Merry Christmas all you savages! Thanks for a great year. See you in 2007!

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the holy Spirit was upon him.

It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord.

He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:

“Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all the peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”

Who wants to get me a Christmas present? How bout this nice limited edition WordPress shirt

Microsoft’s Virtual Earth now offers a birds eye view when viewing locations. You can still drag the map and zoom in, but also notice you can click on north, south, east or west to pivot your view, very cool.

Here are a few shots around Denver (too bad they are all in the Winter):
- Mile High Stadium
- Coors Field
- Capital Building
- Denver Zoo
- World Trade Center buildings Denver
- City and County Building

“A Russian woman has won a suit against the soft drink giant Coca Cola in Moscow after her defense lawyer succeeded in persuading the court that his client’s chronic ailment was brought about by consumption of beverages produced the by U.S. firm.”
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“Koshuba said she began to buy more soft drinks after the company launched a campaign urging customers to collect lids from soft drink bottles so as to exchange them later on for prizes. As a result, the woman consumed 2 to 3 liters of soft drinks daily in the course of five years. ”

2 to 3 liters a day!! My God, I would be living in the bathroom.

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Some of these names you would expect to see, Eminem, 50 Cent and Mike Tyson. But, some are shockers: Vince Vaughn, Frank Sinatra and even Bill Gates!

Sinatra actually got charged with, “carrying on with a married woman.” Yikes, who knew you couldn’t do that?!

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