Frenzied Daddy

I should be posting my list of resolutions soon – it’s still coming together Be of good cheer.

And look- it’s another short week. I love the holidays

My good (excellent) friend Dean has left Mentor Graphics and is now teaching kidlets in southern California. And his bestest bud Jon is running a fabu new bizness – he’s offering some delectable delectables for your dining delight.

Alliteration is extra, but I won’t charge you extra today.

What is this world coming to? First, it was Christian Longo- who would have thought that such a man would exist. A Jehovah Witness allegedly goes off the deep end and kills his wife and children, and then goes off to Mexico to party! And now some other father is
missing, and his family is lying in a bloody heap in the snow over in lovely Tillamook County!

For cryin’ out loud. My dad managed teach me a few things, but I don’t think he even had to teach me that “You don’t go killing your family.” Assuming this Edward Morris guy actually did it- the authorities can’t find him.

It makes me really unhappy to see it- there’s kids involved; Christian Longo (allegedly) killed his wife and small children, and Edward Morris had three kids (and his wife was pregnant) who were 4, 8 and 10.

In a way, I almost hope he did it. It would be easier to stomach than knowing there’s some random spree murderer out there who is in my town, who has killed an entire family.

Well, it’s Christmas. Let’s move along to some more happy tidings, OK?

Go See It.

Seriously, it’s a worthy successor to The Fellowship of the Ring. Which was an astounding rendition of the first two books of this epic. Yes, it’s true- each of the three “books” is made of two “books.”

Of course, the movies do not follow the books exactly. How could they? The biggest change seems to be that in terms of movie-plot making, if Frodo had confronted Shelob at the end of the movie, it would have taken some of the energy and force from the Battle of Helm’s Deep (Helm Hammerhand. Sound familiar?) where Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and two hundred and ninety seven humans stave off ten thousand orcs until Saruman’s prophecy is proven false (There will be no dawn for Man.).

But enough about that. It’s tightened my resolve to read the “trilogy” myself- looking over the plot synopses available on the ‘web show me how much I’m missing out.

There’s a christmas song that’s really bringing a tear this season; it’s (sigh) on a country station. It’s the song from a kid to Santa about how his parents are unemployed, they’ve been thrown out of their house. They’re full of hope, but the kid has been told that though he’s been good, Santa may not be able to find him this year.

If it weren’t for Mike and Paulette at Hot Off The Press, and to a lesser extent Bill at Untangled Web, that kid would be Brynnen. I can not believe how close we were to the edge.

So anyway- donate to Toys for Tots and the giving trees