blake murphy wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:57:24 -0800, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> cshenk wrote:
>>
>>>> Well arent' you a real asshole.
>>>
>>> Thats just Sheldon at Xmas. You know that kindergarden grade for
>>> 'plays well with others'? He still gets 'progressing towards'.
>>
>> To be fair, Sheldon is (non-practicing) Jewish, so Christmas doesn't
>> hold any special significance for him.
>>
>> Bob
>
> ...but he does whip up a batch of eggnog spiked with crystal palace.
>


Speaking of xmas, blake, you should try to crash one of those White House
holiday party/receptions...

A coupla politico pals of mine (they've known the Obamas for years, etc...)
here in Chicawgo were invited to one last week. Everything is top - class,
great buffets, sushi and dessert bars, top - shelf likker...all with the
requisite "American" theme.

Vernita LUVS shrimp, Renae said: "Every time I turned around and saw Vernita
she had jumbo shrimp hangin' outta her mouth, lol...". The girls also
brought back some official WH napkins and stuff like that for souvenirs...

Very interesting crowd needless to say, not just friends and supporters of
the Prez, but numerous foreign officials, members of Congress, etc...Renae
had an "interesting" discussion with some Pentagon brass guy about our
"strategy" in Afghanistan (knowing her I feel some sympathy for the guy,
lol). The President and his wife are present at all these holiday "open
houses" but because there are hundreds at each one they can't necessarily
spend much "face time" with too many peeps...

There are like six huge trees in the various public rooms of the WH, each
tree has a different theme, e.g. one has a "50 states" theme and so
on...very beautiful.

On xmas I was over at one of the gal's for the day, I espied a White House
xmas card. I said, "Hey, the first thing I'm gonna do is turn this over to
see how much it cost, lol...". The large card is made by American Greetings
and instead of the usual price info there is a note that the cards are paid
for by the Democratic National Committee, "which does not necessarily
endorse the political affiliation of the sender of the card [!]...".

Anyways, it was interesting to hear the gals talk about it, it's something
most of us will never experience...


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Best
Greg