FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ Dec 8, 2004

Guest Chef Spotsybelle

[Spotsy]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces Today!

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!
Have a seat by the fire and enjoy the pancakes.

Today's Birthdays

Sammy Davis Jr, entertainer (1925 - 1990)
Jim Morrison, Doors singer (1943 - 1971)
Gregg Allman, Allman Brothers Band (1947)
Sam Kinison, comedian (1952 - 1992)
Kim Basinger, actress (1953)
*click the pictures for these stars' biographies

Silly Word of the Day panjandrum \pan-jan-druhm\ noun
an important personage or pretentious official

And so I have appointed myself the chairman, the High Panjandrum, Grand Inquisitor - and sole member - of the grievance committee of my own making.
--Alan K. Simpson, Right in the Old Gazoo

On this Day in History 1941 U.S. and Great Britain declared war on Japan Field Trip click here to visit the National Archives
to learn more about FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech

On this Day in History

1980 John Lennon assassinated
at age 40 in New York

Don't forget the syrup -

Picture from Hanukkah, 2001; President Bush watches his young helper light the second candle on this 100-year old menorah loaned to the President and Mrs. Laura Bush for the White House private residence.

[Lady Jag]

Here it is! A permanent dispenser and one that swings out.

Merry Christmas!!

[Fawnn]

Either that or being with a YoKo NoNo ages one fast. ;)

[Soaring Feather]

beachy, what you up to, 3 feet high, hehehehehe.

[Lady Jag]

If that is what you wish to believe.

[tomkow6]

Separated at birth?

[Fawnn]

JC Penneys (www.jcpenney.com -- search "in the home" 'til you find the "Santa's Helpers Printed Flannel Sheet Sets") has this "Dog's Day" pattern for cotton flannel sheets on sale:



The pattern will match your calendar. ;)

[Lady Jag]

That would make a nice Xmas present!

Show me some burkas. Maybe we can make a trade.

[tomkow6]

But you're supposed to GIVE me presents!

[HiJinx]

I've been thinking about your tag line...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good day to you, ms feather. You are very "dressed up" this day. Do you have snow yet? Stay warm!

[Kathy in Alaska]

You DO find some good cartoons. LOL!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, TM, for providing coffee and inspiration for our troops each day.

[Lady Jag]

Huh?

[Kathy in Alaska]

US troops listen as US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld addresses them at Camp Buehring in Kuwait before their scheduled departure for Iraqi combat-zones.(AFP/POOL/Larry Downing)

Please, God, let loved ones see loved ones.

[Kathy in Alaska]

An M1A1 Abrams Tank from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, fires at a suspected insurgent stronghold in the city of Falluja, 50 km. west of Baghdad, in this handout photo released December 8, 2004. Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital. S/SSgt. Jonathan C. Knauth/USMC/Handout

[Kathy in Alaska]

IRAQ POLICE ACADEMY — U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Heath Fernald, a senior instructor at the Iraq Police Academy on Al Asad Air Base, Al Anbar, Iraq, teaches the Iraqi Border Police recruits the rules of pugil sticks before the recruits train, Nov. 30, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trenton E. Harris

[Fawnn]

To give you an idea of how crazy things have been around here, I completely forgot about the "decorating the White House" special!

Anyone know when they'll be repeating it?

I am soooooooooooo bummed. ;(

[Kathy in Alaska]

beachie.....#150 and 200!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Star, for the great tunes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks.