Below The Beltway

Still recovering from Thanksgiving, but regular blogging should resume momentarily.

We’ve got family coming into town for the holiday, so there won’t be any blogging here until sometime this weekend.
If you’re looking for something to read, head on over to The Liberty Papers, where we’re celebrating the beginning of our third year.
Enjoy the holiday.

Here’s hoping that 2007 brings a better world than the one we’re living in right now.
Actually, 2006 was a pretty good year for me and I’m looking forward to the new year. Sorry for that dose of pessimism. Last night, Kellie and I rang out the New Year with a great dinner at what has [...]

Kellie and I returned earlier this afternoon from another Christmas family gathering. This year, instead of enduring the cold of Cleveland, Ohio, we started out in the suburbs of Atlanta, where my brother-in-law and his wife live, and then made our way, in three cars, to Hilton Head, South Carolina where we spent Christmas and [...]

As I did last year, it’s time to declare Christmas hiatus time here at Below The Beltway. I may post one or two things at The Liberty Papers tonight or tomorrow, but other than that, this will be the last post until sometime next week.
Have a great Christmas

Note: Because of what seems to be an [...]

The latest video from Osama bin Laden’s # 2 man is a little bit different:

Heh.
H/T: Winds of Change

The Washington Post tells the story of the man who has chronicled the history of the National Christmas Tree
Each year since 1963, Aldon D. Nielsen, 84, has taken pictures of the National Christmas Tree. He’s trudged out there in the snow and sleet and rain, on frigid nights and perfectly clear star-kissed nights. He has [...]

The Washington Post tells the story behind the unlikely duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie:
One of the most successful duets in Christmas music history — and surely the weirdest — might never have happened if it weren’t for some last-minute musical surgery. David Bowie thought “The Little Drummer Boy” was all wrong for him. [...]

Growing up in the New York City area, I was exposed every year to what I am convinced is the strangest Christmas custom followed by a television station, the Yule Log. For 24 hours starting on Christmas Eve, WPIX-TV would broadcast nothing but a picture of a burning fire with Christmas music in the background. [...]

Last night was the first night of Hanukkah, and I feel I would be remiss without posting something.
So, Happy Hanukkah and enjoy this little ditty: