Merry Christmas

Gerard Butler

Confession time:

Gerard Butler -- don't know him at all so, can't really say that I like him, but boy do I like to look at and listen to him. He just does it for me -- tall, dark, handsome, green/blue eyes, lovely voice with Scottish accent. From the bio info I've read and the interviews I've heard, he appears to be intelligent with a sense of humor, very personable. And that smile....

And he's got a new movie coming out in 1 week: P.S. I Love You. I won't be able to see it when it comes out -- MC's birthday is that weekend and he's already been promised a movie with friends. And I know DH will not want to go, a) because he's not a big fan of romantic movies, and b) because he's uncomfortable with me finding someone else attractive. And to make it worse, his brother knows GB and has mentioned the possible of sometime introducing us. (I don't know if DH thinks GB is going to see me and try to steal me away [right] or what, but he doesn't want to be seen as doing anything to support my interest.) But I think OC will go with me -- we'll have a girls night out, leave DH home with MC and YC.

First movie I saw him in was "timeline" a couple of years ago. Since then I think I've seen them all. Have to say my absolute favorite so far is "dear Frankie." No special effects, no rousing score or fight scenes, just a simple story. And I think he was terrific. I actually have 'Timeline" and "Dear Frankie" on my DVR for when I need a bit of Gerry.

Once I see the new movie, I'll post a review.

Holiday Favorites -- More Fun

Here's a couple more fun Christmas songs -- not on my iPod, but should be.




And

Holiday Favorites -- Fun & Silly

Here's 3 more I have on my iPod but rarely hear on the radio.



What's to say? You've either seen the movie and remember the weather twins, or you don't.



There doesn't seem to be an "official" video of this song, but I like this one.

And finally ...



At least one of these "pains" has to ring true for anyone trying to celebrate the holidays. Again, doesn't seem to be an official video, but I've found many, many videos on youtube, and this was my favorite. It's obviously a very popular song. Bob Rivers has many other "twisted" holiday songs on his website The Bob Rivers Show.

Holiday Favorites -- from Love Actually

It's that time of year (at least here in the States) when some radio stations become all holiday, all the time. I love a lot of the old standards, but I have a few favorites that I rarely, if ever, hear anywhere but on my iPod.



From the movie "Love Actually." It's Bill Nighy in the movie and video, but it's Billy Mack singing.





Also from "Love Actually" this is Olivia Olson singing 'All I Want For Christmas is You.'


Last, but not least



This beautiful version of White Christmas by Otis Redding is also in the movie and on the soundtrack.

Answers to the Quiz

1. Boxing [suggested this, but DH said no]

2. Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)

3. Asparagus and rhubarb

4. Strawberry [got this one]

5. It grew inside the bottle (The bottles are placed over the pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.) [got this one]

6. Dwarf, dwell, dwindle. [got 2 out of 3 -- missed dwindle]

7. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipses. [got all these]

8. Lettuce [got this one]

9. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts [got this one]


So, how'd you do?

Test Your Smarts

I got this from a co-worker. Didn't do too badly; course I had DH's help. I'll post the answers in a day or two.

Quiz

These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers.

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn’t been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters “dw” and they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter “s.”