Just a few quick thoughts. A few days ago, we celebrated the 16th birthday for Chaz, 3 days late so that Markie could attend. There are a bunch of phots that I have not yey had a chance to process for posting, but I thought I would present these two, just as a teaser. In this shot, Chaz obviously has not read the "THIS BAG IS NOT A TOY" warning that was printed on the bag. He can sometimes be a bad role model for the younger ones, I think. I will leave it to the Fetafilter audience to caption this shot of SJ and her new friend. SJ seems a bit detached.
On a newsgroup I frequent, somebody posted a link to this short, true story written about a Christmas in 1945. It seemed worth passing on. It does make me wonder how many stories like this will be published about a Christmas spent in a desert in Iraq or Afganistan, 60-some years from now. Let's all be thankful for what we have, be it a little or a lot, and remember to pray for those guys who have voulenteered to face bombs and bullets, on all of our behalf.
Merry Christmas from the staph at Fetafilter!
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