From all of us here, we wish all of you a Happy New Year! We hope that this past year has been as good for you as it has been for us. To ring your New Year in properly, we leave you with an ancient Scottish New Year blessing.

Sincerely

Contagion, Ktreva, Boopie and Clone.

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1 Happy New Year to the entire Contagion Clan. One good thing from this year? Getting to know y'all.

Next year? More Quality Time Together!!!!

Posted by: Tammi at December 31, 2005 05:45 PM (lfQya)

2 Happy New Year! And many more.

Posted by: vw bug at December 31, 2005 07:06 PM (t+Bvy)

3 From us to you, as well

Posted by: caltechgirl at December 31, 2005 07:15 PM (uI/79)

4 Happy New year......I am missing another party.

Have FUN!!!

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at December 31, 2005 08:47 PM (0Ccqi)

5 Happy New Year from the House of Bou!

Posted by: Bou at December 31, 2005 09:38 PM (iHxT3)

6 .. same to you, brah... Happy 2006!..

Posted by: Eric at January 01, 2006 03:28 PM (r5XsL)

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I would like to take this time to wish everyone a safe, fun and wonderful Christmas.

Since I didnÂ’t get any of you anything last year, I felt I should make it up to you. I put it in the extended entry since it might be questionable if you open it at work.

See extended entry for your presents.
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1 Merry Christmas, dude... thanks for the gift!

Posted by: That 1 Guy at December 24, 2005 10:12 AM (hyPCH)

2 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Sarah at December 24, 2005 10:58 AM (H7Csq)

3 Merry Christmas ... the missle tow is just plain awesome.

Posted by: talulazephyr at December 24, 2005 10:58 AM (/Vg0b)

4 Merry Christmas. The missle tow was my favorite.

Posted by: caltechgirl at December 24, 2005 12:12 PM (XbOsd)

5 Merry Christmas you Grouchy Old Man!

Posted by: Machelle at December 24, 2005 05:44 PM (l5WmW)

6 Thank you for my gift, and since the terrorists will be too busy to thank you for theirs, I'll thank you on their behalf.

Hope your holiday is wonderful, peaceful, full or cooperating relatives and full of joy for the kids.

Posted by: michele at December 24, 2005 06:35 PM (beN4P)

7 Merry Christmas dude! Loved the Missle, TOW, too. :-)

Posted by: Wes at December 24, 2005 09:36 PM (XKQLY)

8 Merry Christmas brother.

Posted by: littlejoe at December 25, 2005 02:23 AM (vBIjH)

9 I want to know why my gift wasn't under MY tree!!!

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Bou at December 25, 2005 12:09 PM (iHxT3)

10 You always know just the perfect gift!

Posted by: Shadoglare at December 26, 2005 10:43 AM (eA8RY)

11 Merry Christmas and THANKS!!!

Posted by: vw bug at December 28, 2005 08:36 PM (t+Bvy)

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Okay People, Fritz fest Â’06 is just over two weeks away. Some of you still have not confirmed your going, IÂ’m not going to single people out *Cough*Spurs*Cough*, but if youÂ’re planning on going you need to go over there and make sure you are on the list. T1G has been working his poor fingers to the bone organizing this thing and you could at least tell him if youÂ’re coming. ItÂ’s just common courtesy people!

If youÂ’re not sure whether you want to come, Leslie, the Omnibus Driver, has a very compelling list of reasons on why you should. Like any of you need a reason besides being able to be in the awe-inspiring presence of yours truly. Throw in the fact that I am going to be wearing a kilt and work bootsÂ… this is a must-not-miss!

So cÂ’mon, the more the merrier!

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T1G was nice enough to through up a mini blog just for the impending blogmeet. Well to be honest he lost everyone's e-mails and is too lazy to go try to find them by searching his comments.

He is trying to drum up as much participation as possible. If you are planning on going, please head over and vote for food. The food has to be ordered in advance and he wants to know what everyone wants. He also has prices listed for each item.

there is also a list of people that have committed to coming.

There are some names on there I don't see that should. I won't single out those individuals, but you know who you are.

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T1G is looking for hard commitments from those of us going to the blogmeet on January 8. For those of you that are mandated by me to show up, please make sure he knows you are coming and if you are bringing a guestÂ… like a spouse, friend, lover, etc.

If you know of anyone else who may be interested, please let them know, and have them contact me using either my e-mail, or the comments for this post. Also, if for some reason you thought you weren't invited, the original invite was for anyone who was interested. Anyone. Hell, if I'd let Harvey show up, I'm obviously not being picky.

If you want to go, it’s open to everyone, just head over and leave a comment saying, “Yes, I will be there”. Don’t wait too long; we wouldn’t want you to miss all the fun. Plus you’ll miss a chance to see me wearing a kilt and work boots in the middle of winter!

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1 as much as I would love to go......you are not the boss of me...

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at December 05, 2005 08:32 PM (7nlSG)

2 Nope, not going to be there. Unless you want to buy my house right now, take care of two children, a dog and a pony.

Posted by: vw bug at December 06, 2005 06:33 AM (BAHyt)

3 I'm sorry neither of you can make it. I was hoping to meet the both of you.

Posted by: Contagion at December 06, 2005 07:02 AM (Q5WxB)

4 "wearing a kilt and work boots "


Dammit all to hell, now I am pissed that I can't make it.

And who the heck has a party w/drinking on a sunday?

Posted by: Machelle at December 06, 2005 07:22 AM (ZAyoW)

5 I just mapped it -- 891 miles from my house to Stillman Valley. Damn, you people just live too far away. I'll just be sure and drink beer that day and think of you folks.

Posted by: Ogre at December 06, 2005 09:30 AM (/k+l4)

6 I've got to work I may even have to miss the Rose Bowl! Bastards.

Posted by: caltechgirl at December 06, 2005 11:03 AM (uI/79)

7 I need to check on flights. Where should I fly in??

Posted by: spurs at December 06, 2005 11:52 AM (tdOZ4)

8 Contagion - all I ask is that you wear something under the kilt.

Posted by: Harvey at December 06, 2005 05:40 PM (ubhj8)

9 Sure, how about shoes?

Posted by: Contagion at December 06, 2005 05:42 PM (e8b4J)

10 Dude, if you can get pair of shoes to stay on your balls, that'd be fine :-)

Posted by: Harvey at December 06, 2005 07:00 PM (ubhj8)

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Well I spent the afternoon, unlike I said earlier, depleting the world supply of Guinness with T1G. Apparently two guys off of work makes the perfect excuse to get together at the local Hooters restaurant to flirt with waitresses, eat hot wings (Which is the real reason we went there, contrary to popular belief) and drink lots and lots of Guinness. Why Guinness? Why not!?!?!?

As for Christmas shopping I meant to get done, eh that will be another day. Taco Johns will have to wait as well. It was a pleasant afternoon. Spent eating good food (HooterÂ’s wings with 911 sauce are the bomb, yo!), in good company and drinking good beer. Like I had anything better to do with my unplanned day off!

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Well it appears my e-mail isn't working properly. I'm receiving e-mails minutes to hours after they've been sent. IE I had one person send me an e-mail. Then sent a follow up to that same e-mail. I received the follow up before I received the orriginal e-mail it figures.

I wonder if this has anything to do with all the porn I'm down loading.

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I found the secret to exercise success folks! I used to work out 30 minutes a night on my exercise bike and it was shear hell. It felt as if I would die of boredom. I bought the bike because I thought that if I were able to watch TV, the time would just fly by. That theory was pure and utter BS. The first ten minutes wasnÂ’t bad, the last 20 minutes was horrible. I couldnÂ’t wait for the timer on the bike to go off and tell me I could stop. I never went over 30 minutes.

In September, some of you may recall I bought an Xbox. At the same time, I changed my exercise routine. Figuring 30 minutes just wasnÂ’t enough I decided to up it to an hour a night. The catch this time was that I was going to play Madden while exercising.

This was the greatest exercise idea of all time!

That hour just flies by. IÂ’ve even continued to peddle after the timer goes off because IÂ’m in the middle of the game and donÂ’t want to pause it. Sure controlling the guys is a little more difficult. After some practice, you are able to compensate for it. The other issue that concerned me was if I stopped peddling. This actually isnÂ’t that big of an issue. I found that I peddle faster when I have a guy running with the ball. Also I noticed that if the game is not going my way I peddle harder to get my frustrations out. When IÂ’m having a good game, the extra endorphins just make it that much more enjoyable.

IÂ’ve been doing this for about two and a half months now. On the couple of occasions that I watch TV instead of played Madden, that was one of the longest hours of my life. Everyday I play my exercise around when I can get an hour to play Madden. I even look forward to getting on the bike because I like the feeling I have when I get off the bike after a good win. Endorphins and adrenalin are a wonderful combination.

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