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By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer
Wed Dec 14, 2:35 PM ET

It’s usually easy to tell where a person stands in the culture wars, but whose side is someone on when his Christmas decor is a blood-spattered Santa Claus holding a severed head?

Joel Krupnik and Mildred Castellanos decked the front of their Manhattan mansion this year with a scene that includes a knife-wielding 5-foot-tall St. Nick and a tree full of decapitated Barbie dolls. Hidden partly behind a tree, the merry old elf grasps a disembodied doll’s head with fake blood streaming from its eye sockets.

In a telephone interview Wednesday, Krupnik explained that his family thought it would be a fun way to make a comment about the commercialization and secularization of Christmas.

“It is a religious holiday, but they have turned it into a business. And it shouldn’t be,” he said. “We didn’t put it up to offend anybody. It was just something that came out of our imagination.”

More than a few people passing by the brownstone were a little puzzled about the message behind the massacre. There were a few signs the macabre theme is a year-round thing — the facade of the building was covered with leering gargoyles. A statue of Death, hooded and grim-looking, stood outside.

Peter Nardoza, 81, of Manhattan, shook his head and chuckled.

“Sick, sick, sick,” he said. “What kind of a world is this that we live in?”

Ronnie Santiago, a deliveryman on his route, speculated that something bad must have happened once to the homeowner at Christmas. A few spectators wondered whether the campy gore would bother children.

The family is far from the only one making an editorial comment this year on how Americans celebrate Christmas, although it may be the only one doing it by depicting Santa Claus as a killer.

Pope Benedict XVI complained this week that Christmas festivities have been “subjected to a sort of commercial pollution.” Christian conservatives have launched campaigns to reintroduce a religious component to Christmastime decor in schools and public squares, chiding even President Bush this year for sending out cards wishing supporters a happy “holiday season.”

But despite the home’s gruesome exterior, some visitors appreciated it.

Bucky Turco, 31, of Manhattan, said the display captured how he felt when watching someone costumed as SpongeBob SquarePants promote products at Rockefeller Center.

“This is brilliant,” said Turco.

Walter Garofalo, a musician from Brooklyn who wandered by wearing a black bandanna covered in skulls, was awe-struck.

“I wonder if these people would let me use this as our next album cover,” he said. “It’s perfect!”

聽到 joejoe’s Blog…… 裡 Barbara Streisand 所唱的 Woman In Love﹐立即便想起她和 Celine Dion 合唱的 Tell Him。記得第一次聽到這首歌時已十分喜歡。先由 Celine 唱出害怕示愛會被拒絕被傷害﹐Barbara 接著鼓勵她﹐繼而二人一起細訴愛著一個人的感覺是如此的澎湃和熱熾﹐是不可錯失放過的。

聽到嗎? 記得要讓身邊的人知道你愛他啊!!!

唔… 怎樣放上 “個人化選單” 呢?

Tell Him - Barbara Streisand & Celine Dion

I’m scared
So afraid to show I care
Will he think me weak
If I tremble when I speak
Oooh - what if
There’s another one he’s thinking of
Maybe he’s in love
I’d feel like a fool
Life can be so cruel
I don’t know what to do

Never let him go

原文 — joejoe — 2005-11-24 23:12:06

有人這樣形容她的唱功 -「芭芭拉史翠珊特別擅長演唱那些激情洋溢的抒情歌曲，她的歌曲中蘊含著水一樣的熱情和詩一般的溫馨 。」

又玩多個心理測驗﹐大家玩過未??

我原來是…

 peaceful

 discreet

 non-aggressive

You are easy-going and independent. You do not need to be the center of attention, instead you graciously let others take center stage.

You have no set plans, rather you prefer to “go with the flow,” relying on your sharp instincts and intuition as situations present themselves to you. You are very social and popular, yet you are perfectly happy going off alone to persue your interests. There is a quiet confidence about you.

唔… 都 OK… 不過我唔覺得自己有 sharp instincts 同好 social 囉!

o係 http://www.ullazang.com/personality.html 度玩。

我們拍拖也有三年多﹐雖說認識也頗深﹐隨時也可以拉埋天窗﹐但我總沒想過會是這一﹑兩年內的事。因為他正在 part time 修讀 MBA﹐功課繁多﹐而工作方面也很忙碌﹐所以我一直也以為我們會待他畢業後才結婚的。正因為他要上學﹐只能在我生日後一天趕來和我會合。他在溫哥華海灣旁浪漫得很的 C Restaurant 訂了枱替我補祝生日﹐坐下不久以後有人送上一束很漂亮的紅玫瑰。之後我們高高興興地進餐﹐在送上甜品以後﹐他把生日卡送給我。裡面寫了一段使我感動的話語﹐最後寫著﹐「願意和我一起去走今後的路嗎﹖」讀到這裡我呆了﹐然後他拿出一個小盒子放在我跟前。我戰戰兢兢地打開它﹐錦盒裡有一只閃爍的鑽石介指。我不知要說甚麼﹐只懂得笑。我笑著看看他﹐看看介指﹐再看他﹐再看介指。

「我戴不戴得下的﹖」

「當然啦﹗」

「那你現在是問我些甚麼﹖」

「問妳是否願意和我去走今後的路呢…..」

接著我把介指拿出來﹐交給他﹐他雙手微微顫抖的幫我帶上。

「那你是向我求婚嗎﹖」

「是的。」

「我可未點頭啊﹗」

「但妳已戴上介指了。」

「唔…… 你再問我一次吧~」

「妳願意嫁給我嗎﹖」

依依呀呀兼傻笑了五分鐘後﹐我答他「好吧﹗」 ^_^

七日的西雅圖和溫哥華之旅後﹐增磅了﹗  計一計﹐七日內大概食了二十三餐﹐即每天最少三餐~ 但美食當前﹐著實很難忍口。第一次品嚐到椒鹽雞膝和鮑魚刺身﹐還有久違了的咖哩魚蛋﹑缽仔糕和丹麥條。難忘的還有生日當晚的海鮮大餐和火焰蛋糕。除了飲飲食食﹐也少不了旅客必到的旅遊景點。最特別的有西雅圖的 地下城 和 魚市場。還有在不遠處全球的第一間 Starbucks﹐是那些沒啥特別卻又不能不「到此一遊」的地方。溫哥華的天氣不太好﹐去 Victoria 那天還下起雨來。十一月的 The Butchart Gardens 令人很失望﹐沒什麼花﹐只有在溫室中的聖誕花是最美麗奪目的。有機會的話一定要在春天或夏天再去一次。

「歡樂時光過得特別快﹐又係時候講 bye bye」  (等待著下一個假期中……)

 
椒鹽雞膝﹑灌湯餃﹑桂花缽仔糕﹑蜆芥鯪魚球 和 鮑魚刺身

 
海鮮大餐 和 火焰蛋糕

 
First Starbucks

  
The Butchart Gardens

從小新的 二號分站 去了玩那個大老闆指數測驗﹐我能成為老闆的機會為 63%。以下幾點我認為是蠻準的。

• 你的性格是純潔、與人為善、但不夠強硬和堅持。容易心軟囉﹗
• 你在人群中不是十分自在和自然，有自閉之傾向。這點很準﹐尤其是在一班不相熟的人群當中。
• 你是特立獨行的人，只跟合得來的人有交集。這點也準﹐著實不太願意和合不來的人打交道。
• 你屬於獨善其身、自我要求高的人，屬於單打獨鬥型的人，適合自組工作室。自我要求倒不是很高。
• 你不具野心，嚮往閒雲野鶴的生活。最好不用上班但有糧出。
• 對於未來，你是謹慎保守的，你通常花不少時間在思考下一步該怎麼走。唔….. 隨遇而安嘛~ 哈哈~

星期六去了 GM 的車展﹐有一百五十輛不同車廠型號的車任人試﹐還有薯片+曲奇餅食和汽水任飲。如此優惠﹐很多人都一家幾口﹑拖男帶女的慕名而來。打開場刊一看﹐車款的確琳瑯滿目﹐而我也終於有機會一試駕駛 Hummer 的滋味了。

Hummer 的試車賽道有三關。

先要越過一個大概十尺高的小山丘 ／﹊﹊﹊＼ ﹐攀上斜坡時我是看不到路面﹐只是看到一大片的藍天。由欣賞著藍天至忽然衝前落斜只看到地面的一瞬間尤其刺激﹐好像在玩過山車一樣。

再來是另一個小山丘／＼﹍﹍ ﹐不過轉了 90 度﹐所以車子要一邊高一邊低般打斜過。這關都頗為驚嚇﹐整輛車整個人也斜了﹐使人覺得很有反車的可能。

最後一關則悠閒得很﹐只是六個沙堆左左右右前前後後的排成一行。咚咚咚咚的便駛了過去。

試完車後很滿足﹐排隊排了一個小時也是值得的。

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