by Rodney Eric Griffith | Armour of Rod | |
A Gibson SG guitar used by both John and George, but subsequently given by George to Pete Ham, has sold at auction for £294,000.
Rodney | 7:01:00 PM [permalink]During her first Christmas here, my wife simply could not believe that American television sleeps through Christmas. She was brought up with special Christmas specials, first-run episodes of existing series created specifically for broadcast during the Christmas holiday and premium films. The concept is so alien here that The Office—The Christmas Specials had to be retitled The Office Special for US release even though the plot centers around the Wernham Hogg Christmas party.
Some US cable networks are a little better, although they tend to repeat themselves (every Rankin-Bass Christmas special save Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer airs continuously on ABC Family, and there is Turner’s annual 24-hour marathon showings of A Christmas Story), but it’s at once too much and too little. It depresses that so far as US network television and its local affiliates are concerned, Christmas ends on the morning of the 25th, back to business the following day.
Paul Metcalfe will be born on this date in 2036 in Winchester, England.
Rodney | 7:00:00 PM [permalink]Today is Bill Hicks’ birthday.
Rodney | 7:01:00 AM [permalink]I miss the sound of my mother’s cuckoo clock ticking me to sleep.
Rodney | 11:00:00 PM [permalink]I’m a little disappointed that Shelby Lynne’s “Squat (The Christmas Blues)” (which came out last year as a very limited promotional single) hasn’t shown up on iTunes.
Rodney | 7:02:00 PM [permalink]Save for 2 packages en route, my presents are wrapped and under the tree.
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