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The continuing adventures of Beau Yarbrough

The Holiday Music Top 40

Monday, December 12, 2005, 17:56
Section: Arts & Entertainment

As played on my iPod:

  1. Joy to the World – The Butties
  2. The Christmas Song – The Raveonettes
  3. Father Christmas – The Kinks
  4. Jingle Bell Rock – Brenda Lee
  5. Frosty the Snowman – The Charms
  6. Christmas Island – Jimmy Buffett
  7. Joy to the World – Moses Kahumoku
  8. Jingle Bell Rock – Ozzi Kotani
  9. Fight Tonight – The Ramones
  10. Christmas Wrapping – Save Ferris
  11. Please Come Home for Christmas – Unwritten Law
  12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo – Alvin Stoller
  13. Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Dean Martin
  14. Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
  15. White Christmas – Elvis Presley
  16. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Elvis Presley
  17. Jingle Bells – Jimmy Buffett
  18. A Sailor’s Christmas – Jimmy Buffett
  19. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Jimmy Buffett
  20. All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) – Nat King Cole Trio
  21. Winter Wonderland – Peggy Lee
  22. White Christmas – Tina Sugandh
  23. Navidad – Austin Pendleton & Rene Lavan
  24. Frosty the Snowman – The Beach Boys
  25. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – The Beach Boys
  26. Hey, Santa Claus – The Chesterfield Kings
  27. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Chris Isaak
  28. Feliz Navidad – Davie Allan
  29. Let it Snow!/Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Eddie Dunstedter
  30. Silent Night – Elvis Presley
  31. Here Comes Santa Claus – Elvis Presley
  32. I’ll Be Home for Christmas/Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Jackie Gleason and Jack Marshal
  33. Merry Christmas to All of the World – Jean Beovoir
  34. Up on the Housetop – Jimmy Buffett
  35. Mele Kakalikimaka – Jimmy Buffett
  36. Merry Christmas, Alabama – Jimmy Buffett
  37. Silver Bells – Led Kaapana
  38. We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Leonard Kwan
  39. Exotic Night – Martin Denny
  40. The Christmas Waltz – Nancy Wilson

I’m reasonably sure almost all of these can be found on iTunes. Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, joyful Kwanza, happy Festivus!



Danni wins Survivor: Guatemala

Monday, December 12, 2005, 8:20
Section: Arts & Entertainment

Well, another Survivor is in the can and it’s hard to argue with its winner, Danni Boatwright, who played as smart as anyone could who didn’t tell everyone up-front he was a used car salesman and win anyway.

But seriously, if we ever see Jeff Probst superheroing his way to the reunion show again, whether it’s waterskiing in, parachuting, digging his way up through the earth after being buried alive, or whatever, I’m killing him with a shovel, as well as any CBS execs I can find.



The most wonderful time of the year

Friday, December 9, 2005, 16:54
Section: Life

Snow has settled on the mountains west of Hesperia, framing the Cajon Pass. This despite the snow-free mountains to the east of Hesperia, which are only a little shorter, relatively speaking. The snow on the western mountains — I can never remember which San ________ Mountains they are — will last until late spring. They were still on the mountaintops when I first began working at the Hesperia Star back in April 2004.

I’ll try and shoot some pictures of the mountains in the next few weeks. Maybe if we get lucky, we’ll have another perfect weekend of snow like we had last year.



Kofi Annan is a fan!

Friday, December 9, 2005, 10:56
Section: Miscellany

Wow, I got a letter from Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations!

I Dr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, would like to ask for your partnership in reprofilling funds over $250m in excess, the funds would be coming via a string of selected banks in Europe and Asia.

The Funds in question were generated by me during the Oil For Food Programme in Iraq. I have been getting scandals/ controversy in this regards, you can read more on the links below-

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/anna-a05.shtml
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2003/main042803.htm

You would be paid 10% as your management fee. Please do not write back directly to me via my official email address. All further correspondence should be sent to my private mail box (kofiannan4un@o2.pl ). As soon as you indicate your interest I will give further details.

Remember to treat this mail and transaction as strictly confidential. I will await your urgent correspondence via my private mail box-

Dr.Kofi Annan.
SECRETARY- GENERAL
kofiannan@un.org
www.un.org

Strangely, he uses three different e-mail addresses (the original one was sent from kofiannan4un@walla.com). That must be how important he is!

I feel very honored by this. I sure hope the spambots who visit this URL don’t harvest those, because that would be a shame.



Free the gnomes!

Thursday, December 8, 2005, 19:17
Section: Miscellany

Give them liberty, or give them a shady spot where dogs won’t piddle on them.

(And if they have to stay oppressed, would it kill someone to put a Virginia Tech outfit on them?)


 








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