J.C.Q.

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A check-in with our friends that read this blog:
- My bro and V. got engaged.
- Bran and The Jurist got engaged. JCQ is a bridesmaid.
- J. and The Bee Man moved to Regina. Little does The Bee Man know the trouble that J. and JCQ get into when together.
- “The Girls” (S. N. H. & M.) nearly got us kicked out of La Bodega. Nearly. Next time they probably will.
- M.C. Thome’s cat ate a carnation and proceeded to throw up on the rug.
- Hellian hosted the 4th Annual Pumpkin Carve
- T-ron threw a McFlurry at some poor kids. Okay, at their car windshield. And they were illegally parked and wouldn’t listen to her telling them to move.
- Hgh has not yet been kicked out of the school where she is doing her fourth-year internship. Just kidding, she is going to be an awesomes teacher
- Floyd lived with BAQ for three months, resulting in him and BAQ ganging up on JCQ at every turn. JCQ successfully defended her thesis against them that the TSE is resource-based and thus fluctuates with the prices of raw materials more than anything else. I schooled them.
- Jay was repairing his hard liquor shelf when a bottle of a bottle of vodka fell on his head and knocked him unconscious. He came to reeking of alcohol. S. says this definitely isn’t the first time it’s happened, but never before in this way.
- Levendis was visited by the Max 5 Party Bus
- If your name is not on this list, it is not that you aren’t our friend, but rather that you don’t check in with this blog regularly. Do you and I don’t actually know? Give me heck by e-mail.

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I think I've finally found a template that I am satisfied with for my blog. Tell me what you think. What type of modifications would you like to see? What isn't user-friendly? I think this template works a lot better when you are viewing it with Firefox and with a small screen than the previous template ever did. I tried to modify the old template quite a bit to get around this problem, but I wasn't very successful. The old and new template still both look better with Netscape. Sigh. The evil Microsoft empire.

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This year continued the trend of BAQ’s computer slowing down. Much to our chagrin, the memory cannot be replaced. Forecasts are for this problem to continue into the next year. We will keep you posted because I am sure you care.

The light bulb burnt out above the back door but we cannot replace it due to lack of ladder.

JCQ learned that BAQ has a serious snail infestation problem. In. His. Aquarium. The snails are very sexual and are reproducing faster than rabbits and taking over. This is not the only tank tragedy that occurred this year. There was an algae bloom in May, and the algae eater’s waistline bloomed along with it. He now needs a quintuple bypass. Minnow #2 had an almost fatal bout with fungus infestation. He is feeling much better as of late and has been reintroduced into the main tank. Panda Corey #3 sadly passed away this year. We hope he rests in peace just like the song Mambo #9. But with death comes new life, and, fortunately, Petland has a 30-day return policy and he was exchanged for Panda Corey #4. JCQ also got four cherry barbs for her birthday. They are super cute and she named them Maraschino, Cream Soda, Cherry Pop, and Whitey.

Things JCQ has dropped this year:
- Learning how to walk at the Running Room with BAQ. Just couldn’t get the thing down.
- Freaky Advanced Art Class with weird teacher
- Guitar lessons
- Competitive bridge lessons with BAQ.
- Weight training class
- Helping with our symphony’s book sale stuff.
- Briarpatch subscription
- Membership to our Community Radio
- Max 5 bars and a related Jazzercise class. Quitting Max 5 bars cleared up the Jazzercise.
- Doing the dishes
- The M.C. Thome Fan Club after JCQ decided he was a sham

Throughout the year BAQ has lost many a nail clipper. He does not know where they have gone, but he thinks JCQ is hoarding them all.

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And now I bring you a deliciously tardy Christmas letter that I failed to send out 13 months ago. Pulled it up today and thought -- hey -- mieux vaut plus tard que jamais!

Here is the INTRODUCTION PARY of said letter. I will more sections later on.

J.C.Q. and B.A.Q. Present:
A Very Annoying 2005 Christmas Letter

Well, it is that time of year again. Christmas letter time. When people jump on their computers to print pages upon pages of past-year happenings you may not care about in the most overused and lackadaisical of all fonts: Comic Sans.

*&*&^&^!!! It should be illegal for Microsoft to market anything with that sham font. Our country is facing a fobesity (font obesity) epidemic: people can’t stop themselves from gorging on Comic Sans, refusing to consume more sumptuous and nutritious fonts such as Franklin Gothic Medium and Arial Narrow. This slothfulness and indolence must be stopped. I know Nat will agree with me on this. Tax Comic Sans! Better yet, axe Comic Sans!

Now, what was I talking about? Oh yes, Christmas letters. You know what &*^&^* me off? When people fail to use a spellchecker before pressing the print button! Argh! I mean, come on now. How hard can that be? For every non-spellcheckered document, there should be a pre-printing prompt saying "Are you purposely trying to make others pull out their hair with your "spellchecker sucks" attitude?" Said statement could be followed by "Yes" and "No" buttons you can click on. If you click on "No," the printer will not print.

Now, what were we talking about? Oh yes. The Christmas Letter. Well, I will use a spellchecker, but we won’t do the Comic Sans crap.

AND we won’t put anything relevant in this letter. If you’re getting it, you already know the important stuff anyway. The point of this letter is rather to inform you of things you may, but likely don’t want to know. And this letter, in the tradition of all Christmas letters, will be disorganized as all H&*&, as I'm sure you've already noticed.

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