We just got two new kittens last weekend.  They’re still not named yet.  I don’t want to go for the usual pet name.  I want to name them after some literary, film, or television character.  Any ideas?  Please let me know.  So far we have Fry and Bender, maybe Kwanzabot(call him bot, I know. silly.)(Futurama) Um Tim and Eric(though these names lack), sigh.  C’mon people help me out here.  Here they are.  And no they aren’t the same cat.  They are both male.  So please suggest.  Get creative.

[10:26] Mallory: I think im going to start drinking.
[10:27] hobbes8u: alright
[10:33] Mallory: You know what is annoying?
[10:33] Mallory: being in a down and out mood and having mariah carrey stuck in your head.
[10:34] hobbes8u: aww
[10:34] hobbes8u: There’s a heeeeroo
[10:34] Mallory: no
[10:34] hobbes8u: If you look into yourself
[10:34] Mallory: this is my brain
[10:34] hobbes8u: haha
[10:34] Mallory: “i hate everything i hate everything why am i always so angry? what is wrong with me CUZ ITS JUST A SWWEEEEEEEET SWEET FANTASY BABY!!”
[10:35] hobbes8u: hahahaha
[10:35] hobbes8u: Mallory you are exquisite
[10:35] Mallory: yeah well i wish i was dead

Happy Birthday to one great gal. I think you are bollocking swell.

For New Years, I spent the evening at Jake and Becca’s house where I always have a room.  Hee hee.  Well needless to say I drank plenty of Jager.  A lot.  But I only drank Jager.  I went to bed fine.  Feeling great.  I wake up in the morning.  Oh dear.  I had inadvertently taken everything out of the nightstand drawer and sicked into the drawer.  I have no recollection of this, but it’s not a very fun way to wake up to the New Year.  Maybe this is a sign I should add no more drink to my list of resolutions.  Quite frankly though, I hate the fact people make resolutions on a specific day of the year when they can just make them anytime.  It’s really just an excuse to misbehave as much as possible during the holidays and “repent” for the New Year’s.  But I guess people need religion in all forms.

Anita Cordner’s Hay

Melt 1 cup or margarine/butter in a saucepan. Add 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 cup corn syrup. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.

pour over:
1/3 cup coconut
2 cups pretzels
4 cups corn chex
4 cups rice chex
4 cups wheat chex

other add-ins: M&M’s, banana chips, etc.

This recipe is so incredibly delicious. Thanks to Suzi Smith for it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Here are my top 25 movies again through a series of screenshots.

Yesterday’s Answer

Congratulations to Jake for the right answer.

Winner of the contest to be announced soon

Thanks to everyone who participated or just read. I love you guys. I may take a couple days off from blogging 55 days in a row. But then again I may not. I am obsessed when I’m on a roll.

Day 1

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Guess my favorite Christmas movie of all time from this screenshot of the film. For an extra challenge, the quote from the blog title is now a quote from the previous day’s movie or special, not the current day, so you only have the screenshot to go by. Only your first guess counts. Send your guess to whatthehelldoesrantmean@yahoo.com. Also make sure to comment this post so your guess counts. Three points for the third(no longer the first) to correctly guess the film or special, one point for all other correct guesses.The person with the most points at the end of the contest gets a $50 Borders Gift Card for the new year.

Yesterday’s Answer

Congratulations to Brent for the right answer.

Holiday Interview

[10:38] hobbes8u: For our last holiday interview we have a very special guest.
[10:38] hobbes8u: Santa Claus!!
[10:38] Santa Claus: ho ho ho MERRY CHRISTMAS
[10:38] hobbes8u: Hi Santa
[10:38] hobbes8u: For the record could you state your whole name?
[10:39] Santa Claus: Why certainly young man
[10:40] Santa Claus: my name is Christopher Charles Xavier Manson Claus III
[10:41] hobbes8u: Wow I had no idea.
[10:41] hobbes8u: How did you end up at the North Pole?
[10:41] Santa Claus: I usually tell people the same garbage story that that Goddamn Christmas Claymation tells
[10:42] Santa Claus: with the penguin and the germans and the frozen pussy for a warlock
[10:42] Santa Claus: honestly? i was running from the feds.
[10:42] Santa Claus: Sorry was that too crass for this interview?
[10:43] hobbes8u: Wow I had no idea that you were involved with the government
[10:43] hobbes8u: Do you smell Rum?
[10:44] Santa Claus: smell rum or like rum?
[10:44] Santa Claus: yes on both accounts.
[10:44] Santa Claus: you think my nose is naturally red?
[10:44] hobbes8u: How do you get your elves to work so hard?
[10:45] Santa Claus: I used to have team meetings once a month, to build unity among the elves. You know the ones where you build trust etc etc blah blah
[10:45] hobbes8u: yes
[10:46] Santa Claus: Once Franklin Quest turned into Franklin Covey I decided that their motivational techniques weren’t what I was looking for as a buisness owner
[10:46] Santa Claus: So now I just threaten to torture various members of their families
[10:46] Santa Claus: its more effective
[10:46] hobbes8u: Aren’t you a non-profit organization?
[10:46] Santa Claus: yeah. right. non-profit.
[10:47] hobbes8u: How do you feel about the buzz about you being a bad role model due to your weight and eating cookies all the time and such?
[10:48] Santa Claus: Fuck them. I dont tell them how to live their lives. So I like to throw back some nog from time-to-time. I can quit anytime I want.
[10:48] Santa Claus: I never claimed to be a role model
[10:49] hobbes8u: I see yet you hold such high standards towards children.
[10:49] hobbes8u: Them being naughty or nice
[10:49] hobbes8u: or no gifts
[10:50] hobbes8u: What do you have to say to that?
[10:50] Santa Claus: Well, I if I explain my high standards for children, then I would be self incriminating. And that is all I can say without my lawyer present
[10:51] hobbes8u: Wow you realize this interview will be published?
[10:52] Santa Claus: ooooooh fuck.
[10:53] Santa Claus: you realize this will put you on the naughty list right?
[10:53] Santa Claus: the bad naughty list. Not Santa’s list of Naughty Ladies
[10:53] Santa Claus: I need another Rum.
[10:53] hobbes8u: As a reporter I have to make sacrifices for ratings. Let’s get to some of our regular questions. What is your favorite Christmas cuss word?
[10:54] Santa Claus: Jesus. that bastard tries to steal my holiday every year.
[10:54] Santa Claus: BACK OFF CARPENTER BOY.
[10:54] Santa Claus: YOU WERE BORN IN THE SPRINGTIME.
[10:56] hobbes8u: wow uh any last holiday thoughts for our readers?
[10:58] Santa Claus: Ho ho ho! It’s time to get jolly on your naughty asses!
[10:59] hobbes8u: Well there you have it. A very informative if not quite blasphemous and/or rather depressing interview with the one and only Santa Claus.
[10:59] hobbes8u: Thank you Mister Claus
[11:00] Santa Claus: Thank you Jeremy. i’ll be watching you.

Judy’s Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Mainly for Marci)

Mix together in a bowl and set aside:
1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons yeast

Mix in another bowl:
2 cups scalded milk
2 tablespoons shortening
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup sugar

To milk mixture add 3 cups flour. Then add 2 eggs and mix. Then add yeast mixture and mix. Then 3 more cups of flour(you may not need all three cups). Knead well and raise dough. Punch down when doubled and raise again. Then on a floured surface press dough into a 8 x 12 rectangle.

Sprinkle over dough in order:
1 stick of butter, melted
a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
chopped walnuts or pecans(as many as you prefer.

Roll into a large roll and cut individual rolls with floss or thread. Rise on baking sheets and then Bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Frost with a cream cheese frosting.

BONUS POINTS: Earn ten points each for commenting with the answer(s) to the three questions about yesterday’s movie. Once a question has been answered correctly, you can not get points for answering it. You can answer as many of the questions as you want. Good luck everyone! The bonus points are only eligible the day the contest is posted.

1. What did Abbie give to Ginny that made her start believing again?
2. Where did Abbie get her snowglobe?
3. What did Gideon do to her snowglobe to show he was magic?

Day 2

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Guess my 2nd favorite Christmas movie from this screenshot of the film. For an extra challenge, the quote from the blog title is now a quote from the previous day’s movie or special, not the current day, so you only have the screenshot to go by. Only your first guess counts. Send your guess to whatthehelldoesrantmean@yahoo.com. Also make sure to comment this post so your guess counts. Three points for the first to correctly guess the film or special, one point for all correct guesses afterwards. The person with the most points at the end of the contest gets a $50 Borders Gift Card for the new year.

Yesterday’s Answer

Congratulations to Jen for the right answer.

Holiday Interview

[17:30] hobbes8u: Tifany I’m going to need a holiday interview from you
[17:30] hobbes8u: for the blog
[17:30] Tifany: you are? haha
[17:31] Tifany: oh, okay.. I am all yorus :)
[17:31] Tifany: and yours
[17:31] hobbes8u: nice
[17:31] hobbes8u: First off what’s your favorite Christmas cuss word?
[17:31] Tifany: Hmm……Mistlefuckingtoe
[17:31] hobbes8u: well done
[17:32] hobbes8u: What’s your favorite childhood present?
[17:32] Tifany: What childhood present?
[17:32] hobbes8u: You didn’t get presents as a child?
[17:32] Tifany: I don’t remember any…hehe.
[17:33] hobbes8u: You grew up and had 13 christmases or so as a child and you can’t even remember one present?
[17:33] Tifany: If I got one, it would have been a book.
[17:33] hobbes8u: Not one present so good it was memorable?
[17:33] Tifany: Not one. I don’t have good xmas memories, unfortunately
[17:33] Tifany: Wait, wait.. I do remember one.
[17:33] hobbes8u: I’m all eyes
[17:35] Tifany: Right before my dad died, (meaning, three months about), I got a gift that I loved…….It was an apron full of art supplies, i.e. brushes, paints, pencils, etc… and i loved it. It had iron on things to decorate the front of the apron. I remember telling my mom to iron them on, and she said, “I can’t iron those on when you’re wearing the apron, it’ll burn you.”
[17:35] hobbes8u: lovely memory
[17:35] Tifany: It’s not really my memory, I watched it on a family video tape last year.
[17:35] hobbes8u: What’s the worst thing about Santa Claus?
[17:36] Tifany: that he’s not real.
[17:37] Tifany: Oh, and that he didn’t bring me Rudolph’s bell from his choker thing, I asked for it every year.
[17:38] Tifany: I am sorry my interview is not more happy..haha.. my Christmases are just mediocre, and the one’s from my childhood are only one, and it was far from happy.
[17:38] Tifany: The xmas dinner with you guys was probably the best xmas thing that’s ever happened to me.
[17:39] hobbes8u: wow that’s a downer
[17:39] hobbes8u: I had no idea
[17:39] Tifany: such is life :) hehe.. I’m not bitter, or angry.. it just is. I have no doubt that xmases in the future will be fabulous :) And this one probably will be, too.
[17:39] hobbes8u: I know what’ll cheer us up . Let’s make up a joke.
[17:40] Tifany: Haha.. I’m not un-cheerful
[17:40] Tifany: hehe
[17:40] hobbes8u: I’ll make up the riddle and you make up the answer
[17:40] Tifany: lovely !!!
[17:40] hobbes8u: What do you get when you cross a blood spatter analysist and an elf
[17:42] Tifany: Dexter and a leprechan
[17:42] Tifany: hehe
[17:42] Tifany: wait, that doesn’t make sense
[17:42] hobbes8u: hmm
[17:42] Tifany: a bloody elf? haha
[17:42] hobbes8u: A short creepy guy?
[17:42] hobbes8u: haha
[17:42] hobbes8u: I don’t know either
[17:42] hobbes8u: But I obviously love Dexter
[17:43] Tifany: We can be more clever..haha.
[17:43] Tifany: I can tell, I love him, too.
[17:43] Tifany: I would love to be his victim
[17:43] hobbes8u: yeah
[17:43] hobbes8u: haha
[17:44] Tifany: but, the one who lives, of course
[17:44] Tifany: hehe
[17:44] hobbes8u: okay any last holiday thoughts for the readers?
[17:45] Tifany: Christmas is not about what gifts you get, or how much you spend, it’s about the feeling, and ability to spend time with family when our time with them is fleeting. It’s about the feeling of giving, and seeing happy faces, and feasting on ham, and loving everyone. It’s about days off work, and having xmas dinners with the best friends that anyone can ever ask for. And by that I mean you guys :)
[17:46] hobbes8u: Well we loved doing that dinner
[17:46] hobbes8u: It was the funnest thing to plan
[17:46] hobbes8u: Thanks for a nice interview
[17:46] hobbes8u: And have a Merry Christmas

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Day 3

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PLEASE NOTE THE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO. ANSWERS SENT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE!! DO NOT SEND THEM TO jeremy@whatthehelldoesrantmean.com!!!

Guess my 3rd favorite Christmas movie from this screenshot of the film. For an extra challenge, the quote from the blog title is now a quote from the previous day’s movie or special, not the current day, so you only have the screenshot to go by. Only your first guess counts. Send your guess to whatthehelldoesrantmean@yahoo.com. Also make sure to comment this post so your guess counts. Three points for the fourth(no longer the first) to correctly guess the film or special, one point for all other correct guesses.The person with the most points at the end of the contest gets a $50 Borders Gift Card for the new year.

Yesterday’s Answer

Congratulations to Jen for the right answer.

Holiday Interview

[16:11] hobbes8u: Ladies and Gentlemen presenting the Red-headed bird of delight
[16:12] hobbes8u: Becca Meeks
[16:12] hobbes8u: For a holiday interview
[16:12] Becca: squawk.
[16:12] hobbes8u: haha
[16:13] hobbes8u: alright reader’s want to know if you were visiting the North Pole and someone held it up at that moment(like a bank robbery only with toys)How would you save yourself
[16:13] Becca: hmm.
[16:14] Becca: who is holding it up?
[16:14] hobbes8u: Let’s say Kenny Rogers
[16:15] Becca: ohh, that guy. he’s a gas.
[16:15] hobbes8u: Is he?
[16:15] Becca: i always thought he was. with the roasting and all.
[16:15] Becca: umm, anyway.
[16:17] Becca: i would put him on one of the toy conveyor belts and through a hillarious process he would end up looking like a giant nutcracker. and then, he would be put in a box and gift wrapped, and a large sticker would say ” ship to: tim-buc-too”.
[16:18] hobbes8u: So not only do you save yourself you save Christmas. That is soooo like you Becca. What’s your favorite commercialization of Christmas?
[16:18] Becca: give me an example.
[16:18] Becca: are examples allowed?
[16:18] hobbes8u: sure Reese’s Peanut Butter Trees
[16:19] Becca: i prefer peanut butter eggs.
[16:19] hobbes8u: 4am Christmas shopping
[16:19] hobbes8u: things like that
[16:20] Becca: the other day i saw some wrapping paper with grown up jesus on it.
[16:20] Becca: i wanted to wrap something very naughty in it.
[16:20] hobbes8u: spectacular
[16:20] hobbes8u: That’s a perfect example
[16:21] Becca: i’ve been regretting not buying it since i saw it.
[16:21] Becca: but it didn’t fit in with my color scheme. that makes me weird, i think.
[16:21] Becca: not very weird, though.
[16:21] Becca: i’m mostly normal.
[16:22] hobbes8u: Not really. If anyone saw how fantastic the presents looked under your awesome tree they would know what you meant. What’s your favorite Christmas cuss word?
[16:22] Becca: christ.
[16:22] hobbes8u: very very nice
[16:23] Becca: especially when you say it.
[16:23] hobbes8u: Ha ha I can’t help myself. I’m addicted. What’s your favorite childhood present?
[16:23] Becca: christ.
[16:23] Becca: i was afraid you’d ask this.
[16:24] Becca: i think it was a poseable cabbage patch.
[16:24] Becca: her gift certificate said her name was “fanny madge”. but i changed it. to zelda.
[16:25] Becca: she was my one and only cabbage patch.
[16:25] hobbes8u: Zelda is an outstanding name
[16:26] Becca: i had another baby doll that i named samus.
[16:27] hobbes8u: Samus. Interesting. I had an imaginery friend named Cinda.
[16:27] hobbes8u: She left me one day
[16:27] Becca: haha. my nanny had one named “mrs towel”
[16:27] Becca: which never stops being funny to me.
[16:28] Becca: why did she leave?
[16:28] hobbes8u: haha I don’t know
[16:28] Becca: rude.
[16:28] hobbes8u: probably to be with more people her kind
[16:28] hobbes8u: She was pretty sophisticated
[16:28] hobbes8u: way out of my league
[16:29] Becca: she taught you everything you know.
[16:29] hobbes8u: Yet she lived off my sidewalk in my front yard
[16:29] hobbes8u: And her house wasn’t that great
[16:29] Becca: she sounds like a snob.
[16:29] hobbes8u: I guess she was looking back but I sure loved her
[16:30] hobbes8u: Woah we’ve got way off track here
[16:30] Becca: but on an interesting topic.
[16:30] Becca: haha. mrs towel. it kills me.
[16:30] hobbes8u: haha Mrs’ Towel
[16:30] hobbes8u: But really our readers want to know about you.
[16:31] hobbes8u: If you could murder one Christmas figure and never have to hear about it again, who would it be and why?
[16:32] Becca: ummmm.
[16:32] Becca: errr
[16:34] Becca: that is hard, but i suppose it would be one of the reindeer. 9 is pretty excessive.
[16:34] Becca: oh, but then rudolph couldn’t lead the way.
[16:34] Becca: nevermind. it should be symmetrical.
[16:34] hobbes8u: we could pick off two reindeer
[16:34] Becca: oh, okay.
[16:34] hobbes8u: 7 is a good number
[16:34] Becca: yeah, that would work.
[16:34] hobbes8u: which two though
[16:35] hobbes8u: The readers want you to name names
[16:35] Becca: donner and dasher.
[16:36] Becca: honestly, i can’t really think of any christmas figure i want to murder.
[16:36] hobbes8u: For me it would have to be Tiny Tim
[16:36] Becca: that little shit.
[16:36] Becca: always so happy.
[16:36] hobbes8u: Like I would have him die just as the changed Scrooge got there
[16:36] Becca: haha, no. he’s not so bad, once you get to know him.
[16:36] hobbes8u: and then Cratchit would be furious and beat Scrooge up
[16:37] Becca: i think the whole cratchit family would beat his balls.
[16:38] hobbes8u: Wow yeah I can just picture it. “Betsy Crachit, you go for his balls now”
[16:38] hobbes8u: “Yes, daddy”
[16:38] hobbes8u: That’s a great visual
[16:38] Becca: what a sad ending.
[16:39] hobbes8u: sorry I’m twisted
[16:39] Becca: it’s a good thing you are, otherwise this interview would be quite boring.
[16:39] hobbes8u: No you are a delight
[16:39] hobbes8u: Well any last holiday thoughts for the readers?
[16:41] Becca: may your christmas and new year be filled with rum.
[16:41] hobbes8u: You and Jake are so similar
[16:41] hobbes8u: haha
[16:41] Becca: haha, we’re alcoholics.
[16:41] hobbes8u: Thanks for an awesome ineterview
[16:42] Becca: no no. we just love rum.
[16:42] Becca: thanks for having me.

BONUS POINTS: Earn one point each for posting to each of the blogs in my blogroll. Only one comment per blog. You can not comment your own blog. Good luck everyone! The bonus points are only eligible the day the contest is posted.

Day 4

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO. ANSWERS SENT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE!! DO NOT SEND THEM TO jeremy@whatthehelldoesrantmean.com!!!

Guess my 4th favorite Christmas movie from this screenshot of the film. For an extra challenge, the quote from the blog title is now a quote from the previous day’s movie or special, not the current day, so you only have the screenshot to go by. Only your first guess counts. Send your guess to whatthehelldoesrantmean@yahoo.com. Also make sure to comment this post so your guess counts. Three points for the first to correctly guess the film or special, one point for all correct guesses afterwards. The person with the most points at the end of the contest gets a $50 Borders Gift Card for the new year.

Yesterday’s Answer

Congratulations to Jen for the right answer.

Holiday Interview

An emailed interview with other Loose Tooth, Lisa.

What an honor. Here you go!

1) What’s your favorite holiday cuss word?
Jiminy Christmas

2) What’s your best childhood present?
I think the Christmas I got my first flute was the most memorable. My parents were worried that I’d be disappointed if I only had one small present to open (even though it was expensive), so they let me stay up and help them put out the Santa presents for the other kids. It was so fun to be in on the surprise!

3) If you were in control of all things Christmas what would we see and what we we see disappear?
There would definitely be less working, and more time to make fun Christmas crafts or do holiday baking, or even just wrap presents.

4) There have been people concerned with Santa’s chubby image, that it might have an unhealthy effect on children. What do you have to say to that?
I think it is great to have a positive role model with a more “jolly” body type. And at least kids will have a realistic picture of what a diet of only cookies and milk can do to a person.

5) What’s the worst gift you have ever received?
Hmm. Probably the sweatshirt with handprints appliqueed over each breast. Thanks, Grandma! Also, it had been purchased six months earlier, so I could only get store credit–toward another appliqueed sweatshirt.

6) Everyone knows that Santa’s elves make the toys for billions of people across the world. How do you think they manage?
Well, luckily they have been bred especially for that purpose. I mean, they must have evolved to be the best, fastest toy makers around, right? I know that if I were a comely young she-elf, I would go for the most successful guy in the toy shop. Also, lots of coffee.

7) Do you have any last Christmas thoughts for our readers?
It doesn’t have to be perfect.

I hope that’s OK! I can’t wait for Sweeney Todd tonight.

Lisa

Thanks Lisa. We appreciate your time and your fantastic blog.

Chocolate Pie Dessert Recipe (Mainly for Marci)

Mix together and pat in bottom of 9×13 pan bake at 350° for 20 minutes:
1 cup flour, rounded
1 stick of butter

Mix in a separate bowl:
1 8 oz pkg of cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
a little milk
fold 1 cup cool whip into mixture and spread over crust.

Mix together:
1 large pkg of instant vanilla pudding
1 large pkg of instant chocolate pudding
and add 2 1/2 cups milk and beat. Pour over cream cheese mixture. Cover with cool whip and top with grated chocolate. Refrigerate for a few hours.

BONUS POINTS: Earn one point for commenting on your laziest holiday moment. Good luck everyone! The bonus points are only eligible the day the contest is posted.