Christmas

[stoutfellow]

To those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas!
To those who are celebrating something else, may the day bring you joy.
To those who aren't celebrating anything, well, enjoy your day.

I'm celebrating the day quietly - just me and the dogs. My folks sent me a Christmas/birthday package, which arrived on Friday; I virtuously refrained from opening anything until this morning. (The birthday gifts will remain unopened for another ten days.) In addition to a few silly things - stocking stuffers - and some candy, my Christmas gifts were a new pair of fuzzy slippers (my feet were falling out of the old pair) and two books, Sherwood Smith's Inda (which a number of people have recommended) and Tom Holland's Rubicon, a history of the last days of the Roman Republic. Thanks, all of you!

I was playing one of the Christmas CDs they sent me last year, but the player began skipping and now has jammed. I can't get the CD out, and it's not one that I've transferred to my computer. I'm playing the other one on my computer now, but it's purely instrumentals. It'll have to do.

Comments

[pompe.livejournal.com]

I really enoyed Rubicon when it was translated a few years ago. Hollands "Persian Fire" is also good.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

That one's also on my to-get list.

jammed cd and christmas

[(Anonymous)]

James there should be a tiny paperclip sized hole somewhere on the player that you can use to unjam the cd. and merry Christmas again from Dad and Don.

Re: jammed cd and christmas

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

No can do. It's a three-disc carousel, not a cartridge; I can get it to open, but the CD is in the third slot, which is inaccessible, and I can't get the carousel to rotate it out.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Well, Merry Christmas, you -- and felizadades upon your upcoming natal day!

Love, C.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[filkferengi]

As recommended by filkertom, here's some fun--& free!--instrumental music for you. http://garritan.com/Xmas.html

There are 4 years of Christmas albums for free download, by the individual track, so you can listen & see what you like.

Merry Christmas to you & yours!