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that's great Sashimi!

Skydive! (How's that for something appropriate to the subject?) Name a Christmas/Holiday activity that you've completed without going insane.

An odd mix of Grape Nuts and microwaved regular oatmeal, plus orange juice and a slice of wheat bread. (And for the second time in two days, the sun is out and wind-driven rain is absent.)

"Santa Claus is Follin' Around" performed by a Bob Rivers Bruce Springsteen soundalike!

"Ginza" performed by Vince Guaraldi

"Bells Are Ringing" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

What is the name of the occupational disease contracted by users of pine-scented cleaners? Parking Lot Pizza

What is a day on which more Japanese tourists then usual will visit the U.S.S. Arizona memorial? January 1st.

It'll be a dry Christmas...or will it rain? (Weather conditions are iffy during the rainy season.) Your year begins/ends: Christmas or New Year's?

Korean Kal Bi, still sizzling and fresh off the grill. Name your version of "Rolmulan Ale" the positively wipes out party goers.

"Some Children See Him" performed by James Taylor.

"Christmas in New Orleans" performed by Joan Osborne.

Roasted & Salted Pumpkin Seeds Alcoholic or Fireworks New Year's Eve celebration?

He's playing "Stream Drill Blues" for the other John Henry at the Celestial Cafe. Sadao Watanabe

The Top Ten Toys You've Ever Had To Find For A Child At Christmas. 10-Cabbage Patch Doll 9- Tickle Me Elmo 8- Ritalin 7- Furby 6- Vegetales Videos 5- Red Ryder BB Gun - Careful you'll shoot your eye out! 4- Atari 3-A cheap desktop computer (That @$%^! Packard Bell didn't move past "burn in" mode no matter what we did Christmas day!) 2- 1-

A Cougar. (Animal or human version.) Name a good-for-the-price/secret-known-only-to-a-select-group restaurant in your town.

dump on enemies

"Tropical Christmas" performed by Go Jimmy Go.

Well, there is a song about that event by Joni Mitchell...who couldn't get there.

"Winter Wonderland" performed by Spyro Gyra.

Writing about having been "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." Lee Oskar

What's the (imperfect) translation of what Guantanamo detainees say after "Allahu Akbar!"? A man's gotta know his limitations...

above the clouds

Okai (Japanese Rice soup. Perfect for: 1. Sick folks 2. Hung over from a Hangover folks 3. With a tad more salt, something to settle an angry stomach.)

Tie between: "Life" or "Life on Mars" Name a movie that should be remade, since the original stank to high heaven.