Archive for December, 2005

Mark writes, I play

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Here’s what I’m doing on vacation in Maine… playing in the snow with grandkids!!!

Sledding with Éva, Maggie and Ethan. Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Me, Sarah Joy and the four grandkids: Ethan, Éva, Maggie, Seámus.

Could anything be more beautiful? That’s snow covering a frozen Wilson Pond in the background. The hill is the backyard where Hannah lives.

Just a [...]

Exam Trivia

Friday, December 16th, 2005

The semester is over, the last blue book has been closed and handed in. So, in honor of exams I offer these random tidbits related to exams.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the famous first lines of The Hobbit — “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty dirty wet hole …” — [...]

If you are at a loss for words …

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

here’s a few to try while traveling over the holidays:
An International Christmas Tree
“X”
“XXX”
"XXXXX"
“GOD JUL”
"BUON ANNO"
"FELIZ NATAL”
"JOYEUX NOEL”
"VESELE VANOCE"
"MELE KALIKIMAKA"
"NODLAG SONA DHUIT"
"BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA"
"""""""BOAS FESTAS """""""
"FELIZ NAVIDAD"
“MERRY CHRISTMAS”
"KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"VROLIJK KERSTFEEST"
"FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN"
"BUON NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
"HUAN YING SHENG TAN CHIEH"
"WESOLYCH SWIAT-SRETAN BOZIC"
"MOADIM LESIMHA-LINKSMU KALEDU"
"HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAID MOUBARK"
"""""""’N PRETTIG KERSTMIS """""""
"ONNZLLISTA UUTTA VUOTTA"
“Z ROZHDESTYOM KHRYSTOVYM"
"NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR"
"FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON"
“S NOVYM [...]

Simple Joys

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Not Enough Snow, so…

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

Here’s a little snow dance:

Let’s hope it works!