A VERY COLD MORNING HERE IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS

It is very cold morning here in Colonial Heights, it is a very cool 21 degrees. Well I hope everybody has been getting ready for Christmas because it is just one short week away. I am pretty much ready for Christmas and I have been finishing up wrapping up presents for dad. It looks like that I am going to be off both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I am going to feel like I am working for the government having a four day weekend. My foot continues to get better but it still feels like it is about 65% though, hopefully it won't be to to long before I am 90 to 100%. I know there will be allot of happy teachers and students after Wednesday. The college football bowl season starts on Thursday with the Poinsettia Bowl when Navy meets Utah, then there will be at least one game for about the next two weeks. MICKEY

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
President Wilson

• National Scrooge Week begins today (according to an old episode of the "Mr. Ed" TV show).

This is the time
Everything that is, exists in this moment. This is the best time of your life because this is the time when your life is being lived.

If you have been planning to take action, now is the time to do it. Within you is a vision of how great life can be, and now is the time to make it real.

Now is the time when accomplishment happens. Now is the time when dreams are brought to life.

Now is when you are free to choose the direction of your life. Now is when you are able to do what must be done.

Life is now and you are here to live it. Do you realize what an enormous opportunity is now within your grasp?

Breathe in deeply the sweet, powerful fragrance of this now moment. This is the time to fully and truly live.
-- Ralph Marston

Hal Kanter TV writer, producer is 89
Ramsey Clark Former U.S. attorney general is 80
Roger Smith Actor is 75
Lonnie Brooks Blues musician is 74
Keith Richards Rock musician (Rolling Stones) is 64
Steven Spielberg Director, producer is 61
Rod Piazza Blues musician is 60
Leonard Maltin Movie critic is 57
Elliot Easton Rock musician (The Cars) is 54
Ray Liotta Actor is 52
Brad Pitt Actor is 44
Tracy Byrd Country singer is 41
Rachel Griffiths Actress is 39
Cowboy Troy Country singer, rapper ("Nashville Star")is 37
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Tennis Hall of Famer is 36
Katie Holmes actress is 29
Christina Aguilera singer is 27