Feliz Ano Nuevo

Buenas Noches a Todos,

Happy New Year!

The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord lift His countenance upon you,
And give you peace, and give you peace;
The Lord make His face to shine upon you,
And be gracious, and be gracious;
The Lord be gracious, gracious unto you.

Take care. I'll see you all in 2006.

-Pooh Bear

Feliz Navidad

Buenas Dias a Todos,


How ya’ll been doing these days? Well, Christmas has come and gone down here in sunny Puerto Rico, and it was a strange day, to say the least. Now, I know you might not believe me when say that it felt more like Christmas while in Iraq than it did here, but it is true; at least in my perspective.

Some Christmas firsts for me:

No Christmas Tree whatsoever, even in the hotel lobby
Sunbathers out on the beach Christmas Day
No Santa, real or impersonated in sight for miles
Waking up in a hotel
Eating at the hotel (most places were closed or dismissed due to rain)
I wore shorts all day long
People were swimming!
No Christmas carols, at all
Live Salsa music
Exercising (yes, I was that bored)

Okay, that was a short list of highlights but you get the idea. Really it wasn’t a bad day, just interesting. If I really wanted to be optimistic about it I would find comfort in the fact that I was able to make a list of firsts. It means new things, which in the spirit of the upcoming New Year, would be appropriate.

Overall, very uneventful, and mostly I just sat around missing my wife and berating myself for not getting here down here for the holidays. You’d think after last Christmas I would have figured these things out. Oh well, what is a bear to do?

Alrighty everyone, I just wanted to say Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, and all that. Take care and God bless.

Adios,
-Pooh

Yes, We Have No Bananas

Hola Amigos,

Well, now we have reached the time in our show where we address erroneous mistakes and discrepencies in these blog postings. Today's topic is the plantain.

See, in contrast to the previous statement describing the plantain as a type of banana, it is actually a thick stalk sinued plant which only resembles a banana when sliced. The platanutres are actually made by slicing the green stalk of the plantain and frying those slices in vegatable oil.

There is no banana. You have been living a lie. Take the red pill.

Adios,

Pooh