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Why go to England? - King Bob - 12-06-2007
ED, you can now buy absinthe in the US, and the guy behind Hangar One in Alameda will soon have his on the market:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/dining/05absi.html?ex=1354510800&en=ae01481d838882ea&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss
(You may have to create an account to view that.)
Granted, it is a bit expensive - much like good Scotch, but still much cheaper than the plane ticket.
Go to England - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 12-06-2007
Even without the Absinthe. Make sure you do the ghost walk (non-believer) of central london. It was great fun, although the middle of January might be bit chilly.
Why are you going? Why didn't you invite me?
In my experience... - thatguy - 12-06-2007
you could eat a handful of black neccos and get about the same effect (minus being drunk)...I've never been fond of licorice and the like...
--tg
that wasn't our experience of absinthe at all... - Drunk Monk - 12-11-2007
nope. kb & dm could eat a lot of neccos and not end up with the kind of results we had on that infamous night of DOOM vs. absinthe. (thanks ED, thanks for the memories, scar tissue and criminal records...)
So, what'd you get? - Drunk Monk - 12-31-2007
classic swiss army knife
ipath shoes
best magazine articles 2007 book
marley legend book
matcha tea
flowering green tea
tea soap
14-day herbal cleanse
carmex
recycled tootbrush
new ninja suit (black thermals)
three shirts
cardigan that must be exchanged
vaporizer
black carhartts
money and snacks
...i think that's it...
good stuff - The Queen - 12-31-2007
∙ iPod Nano (3rd generation)
∙ three turtleneck sweaters
∙ two sets of UnderArmour leggings
∙ Kohl's giftcard, Visa giftcard
∙ lunch at Pizzeria Regina, Lester's BBQ; dinner at Durgin Park
∙ my first cannoli
∙ lots of hugs from Lynch relatives
∙ a few U.S. history lessons
∙ really, really, really sore calves from walking up and down the 297 steps to the top of the Bunker Hill monument
∙ massive victory in fantasy football
Let's see.... - Haggis Killer - 12-31-2007
For me:
BBQ grill light
Cedar grilling planks
Multi-knife (eddie bauer)
Cars watch
Lobscouse & Spotted Dog (Aubrey/Maturin inspired cookbook)
Cowboy Stories (book)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection #5
Walt Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney
Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland - Secrets, Stories & Magic
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
For the Family:
Video Camera w/ iStopMotion animation software
Toyota Prius
Under da Tree - scapino - 12-31-2007
Plus side for Xmas '07
> Socks
> New Suit
> Leather jacket
> Slacks
> Candy
> Money
Minus side
> Lost our first child
sorry to hear that Ken - Drunk Monk - 01-02-2008
We're all looking forward to you joining the ranks of DOOMpoppas.
I should also mention I got an unlimited gift certificate for massage from Mrs. DM. Of course, that has always been a given, but it's nice to have it in writing.
Xmas gift: pregnant virgin Mary - cranefly - 01-02-2008
Got a pregnant virgin Mary to do with as I please.
I got it from my boss Carol.
It's a praying mantis that fell out of her Christmas newspaper when she opened it. Very pregnant. Carol promptly named it Mary and claims it's a virgin. Who am I to question her?
Anyway, I'm doing my best to take care of Mary. I couldn't find any flies, but I did give her a stink bug. But she won't go near it. I think she is long past eating. She just needs to spin an egg sac. If all goes well, I'll have hundreds of baby Jesuses sometime in the Spring.
- El Dingo - 01-02-2008
My dad builds those incredibly complex wooden ship models.
Last year I bought him a Chinese Junk model online from an Italian high-end model company. I told him he was to build it and give it back to me this Christmas.
In April he was diagnosed with colon cancer and was not expected to live past May.
Luckily the radiation therapy worked miracles and he was up and running around within a month. We even took a Tahoe vacation in October.
Anyway - Christmas Eve he presented me with the finished Chinese Junk.
![[Image: junk_800.jpg]](http://www.eldingo.com/images/Personal%20Pictures/junk_800.jpg)
Best Christmas present ever.
- Dr. Ivor Yeti - 01-03-2008
I got a rock.
- Dr. Ivor Yeti - 01-03-2008
Now that I got that out of my system:
Ken, I am so sorry for you both.
Mark: Best. Gift. Ever.
Boring gifts for a boring guy:
Underwear (Boxer-Briefs, if you must know)
Katana
Autographed photo of Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi
Various gift cards and bottles of wine from students
Two good whiskies from now favorite students: Glengarioch 15 year (Highland) and a Caol Ila 15 (Islay) bottled by MacKillop. You are all invited over to have some of both.
exchanges being made - Drunk Monk - 01-03-2008
swapped the cardigan for a nice waffle-pattern long sleeve shirt. had to drop an extra $10 ($20 cardigan for a $40 shirt that was marked down to $30). still, it's the best gift the stepmother-in-law has given so far.
also exchanged the carhartts for the correct size (mrs. dm purchased the requested size correctly, but dm forgot that carhartts tend to run a little longer on him).
will exchange the baby blue thermal from mom for some other color, or perhaps something entirely different. got the gift receipt on that one and it's from target.
p.s. ED, that junk looks a lot like the model in the Outlets mall in Monterey. We were just a the aquarium and there's this display in the nearby mall where we paused to ...err... eliminate.
DOOMxMAS 2011? - Drunk Monk - 12-05-2011
Well, as the DOOM T-DAY 2011 gathering was a total FAIL, I'm thinking why not make the DOOMxMAS 2011 a total fail too?
Just putting this out there. Way too busy to follow up on it.