a0a Sydney, Nova Scotia\u00a0woman playing the chimes at what used to be the St. Andrew&#8217;s Church.\u00a0 She plays &#8220;Angels We Have Heard On High&#8221; and boy does she get a work-out.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angels We Have Heard on High (Official)\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/samx54hLfLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>27.\u00a0 <em>Aye Aye Itunes, This Customer Is Always Right.\u00a0 <\/em>Except when I&#8217;m buying my wife something for her Birthday or Christmas.\u00a0 Then she&#8217;s right.\u00a0 No doubt I&#8217;ll have to return it because I didn&#8217;t listen to what she was telling me the first time.\u00a0 What&#8217;s that dear?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>28.\u00a0 <em>That Was The Month That Was&#8230;Or More<\/em>.\u00a0 That particular blahg was about the oil spill that necessitated the tearing down of my parents&#8217; old house.\u00a0 That was then.\u00a0 This is now.\u00a0 They have a new house on the old site and everything looks good.\u00a0 Dealing with Banks, Insurance, Builders, and Lawyers over that year taught me so much.\u00a0 Yes, now I can use big words like &#8216;necessitated&#8217; or combination words like &#8216;rat-bastards&#8217; when dealing with Insurance companies.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>29.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m Pulling For You Deb Talan&#8221;.<\/em>\u00a0 That blahg was about some of my favorite music but mainly about Deb Talan and &#8220;The Weepies&#8221;.\u00a0 I am happy to say, as I have said before, Deb Talan won her fight with cancer.\u00a0 The Weepies released a stellar album this year called &#8220;Sirens&#8221; and I&#8217;m glad it was also issued on vinyl.\u00a0 One great thing about this time of year and The Weepies is that they have a hilarious snow globe on their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theweepies.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.theweepies.com<\/a>.\u00a0 It has some animated characters running around and when you move your mouse and shake the globe, all the characters go flying and scream.\u00a0 Of course it resets itself but there&#8217;s a great holiday song from The Weepies playing in the background.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t view the snow globe then you don&#8217;t have &#8216;flash&#8217; installed.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s that holiday song, called &#8220;All That I Want&#8221;:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-768-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/All-That-I-Want.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/All-That-I-Want.mp3\">http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/All-That-I-Want.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>30.\u00a0<em> I Hates Polly Tics! \u00a0<\/em>A blahg about politics (or as Popeye would say, &#8220;Polly Ticks&#8221;\u00a0 I described a politician spouting the same old clap trap as listening to a parrot with a tic.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pollytics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-779\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pollytics-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Politicans in a sandbox\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pollytics-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pollytics.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thus the Polly Tics reference.\u00a0 At least we have a new federal Liberal majority government and we can get something done.\u00a0 If there&#8217;s anything worse than a bureaucrat offering up the same old party line, it&#8217;s a bunch of arguing politicos who act like children in a sandbox fighting or crying over a toy.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>31.\u00a0 <em>The False Ducks Video Blahg #2:\u00a0 We Will Not Be Voting Conservative!\u00a0 <\/em>And we didn&#8217;t!\u00a0 Seriously Scott, why not make your next video blahg a musical that we can all sing along to?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>32.\u00a0 <em>Wanted:\u00a0 One Good Job.\u00a0 <\/em>Found:\u00a0 2 Good Jobs, but I&#8217;ll speak about that later.\u00a0 Wanted:\u00a0 One Good Plumber.\u00a0 Seriously, I have a leak in my basement and I&#8217;m going to have to take off work early and go home and fix it before I have an indoor swimming pool.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>33.\u00a0 <em>Is This The End?\u00a0 <\/em>I was just being reflective because the summer was coming to an end and I didn&#8217;t have enough to keep me busy.\u00a0 I was wondering if I would find better things.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/earth-puzzle-pieces-world-globe-33975046.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-783 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/earth-puzzle-pieces-world-globe-33975046.jpg\" alt=\"World Pieces\" width=\"294\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a>Well, I recently found the Christmas CDs I misplaced last year.\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping to find peace of mind or at least World Peace.\u00a0 It isn&#8217;t the end.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just the beginning.\u00a0 Or maybe I missed the end.\u00a0 Maybe it was the Big Bang and everything ended and everything&#8217;s starting anew again.\u00a0 The Big Bang.\u00a0 Is that World Peace or World Pieces? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>34.\u00a0 <em>What Scares Me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>That was a statement and not a question.\u00a0 Now if you are asking a question, that&#8217;s something completely different.\u00a0 I&#8217;m scared of mice.\u00a0 There, I said it.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t do mice.\u00a0 If they get into the house, my wife has to deal with them.\u00a0 Funny, we have cats but my wife and daughter make a big deal of taking the mice away from them.\u00a0 What are the cats for, then?\u00a0 I&#8217;m also scared of being so funny that people will laugh at something I said and spontaneously com-bust.\u00a0 Oh yeah, I&#8217;m scared of people spontaneously com-busting.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not cleaning that up.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>35.\u00a0 <em>Some Christmas Memories.\u00a0 <\/em>There&#8217;s Christmas popping back up again.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what you get for writing a blahg around this time time of year.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pip-Flute-copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-786 \" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pip-Flute-copy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Subway Flutist\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pip-Flute-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pip-Flute-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pip-Flute-copy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pip-Flute-copy.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>One of my favorite Christmas memories occurred when I was working in Toronto.\u00a0 I had to take the subway somewhere and there was a young woman playing a Christmas song on the flute.\u00a0 She was on the upper level and I could hear her well and chose to hum along.\u00a0 The subway train came and went on the opposite track and drowned out the sound of the flute.\u00a0 When I could hear the music again, I was surprised that my humming was still in sync with her playing.\u00a0 Beautiful.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>36.\u00a0 <em>Je Suis Charlie.\u00a0 <\/em>No comment needed.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>37.\u00a0 <em>My Good Life.<\/em>\u00a0 Who doesn&#8217;t like watching &#8220;It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life&#8221; at this time of year unless you&#8217;re a Scrooge and then there&#8217;s a totally different movie just for you.\u00a0 I do have a Wonderful Life and I need to keep remembering that.\u00a0 Sometimes when things are not going well, instead of asking what&#8217;s wrong, I should ask myself what&#8217;s right. \u00a0The love of a good woman and wonderful children. \u00a0World Peace would be nice. \u00a0All I can do is keep putting it at the top of the list. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>38. \u00a0<em>My Unbelievable Life&#8230;Starring Me. \u00a0<\/em>Another blahg about my incredible life that sometimes is too unreal to believe.\u00a0 Instead of talking about the craziness, I&#8217;ll just quote the following song lyrics:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Up at dawnin&#8217;, sleepy and yawnin&#8217;<br \/>\nStill the taste of wine<br \/>\nThen I remember you&#8217;re mine and<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a world that&#8217;s fine<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What&#8217;s before me, routines that bore me<br \/>\nPunch the clock at eight<br \/>\nBut what a lucky guy I am<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a world that&#8217;s great.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Atom bombs, Cap Canaveral and false alarms<br \/>\nHalf the universe is up in arms<br \/>\nSo I flip a little too, until I&#8217;m holding you.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What&#8217;s the hassle, I&#8217;ll buy the castle<br \/>\nWe can live like Kings<br \/>\nIf we&#8217;re together forever<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a world that<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve got a world that<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve got a world that swings!<\/h4>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>Those lyrics are from the song, <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve Got A World That Swings&#8221;<\/em> from the movie &#8220;The Nutty Professor&#8221; starring Jerry Lewis.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a video of Jerry&#8217;s performance of that song in that film.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0FPG7ljm-3Q\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0FPG7ljm-3Q<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>Did I ever tell you about the time I shined Jerry Lewis&#8217; shoe?\u00a0 Yes, I did.\u00a0 Read the blahg:\u00a0<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;I SHINED JERRY LEWIS\u2019 SHOE&#8221;<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TZA31BTiFVc\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>39.\u00a0 <em>Soup &amp; Sandwich: A Love Story.\u00a0 <\/em>A marvelous video created by my daughter Abbie, that&#8217;s worth reposting:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNQKqTGktQQ\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>40.\u00a0 <em>Frank&#8217;s Last Story.\u00a0 <\/em>Pass.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/images\/frank.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/images\/frank.jpg\" alt=\"Frank\" width=\"139\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>That was too sad to repeat.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>I&#8217;m showing off one of my favorite pictures of Frank.\u00a0 If you want to read about better times with him, read the blahg:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Christmas Cat<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>41.\u00a0 <em>Found:\u00a0 One Good Job (Plus).\u00a0<\/em> This talked about my two positions with the local chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association.\u00a0 It looks like I&#8217;ll be increasing my role as Mental Health Counsellor in the new year.\u00a0 Oh great, now I have to wear clothes five days a week&#8230;but I&#8217;m not complaining.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>Okay, so at this point, I should be moving on to number 42.\u00a0 I will in a moment, but let me explain the slight gap in the narrative.\u00a0 I started my last blahg by reviewing the 50 blahgs I had published up to and including that blahg.\u00a0 I split it into two blahgs because I felt a review of all 50 would be too long for one posting.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve skipped over a few blahgs because their topics were very similar.\u00a0 That left me nine comments short and that&#8217;s where the artistic license is going to come into play.\u00a0 The next nine don&#8217;t refer to specific blahgs but are important to me none the less.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>42.<em> The Number 42.\u00a0 <\/em>Well, that&#8217;s significant enough because it&#8217;s only the answer to life, the universe, and everything.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/42life.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-798\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/42life-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"42life\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>If you don&#8217;t get that reference then you&#8217;re one of those people who doesn&#8217;t read and only enjoys sports.\u00a0 It&#8217;s from &#8220;The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide To The Galaxy&#8221; by the late Douglas Adams.\u00a0 For you sports fanatics, it&#8217;s also the jersey number of the great baseball player, Jackie Robinson.\u00a0 Coincidence?\u00a0 I think not.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>43.\u00a0 <em>The Christmas Mayonnaise.<\/em>\u00a0 I started to write a short story a few years ago to explain my friend Bryan&#8217;s depression around this time of year.\u00a0 He calls it his Christmas Malaise.\u00a0 I try not to feed into it and I&#8217;ve joked about it by calling it his Christmas Mayonnaise.\u00a0 His malaise can be like a black hole and suck you in.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t finish the Christmas Mayonnaise story but that black hole reference reminds me of another Christmas story I did finish:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Hole<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben struggled with the Christmas tree all the way to the curb. It was Boxing Day and he couldn\u2019t stand to look at it in the house a moment longer.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSee ya, wouldn\u2019t want to be ya,\u201d Ben mused as he gave the tree one last heave and balanced it against a snow bank.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben Miller didn\u2019t mind Christmas but there was only so much a man could take. He was still stuffed from the turkey and the pies from the day before, he\u2019d wallowed all month in the sentiment from numerous Christmas movies, and he\u2019d gotten exactly the gifts he had asked for from his wife and kids.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben looked down the block. No other house had a tree out at the curb. All of his neighbours usually waited until New Year\u2019s Day or after to rid their homes of their evergreens. There wasn\u2019t even anyone out on the street either. They were probably still all inside and reveling in the Christmas spirit. Ben didn\u2019t get it. Why hang on to it? What was the purpose? It was time for it all to come to an end and for the holidays to move on.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turning to look down at the other end of the block, Ben noticed the Hole in his front yard. Immediately he fell back into the tree on the bank. There shouldn\u2019t be a Hole in his yard!<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, it wasn\u2019t that there was a Hole in the ground or a spot where the snow had melted to reveal a bald patch in the yard. Rather there was an upright Hole about Ben\u2019s height just standing there in the middle of his lawn. It was pitch black and nothing could be seen on either side of it when you attempted to look through it.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben cursed at the scratches he\u2019d received from falling against the tree. Struggling out of its branches, Ben eyed the Hole and wondered what on earth it could be.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhat on earth could it be?\u201d Ben asked aloud. He was more than a little shaken from his first sight of the Hole and from falling into a tree that no other house had leaning against their snow banks.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It took a few minutes for Ben to compose himself as he studied the Hole and rubbed at the scratches on his arms and legs. His robe had fallen open and he stood open in his boxer shorts to any and all. But there were no onlookers. There was just Ben and the Hole and that stupid tree.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cStupid tree!\u201d Ben wrapped up his robe and tried to think what he should do next. He was sure the Hole hadn\u2019t been there before. He would have seen it as he struggled with the tree out to the curb. Maybe it was a reflection, he thought. Maybe it was the sun reflecting against the snow.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s stupid,\u201d Ben muttered aloud. \u201cThe sun wouldn\u2019t reflect a black hole. It\u2019s probably\u2026\u201d Ben stopped himself. \u201cA Black Hole. Like in space maybe. I\u2019ll bet that\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sure that\u2019s what it was, Ben thought. It had to be. It was some kind of Black Hole like those scientists were always talking about. Only this one was in his yard and not in space.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Explaining it this way to himself made Ben more at ease. Half the terror of a thing is not knowing what it is. That made sense. Well, it made about as much sense to Ben as there being a Black Hole in the middle of his yard.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Feeling the tension easing, Ben decided to check out the Hole a little closer. First he walked all around it. He was right. It was a Hole. It was flat and he couldn\u2019t see through it. \u201cYep, it\u2019s a Black Hole. Funny, I thought it would has some force that would suck you in.\u201d Ben was enjoying this a little. The thought occurred to him that besides there being no trees against snow banks in front of the other houses, his was the only house that had a Black Hole on the front lawn. Ben swelled up with some pride. He thought maybe he could sell tickets or something or that maybe those scientists who were always talking about Black Holes would probably pay big money to study this one.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben walked up closer to the Hole and tried to peer into it to see if he could make out anything inside. It was at this point that Ben felt a hand on his back and was pushed abruptly into the Hole.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was dark. Ben stumbled forward from the force of being pushed into the Hole. He couldn\u2019t see a thing.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suddenly there was a blinding light and he shut his eyes against the glare. Opening them slowly, Ben was startled to discover he was standing in his yard again about ten feet behind the spot from where he had stood only ten seconds earlier peering into the Hole.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben might have continued pondering this revelation if it wasn\u2019t for the other revelation that he was standing on his front lawn looking at himself peering into the Hole.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben started to stumble backward and remembered his earlier backward stumble into the tree. He caught himself quickly and stayed upright.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It couldn\u2019t be. How could he be over there peering into the Hole and here staring at himself peering into the Hole? What was that thing? Was it even a Hole? Maybe it was some kind of Time Portal. Scientists were always talking about Time Portals as much as they were Black Holes.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But why would a time portal only take him ten seconds into the past? What could be the purpose of that? What could you even do with those ten seconds again? It wasn\u2019t like it was time enough to change the world or something. What could you do with ten seconds?<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Slowly it dawned on Ben. He hadn\u2019t just been given ten seconds. He\u2019d been given another chance. It was all about the value of time. Not about rushing through it or discarding it like it had no value or meaning. It was a lesson. He could look at things differently. He could make other choices. When looked at that way, ten seconds seemed liked time enough to do anything. It was the perfect gift for someone who thought they\u2019d already gotten everything they\u2019d asked for.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben knew what he had to do. He had to live like every second had been given back to him to use correctly. He wouldn\u2019t mess it up. To make it all work he only had to do one thing.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben walked purposefully across the gap between himself and his other self who was peering into the Hole. Ben put his hand out and pushed himself into the Hole. Turning, Ben went to the curb to bring the tree back into the house.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>44.\u00a0 <em>Donald Trump.\u00a0 <\/em>What is this guy&#8217;s problem with mausoleums?\u00a0 He wants to ban mausoleums from the United States.\u00a0 When the guy comes around with the push cart and says &#8220;bring out your dead&#8221;, he won&#8217;t have anywhere to take them to.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/DEADz.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/DEADz.gif\" alt=\"The Dead From The Neck Up Boys\" width=\"281\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a> Our comedy show &#8220;Dead From The Neck Up&#8221; once got in trouble for commenting on our local Mayor&#8217;s style by asking &#8220;What&#8217;s with your friggin&#8217; hair?&#8221;\u00a0 I want to ask Donald Trump that.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>45.\u00a0 <em>Dead From The Neck Up<\/em>.\u00a0 As I alluded to, in number 44, I once performed in a radio sketch comedy show called &#8220;Dead From The Neck Up.&#8221;\u00a0 It used to be called &#8220;2 Guys In Short Pants&#8221; but after that Mayor&#8217;s hair comment we got pulled for a couple of weeks so we reformatted and came back as &#8220;Dead From The Neck Up.&#8221;\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been meaning to write a blahg about our experiences, and yet I may, but I&#8217;ll at least offer up two of my favorite Christmas PSAs that I wrote for our show.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Genius MP3 Player: DEAD FROM THE NECK UP - STAN THE WELCOME MAT MAN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE--><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-768-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/stanxmas.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/stanxmas.mp3\">http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/stanxmas.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-768-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/teddyxmas.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/teddyxmas.mp3\">http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/dead\/teddyxmas.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;\"><br \/>\n46.\u00a0 <em>Speaking of Bing Crosby.\u00a0 <\/em>Now you won&#8217;t get that reference if you didn&#8217;t listen to the above audio file, &#8220;Teddy The Topless Dancer&#8217;s Christmas Message&#8221;.\u00a0 What would Christmas be without the movies &#8220;Holiday Inn&#8221;, &#8220;White Christmas&#8221;, &#8220;Going My Way&#8221; or &#8220;The Bells of St. Mary&#8217;s&#8221;?\u00a0 But I also want to draw attention to Bing Crosby&#8217;s great Christmas music.\u00a0 Recently, my daughter spouted some statistic that &#8220;White Christmas&#8221; was Bing Crosby&#8217;s biggest selling single of all time.\u00a0 I wondered about that because I saw an interview in the 1970s with Bing Crosby and Gene Shalit where Bing said his highest selling record was his 1935 version of &#8220;Silent Night&#8221;.\u00a0 A recent search for the current standing shows that Bing&#8217;s recording of &#8220;White Christmas&#8221; is the number one selling single of all time, followed by Elton John&#8217;s special recording of &#8220;Candle In The Wind&#8221; from 1997 and then Bing&#8217;s &#8220;Silent Night&#8221; in third.\u00a0 I actually found the video of the interview between Bing Crosby and Gene Shalit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- End Start Genius MP3 Player --><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: calc(56.25% + 50px); height: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/offsite\/today\/53863814\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\">For the record, excuse the pun, here&#8217;s Bing&#8217;s 1935 recording of &#8220;Silent Night&#8221;:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-768-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bing-Crosby-04-Silent-Night.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bing-Crosby-04-Silent-Night.mp3\">http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bing-Crosby-04-Silent-Night.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>47.\u00a0 <em>Clifford D. Simak.\u00a0 <\/em>That&#8217;s another blahg that needs writing.\u00a0 He&#8217;s my favorite science fiction author and I have a website dedicated to his short science fiction stories:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/simak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Science Fiction Short Stories of Clifford D. Simak<\/a>.\u00a0 I started the website in May of 2005 as a way to fill my time.\u00a0 I wanted it to be one of the most comprehensive websites about this late great author but there is a new website dedicated to the work of Clifford Simak that covers releases in many different countries: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simak-bibliography.com\/biblio.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clifford D. Simak &#8211; The International Bibliography<\/a>.\u00a0 In many ways it is far superior to my website but I have been encouraged by others to keep my website going.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/simak.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-808 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/simak-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"simak\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/simak-194x300.jpg 194w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/simak-663x1024.jpg 663w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/simak.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>This past October saw a new release of some of his short stories and it included the release of &#8220;I had no head and my eyes were floating way up in the air&#8221; which was submitted in the 1970s for publication in Harlan Ellison&#8217;s &#8220;The Last Dangerous Visions&#8221;.\u00a0 That anthology has never been published but that lost Simak story is available in the new Simak anthology &#8220;I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories: The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, Volume One&#8221;.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>48.\u00a0 <em>My Favorite Christmas Song.<\/em>\u00a0 I have many and on my list are many singers.\u00a0 There have been some great albums in the past few years by artists like Carly Simon and Annie Lennox; to name but a few.\u00a0 Of course Sinatra and Bing Crosby are no slouches and it wouldn&#8217;t be the holidays without music from them.\u00a0 This year I&#8217;ve been enjoying some Christmas music by Leigh Nash who was one of the members of Sixpence None The Richer.\u00a0 She has a fantastic voice and released a Christmas EP of 7 songs back in 2006.\u00a0 She, as a single artist and with Sixpence None The Richer, have released other Christmas songs on various artist compilations.\u00a0 Most tend toward the religious theme but I think they&#8217;re all good.\u00a0 I made a CD of all of her Christmas songs and this is one of my favorites:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-768-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06-Sixpence-None-The-Richer-Christmastime-Is-Here.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06-Sixpence-None-The-Richer-Christmastime-Is-Here.mp3\">http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06-Sixpence-None-The-Richer-Christmastime-Is-Here.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>49.\u00a0 <em>My Favorite Christmas Movie.\u00a0 <\/em>Again, too numerous to mention.\u00a0 I do want to give a nod to ten that I enjoy that most people probably haven&#8217;t seen but I think are worth tracking down to view (in no particular order):\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Mr. Soft Touch (1949)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Holly and The Ivy (1952)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Holiday Affair (1949)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Nativity! (2009) &#8211; a very funny film and probably the most recent on my list<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It Happened On Fifth Avenue (1947)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Remember The Night (1940)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Fitzwilly (1967)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Gathering (1977 TV Movie)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Man In The Santa Claus Suit (1979 TV Movie)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Homecoming:\u00a0 A Christmas Story (1971 TV Movie that inspired &#8220;The Waltons&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>50.\u00a0 <em>Favorite Christmas Memory.\u00a0 <\/em>I know this is sort of a cheat because number 35 was <em>Some Christmas Memories.\u00a0 <\/em>I guess I just have some great Christmas memories that I want to write about.\u00a0 It would be hard to keep it to just one.\u00a0 I talked about my Christmas Cat.\u00a0 Certainly the first Christmas with my wife or many Christmases with my children would make the short list.\u00a0 Yesterday, I told some colleagues about the Christmas when I was in grade six and got beaten up at school just before Christmas.\u00a0 I related the story to the Principal and he called the older boys who laid down the beating on me but they spun a different story of me attacking them.\u00a0 The Principal was stupid and chose to believe them.\u00a0 I let loose with a string of expletives aimed towards the Principal and got suspended.\u00a0 My Mother forced me to apologize or the very large present under the tree, with my name on it, would disappear.\u00a0 I apologized but didn&#8217;t mean a word of it.\u00a0 The present was an aquarium.\u00a0 It&#8217;s probably in the landfill now, the bullies are probably languishing in prison, and the Principal is rotting in hell; I live in hope.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>Seriously, I can&#8217;t think of a single memory that tops them all.\u00a0 But that Christmas when I managed to reach 50 blahgs and stretched it to 51 certainly stands out.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If any of you have read my blahg from the last time then you&#8217;ll know that this is the second half of my fiftieth blahg. 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