I am planning on going to the Highland Games on Grandfather Mountain (link) in North Carolina next July.  With this, added to my having wanted one for years, I will be buying, and subsequently wearing, a kilt.  (link to most likely supplier)

Many folks know (or can intuit) that I find things related to sailing completely HAWESOME.  And despite one’s thoughts on climate change, the concept of sailing the Northwest Passage is appealing.  There are few real adventures one can go on anymore, and this is definitely one of them – especially since the discoverers of this legendary waterway died doing so.  Reading this article at CNN struck a chord with me; how does this land – and the possibility of open water – affect those who live there?
CNN:  Sailing the Northwest …

As it is likely the last post I will make before the day, let me wish each of you a Merry Christmas, and (as it has just begun here at sundown) Happy Hanukkah.  Of course, being the good host, here’s my gift to you.

(there is no good video of what I wanted)

So my mind wanders…
I am a B
I am a B-U
I am a B-U-D-D-H-I-S-T (hold the “s” out)
and I’ve got B-U-D-D-H-A in my H-E-A-R-T
and I will be R-E-I-N-C-A-R-N-A-T-E-D
I giggled stupidly at this one:
Buddha, Buddha, be like Buddha
Don’t be like a barracuda (makes as much sense as a grouchy rooster…)
Buddha, Buddha, be like Buddha
and BOOST the Noble Truths
Actually, take any Vacation Bible School song, and wherever you hear “Jesus,” replace it with “Buddha.”  Or the word “Christian” for “Krishna.”  It’s at least as funny as doing “between the sheets.”

I had to pass this along – props to Wil Wheaton for the link.

You gotta love NPH, the funniest thing about How I Met Your Mother.

I can’t figure out yet how to embed it, but this is one of the grooviest songs I ran across in the ’90s.
Last.fm: MC 900ft Jesus – Adventures in Failure