December 25, 2017

Start of presents begins with Gift Cards.



Tequila is always welcome.



Picture includes Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart and June Lockhart. All next to each other.



Leo G. Carroll sounds a lot like Boris Karloff,

January 6, 2017

Today day is the Feast of Epiphany, or as I know it - take down Christmas decorations day.



Finally received the NYS software. My overall refund this year should be around 2K. The IRS won't accept returns until January 23, 2017, much longer if earned income credit or additional child tax credit-- after February 15, 2017. That does not apply to me, hope to receive the refund before Lincoln's birthday. I may do an Amazon gift card bonus applied to $100 which gets me a $110 gift card.

December 23, 2016

Great chapter in American Ulysses on the siege of Vicksburg.



Christmas decoration by a co-worker. Today is a shopping day. Doing the Christmas markets, trying to get the last few presents. This year I did a lot of on-line orders. I am also giving out a bit of cash. I am looking forward to my usual New England Clam chowder and beer at the Grand Central Oyster Bar.



My first gift of the season, a $35 gift card.

January 1, 2015

Seems like a waste to use Moët & Chandon Nectar Impérial on Mimosas, but I like the taste and this is the only Champagne in the Fridge. The Twilight Zone, The Rip Van Winkle Caper in the Background.



Lots of Buffalo Wild Wings left over. Their Dry Rub Buffalo style is outstanding.



Still to come Cocktail Franks and Knishes from Knish Nosh.



By mistake, I threw out the Amazon Gift Card I received. Thankfully, my brother found it and is sending it. Will use it for buying the HR Block tax program.



I always buy myself the Dilbert Box Calender. I wait for the 50% off in Barnes and Noble. I also have the wall calender and January celebrates "False Sense of Urgency." I buy my entire staff Box Calenders and have been doing it for years.



Tonight on TCM, Marx Brothers marathon.



Was sent this by my Step-Son.



The Tower of Terror Ride at MGM has a plaque in the basement stating that the last time the elevator was checked, it was October 2, 1959 by Mr Cadwallader. From Escape Clause with Thomas Gomez as the devil.



Another gift: 2007 Marques de Riscal Reserva, Rioja.



Murray Hamilton as Mr. Death in One for the Angels.

December 26, 2013

Gifts were Beer, Wine, Books and Amazon gift cards. No BBQ, but I'll get some this weekend. This is an Abbey Beer : The Weihenstephan Brewery can trace its roots at the abbey to 768, as a document from that year refers to a hop garden in the area paying a tithe to the monastery. A brewery was licensed by the City of Freising in 1040, and that is the founding date claimed by the modern brewery. The brewery thus has a credible claim to being the oldest working brewery in the world



Clash of cultures and B-Ball. Looks interesting.



Was Shakespeare a lawyer ?



I had read parts of this in The New Yorker.



New for this year, I usually receive Barnes and Noble gift cards but this year was two $40 Amazon gift cards.
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Tuffo Valpolicella.