Good morning everyone! I'm going to have to leave the history of the date up to someone else! Unicef day deserves a lot of attention!
So what is twisted? Poor Nemo! (I think they cut this part out of the movie! ) )

Well seeing as I am

I had better having twisting as

Whoops, forgot to say


I am bleary eyed and tired [exhuasted may be closer to the truth]. Anyone want a coffee with me?

Hi Barbara, Hi Jenni. I need gallons of coffee to try and wake up today. I slept in until 10.00 a m. . Are you working today Jenni. Annie B.

I think I'm going to change my name to Morpheus, the winter is creeping up on me. I sleep later and later when the days get shorter and shorter. Rainy today, too, tho much warmer than it's been.

Didn't get to go with Dadz yesterday - he's got a toothache and his dentist is at a convention. Ouch. (Imagine a convention hall full of dentists - must be a pretty wild time. Not. Just kidding, Freddie, George doesn't count. LOL)

Okay, naughty but nice. This is my favorite Christmas chuckle. LOL

How to save money on Christmas this year:

I didn't write this. But I could have.

I hate this time of year. Not for its crass commercialism and forced frivolity, but because it's the season when the food police come out with their wagging fingers and annual tips on how to get through the holidays without gaining 10 pounds. You can't pick up a magazine without finding a list of holiday eating do's and don'ts. Eliminate second helpings, high-calorie sauces and cookies made with butter, they say. Fill up on vegetable sticks, they say. Good grief. Is your favorite childhood memory of Christmas a carrot stick? I didn't think so. Isn't mine, either. A carrot was something you left for Rudolph. I have my own list of tips for holiday eating. I assure you, if you follow them, you'll be fat and happy. So what if you don't make it to New Year's? Your pants won't fit anymore, anyway!



1. About those carrot sticks. Avoid them. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.

2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. Like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. In fact, it's even rarer than single-malt scotch. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip?? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnogaholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!

***3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.

4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.

5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food. Lots of it. Hello?

6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.

7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes - you can't leave them behind. You're not going to see them again.

8. Same for pies? Apple? Pumpkin? Mincemeat? Have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert?? Labor Day?

9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards!

10. And one final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips. Start over. But hurry! Cookieless January is just around the corner!!!

*** Particularly good advice!

Good words to live by, Rusty. More rum balls please.

Today's redux. A juvenile Yellowtailed Damsel Fish butt and a Red Lipped Blenny.

Cecil

Nice shots - how about these

Beautiful pics Brian and Cecil!
I thought some of you could come up with some more TWISTS for the day! LOL Rusty...I'll take some more of those buttery walnut balls with the powdered sugar please!
A pretzel doing the twist
A twisted line dance
My favorite..chocolate covered!

Whoops...wrong order but I think you can figure it out! LOL

hey can I get in here too????

Brain, is that a decorator crab?

Freddie, I hope those were the non stinging type jellies! How was the trip, I'm dying to know!

Freddie

Cheeky - thats cheating - not Bonaire but great pictures and were is the Trip report? and more pictures please..

Cynde
I think it is a Teardrop Crab

Merry Xmas all

the trip was Fabulous!! we really had a ball,
Our stopover in Hawaii on the way to Palau was great too.. we had breakfast overlooking Diamond Head!!! Don't ask about George's Hair it's a long story!!! {we matched!!}
also took our tootsies in the sand....

Great jellies Freddie...they look scary though! Thanks for the pics! I'm missing that daily shot of Diamond Head and the soft sand
Brian would those be Christmas anenomes?

Barbara I have just the thing for your PHD...
http://honolulu.granicus.com/MediaPlayer?publish_id=21

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Whoa...what was that post? NOT ME- really!!
Thanks Freddie! Isn't that the Surfer Cecil statue there? There is another webcam site that only shows still shots...the live feed is awesome!

you can get to the still cams by "surfing" the site I gave you Aloha!!! and Yes I do believe that is Surfer Cecil

more not "house-broken" problems here...this time it was a cookie mouse that pee'd on my timesheet

Freddie, great pictures...I love the one of the toes in the sand!

LOL Bob! You should've eaten that mouse first! (It appears to have the fat grams necessary for the season according to Rusty's recommendations!
Hi, Cynde!

Freddie, you need to send that picture into the Bonaire Reporter...Reading the BR in Palau! LOL! So, my big question is.... HOW WAS THE DIVING????

Yes, how was it, we need to know. Tonight's Bonaire sunset pano.

The diving was great.. I saw alot of FIRSTS!!! crockadile fish, bubble coral,leaf fish,pin cushion star fish, BLUE starfish!!!

Nice pano Cecil wow, a blue starfish? did you get a picture?

Oh, Barbara, that is a "Christmas tree worm" not a Christmas anenome...

Here is a Christmas tree worm on a coral bum...

OK, posting that pic just threw me into TOTAL PBD...OMG...what memories....waaaaa!!!

Looove that nudibranch Freddie!

Nice posts

goodnight all bed beckons for me.

Bonaire journey now 1 week and 1 day away, and lots of that work thing to do too.

Brian :-}

Night Brian...Seb, where is your picture?

Thanks for sharing Freddie...Cynde, I got distracted by the phone, it's there now

oops crockadile fish

Seb, teardrop crab? how big are those things?

Freddie, cool pics love the blue starfish...what is that green round thing...coral?

Them's some tiny crabs Cynde, maybe pinky fingernail sized? Look at how huge the zooanthids are! I was so pleased to get them back and profile, it was a night dive, dark, and I couldn't see anything! Point flashlight, aim, turn off, shoot, and hope!

I think the green things a sponge, I need to go look up that nudibranch since Freddie is being oh so quiet about it, I guess she ain't looked it up either.

Wow Seb, that is small! They are really pretty though I like pink...I also wonder what that thing with all the egg looking things is above her blue sea star...she is being quiet ain't she...oh Freddieeee.....

hey gang.. the bubblely thingy is bubble coral
the greenie thingy is a pin cushion starfish!!!
do you also see the Leaf fish???? in the second picture?? and how about the crock fish??
Seb I don't have the Pacific reef creature book but I think it may be some sort of sea goddess nudibranch

here is another nudibranch that I don't remember the name of....

Wow Freddie, bubble coral...and a pin cushion sea star...weird indeed! i see 2 leaf fish, one just below the top one...vewy kewl...off to take my coastal navigation final...wish me luck that I don't get grounded! LOL!

It looks sooo spongelike Freddie! D'ya know if it a pacific only thing? I have the pacific nudi book i think, will check after I habg the front door wreath.

Hey all, just dropping in! Beautiful pics, I'll have to look in more often!

Cynde, GOOD LUCK on that final! I know you'll do GREAT!

Cheryl

well,

i'm pretty sure at this point - we won't be seeing any noble prize nominations from this lot



(from angel city - imagine that;))

Good Luck Cynde!!!

Wonderful pics from everyone! LOL Barbara!

Rneer,
Great Angel shot.
Here is a shrimp that I got a picture of at Angel City.

You mean to say you think we have no noble Nobels here Bob?

Wish I could go back and change the name of this thread to DON'T MISS THIS!!







And the Host of the Daily Double Redux:

Freddie, that last nudi is beautiful! Wow! Almost looks like a ribbon

Rusty, you're right, this was a great thread, loved ALL of the pics gang!

Rusty, you are so right...the thread just kept getting better! WONDERFUL pics everyone!!

Oops, HI CHERYL!!!

Whoa, Freddie. You must suffer from PPD! Palau is the dream for me. But to be able to get there from Europe, means winning some kind of lottery.
Very nice, to see the yellies!!
Cecil, also very nice pics again. And Brian and Mike.... I wish I could go for a photo-dive soon!! I still did not have the change to try our PT-015, And seeing all those nice pictures make me want to go very bad!!!