5-pound baby boy in the toilet

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

You gotta give it up.  Their new album is very good.

[Tripp]

I'll give it up. I like it.

[Tripp]

ooo, Your Weather sounds like a Lou song.

[Tripp]

Except for the guitar soloing.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Hi, Kim Prime!  I sees you.

[Tripp]

    


'Charlie Brown Christmas' Producer Says Its Popularity Is Rather Ironic:

'A Charlie Brown Christmas' is as much a holiday tradition as 'Frosty the Snowman' or 'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer', but it is rather ironic that a Christmas special that centers around the theme of anti-consumerism has become one of the most recognizable signs of the holidays.

And that fact isn't lost on long-time Charlie Brown producer Lee Mendelson.

"From the beginning, it was ironic, because there's nothing more commercial than Charlie Brown, but the whole show was about anti-commercialism, about turning your back on all the shopping and buying," Mendelson explains to 'Time'.

"And that was part of the point, that Charles Schulz never really dealt with the commercial side of his business. He drew stuff and if people wanted to buy it fine, but it has always been a funny juxtaposition."

"It's obvious in some ways," he says of what the special represents. "They don't buy a toy or something but instead this little tree that nobody wants."

"And then Linus reads about the true meaning of Christmas, and doesn't mention anything about toys or commercialism. And I think it was sticking true to that themes that make up Charlie Brown: This isn't about Santa Clause or the flashiest new toy, it's about the Bible, and I think people take great comfort in that in bad times."

"When it came on the air in 1965, there were only three networks and there were lots of live Christmas specials and there might have been the occasional cartoon Christmas special. But in those days, cartoonists did not really deal with Christmas at a kids level and so we weren't sure what to do."

"And then Schulz just said to director Bill Melendez: Have Linus read from the Bible about the true meaning of Christmas, otherwise why bother even doing the special? And we looked at teach other and Melendez said I don't think we can animate something from the Bible. But then I remember what Schulz said, if we don't do it, who will?"

"So that's how it got there, and I think we've continued to be such a popular holiday special because nothing better ever came along after us. We won by default. We were willing to do something that no one else had done."

"Today they even sell models of that little tree, which of course misses the point entirely," he laughs. "In the show, they pick that tree to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, and now it's a marketing gimmick."

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

[full blown possession]

happy holidays! and hi pickles, i think im aboot to get booted at the library so it might be just this msg.  ive started a how to be concise writing group

[Tripp]

HOWDY KIM!!!

[Sabamah]

hey kim! good to see you on here, albeit briefly.



how you feelin', jesse? did you go to the CDR x-mas thing last night? prob not, if you're feeling lousy.

[Tripp]

wow. I actually sat through the entire Dinosaur Jr album.!  I wish Lou would just sing everything.. Jay's voice gets on my nerves. I can only take so much of it.

[full blown possession]

lots of computers available i get to stay...but i dont have much to say

i got shrimp in my pocket and the library lady said "something stinks"

it's fuckan cold here and it isnt officially winter, im ready for spring

[Jesse]

No, Sabamah... I didn't make it out last night. Heather's out of town, and I wound up just hanging out and watching movies with the dogs.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

wow. I actually sat through the entire Dinosaur Jr album.!  I wish Lou would just sing everything.. Jay's voice gets on my nerves. I can only take so much of it.

(slowly opens and closes a creaky door)

[Tripp]

http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=13614218&albumid=10402799


I'm liking this..!