Jon Sagara

With photographic evidence, of course (click thumbnails for larger images):

Sorry these are a little late, but as I noted below, I have been fighting the flu since early this week.  Anyway, enjoy:

Highlights:

• Kelly’s grandma put us up in the Tallman Hotel, a remodeled version of the original where Kelly’s grandfather stayed when he first moved to Upper Lake and began working as a logger.


• Kelly’s other grandma put on a poker clinic at her rest home.  The picture above is Kelly drowning her sorrows after losing $2 in nickel-ante 5-card draw.  Never trust a sweet old lady who carries a deck of cards in her purse.


• Family!  It was a whirlwind two days, but it was worth it.  Sunday we visited both of her grandmas.  Monday morning we had breakfast and opened gifts.  Monday evening we went to my mom & dad’s place and had dinner with my family.  It was awesome.


• The gifts: Santa was kind (not that he ever isn’t).

Lowlights:

• Somewhere along the way, my body decided that it should reject any and all substances that I attempted to ingest.  So much for that fresh, pine christmas tree smell that our house achieved while we were away for two days.

Earlier this week I received a funtastic late christmas present: the flu bug.  I was alternately shivering cold and burning hot, all the while spewing liquid hot magma from both ends.  Good times.  I seem to be all better now, though.

Yeah, that oughta do it.  Covers the big 3, anyway.  <Happy/Merry> <your_holiday> to you and yours!

I received this picture via email from a coworker.  I have no idea who these kids are, but there is one child in particular that turns this otherwise inane portrait into a classic.  See if you can find him.  (click the thumbnail for a larger sized image)

Well.  Xmas is forever ruined for these children.  How awful.

Children watched in horror as a Santa Claus collapsed and died as he handed out presents at a Christmas party on Sunday.

Andrew Robertson was taken ill as the excited youngsters received their gifts. The 82-year-old was taken to a side room and attempts made to revive him, but he was pronounced dead when medics arrived.

Hard-core gaming nerds, check this out.  A group of friends performed the theme from the video game Halo in their living room (click image for video):

I was just watching a clip of some comedian eviscerating Pachelbel’s Canon in D.  It’s quite entertaining, and if you have a few minutes, give it a look (click on the image for the video):

But that video reminded me of another Pachelbel’s Canon video I saw on the Internets a while back.  It is sublime.  And, I guess, it sort of proves his point indirectly.  (click image for video)

Mad props to Matt, Selah, and Rajiv for putting on a kickass White Elephant party last Saturday night.

What is the fabulous white elephant gift that I received, you ask?  Well, I’ll tell you.

WIRELESS VIBRATING PANTIES

Neat.

I traded them for a Starbucks card.  Me in wireless vibrating panties is not something that I would ever want to see.