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    marye
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    By suggestion... The holiday season is upon us. You know, Thanksgiving, the solstice, Chanukah, Christmas, and that season that brought us all to Oakland every year, New Year's... Got plans? Got strong feelings about the season? Tell all!

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  • JackstrawfromC…
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    Happy Easter
    Just got back from the sunrise service at Red Rocks. Pretty spectacular! And this year it didn't snow! :-) Have a grate day everyone. Like an angel standing in a shaft of light rising up to paradise you know I'm going to shine ... "Here's my half a dollar if you dare .. double twist when you hit the air. Look at Julie down below .. the levee doing the dopaso"
  • marye
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    Happy New Year to all!
    complete with balloons and Sugar Magnolia!
  • marye
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    gonzo
    that is so great. What they all said.
  • stuman
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    the words "are you kind?"
    come to mind . Well YES YOU ARE !! That is the most kindest thing I have heard in such a long time . WOW ! Thank you Lamagonzo and thanks to your wife !!
  • tphokie1
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    Wow again!
    Lamagonzo, you are the epitome of the true holiday spirit. Thanks for the inspiring story. We should all follow your example. All the best to you, man!
  • johnman
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    damn, gonz
    God Bless you, man.......that kinda stuff takes a lot of heart and patience
  • Hozomeen
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    Wow as well
    What a wonderful Christmas tradition
  • TigerLilly
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    WOW!
    Lamagonzo, what a shining example of holiday spirit. Thanks for sharing that!********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
  • Anonymous (not verified)
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    Christmas was a blast!
    As is our custom, my wife and I ignored the family on this day and drove around to the usual places rounding up the usual suspects (under bridges, the woods. the downtown places where the homeless are known to hang) and picked up the flotsam and jetsam of our society. We took them home and offered a shower. When everybody was clean as they wanted to be and medicated as they wanted to be we set the table and offered them a feast. We listened to a variety of tunes and played games and had the football game on (w/o sound) and generally had a great time, making a lot of new friends. We let people sleep over and sleep in and took them back to wherever they wanted to be a few at a time, giving each a bottle of wine if it wasn't against their meds, if this is what they truly wanted, to save them from panhandling for a few hours. We only do it a couple of times a year and know it is not the answer to their problems. But it is a break from the brutal cold and hard streets for 24 hours. and, truth be told, I much prefer it to the company of my family. To anybody thinking of doing this, be careful. The homeless are homeless for a reason and you never really know who could be violent, etc., etc.. Use good judgement. It always works out for us, we've never had a problem...
  • iknowurider
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    No Doubt :)!
    That should be a Trivia question... Merry Christmas & all that Jazz PEACE
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By suggestion... The holiday season is upon us. You know, Thanksgiving, the solstice, Chanukah, Christmas, and that season that brought us all to Oakland every year, New Year's... Got plans? Got strong feelings about the season? Tell all!
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Everybody! Don't know 'bout y'all, but personally I am NOT sad to see the back of 2010, and am welcoming 2011 with open arms.********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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I'll tip a glass of bubbly to all of us in anticipation of a happy new year! The setlist from Furthur last night looks terrific: tonight's show is on XM Sirius, live.
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Wishing everybody a happy and fruitful 2011
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2010....Furthur NYE bookends, Mountaire, Cuthbert and Marymoore. Not a bad year at all....
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they think I will take the weekend off. But no. I will not. Adios, spammer.
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Yek ek ek ek ek ek (popeye laugh) rarrarrf!!! wagwagwagwagwag!!
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And what a year it's been! Thanks to all you folks for making it awesome. Happy holidays!
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There's another priceless Oroboros story lurking downthread (comment #71)
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Here in the lovely Bay Area, they're lighting the Bill Graham menorah in Union Square, the Christmas tree's up at the Fillmore, and it's mere weeks until the Dead and Co. shows.