Thanks Giving, Christmas, Boxing Day, Fabio Capello, Alan Shearer

Woo what a season. Chelsea beaten twice, Alan Shearer attacking Fabio, Liverpool are total shite which is the best.
All I need now is Alan Hanson off MOTD for some terrible scandal with womens tights and oranges

I know nothing about Alan Shearer attacking Fabio. Lots of cooking and cleaning for Thanksgiving going on here, getting ready for 30 plus people......can't wait it's gonna be fun.

I intend to be finished by tomorrow afternoon, sitting in front of the TV watching the Rangers/United game with a glass of vino in my hand. Then it's all downhill, working every day until 8pm from Friday to 2 days before Christmas. Lawd help me.

What do you all do for Christmas, do you stay at home, or do you go to your mum's.

Gotta run, the hoover is calling!

Shearer said the England team is less settled than it was 2 years ago and that Fabio still doesn’t know how to play his best 11, or who his best 11 are, and doesn’t seem to know how to deal with the English game.I have supported sven and even mclaren to the bitter end hate the England fans who boo... it seemed against France that Wembley was full of London team fans who were taking the opportunity to boo opposition players, so that the Chelsea fans booed the sunderland player because they beat them the previous week, arsenal booed Tottenham players and Tottenham booed anyone who played for anyone else- though this is to be expected because they boo their own players at White Hart Lane for any reason. I love Alan Shearer but I just don’t know if I should expect lots of chopping and changing and new players for friendly games or if we should know the starting line up every time?

Christmas I do a meal, a game and drink and dancing on Christmas Eve, then we go round to P's for Christmas lunch, the Queens speech, turkey sarnies an dips with a game (or the comedy Christmas special for those who cant get up from the TV). Boxing day we don’t get dressed, I get up when someone mentions food, then we all end up in the sitting room with the fire on eventually with 1 or other DVD Father Christmas has delivered. N has from Christmas eve to the day after new year off because engineers don’t do the last half of January evvverrrrr.

Thanksgiving, Redskins, Gap Years, Student Grants

What on earth are you talking about? Interception What? Did the old player do well or not? I want his agent to represent me. How Black is your county? Would I look out of place? What type of whites live there.

I forget about thanksgiving. SO Happy Thanks giving to you all. Have you had snow? Isnt This holiday like Christmas without the presents? Is there real feeling for the meaning of it and the history?

So what was the view of the student riots? Do the Americans think that our students have had it easy and this is normal. DO people spend the first 20 years of their working life, post degree paying off loans in the US and this is acceptable. We will be OK with A who will pay £3k but H will not be having a year off because we can get him through without a £9k a year bill, then you can have a gap year after on the £18k you’ve saved. Perhaps it was too easy in our day? AT least if there is real investment in yourself you might turn up to lectures. I thought it was bad that I didn’t get a grant for living, as it was based on previous years income, when my Dad was alive and earning.

Redskins, Royal Wedding, Princess Diana, Prince Georges County Scandal

Royal Wedding news this morning when I hit the gym. I was surprised that
they got engaged a while ago, seems strange that they didn't announce it
then.  I don't hold with the bad luck vibes and stuff myself.  She was his
mother, he obviously adored her, and if she's OK with it,and I'm assuming
that she is then I don't see what the big deal is.  I'm really happy that
they waited, and made sure that it was right for them, and I really hope
that it works.  Bloody hell, your probably gonna miss it, aren't most
Royal weddings in mid-July?

Student riots were a big story here, I heard about it first on the local
news, then put CNN and BBC on to here more.  Nothing about PM in China,
but obviously Obama's trip to Asia at the same time garnered major news.

Big news here in our county, Prince George's County, Maryland.  All
started to go down last Friday.  Our County is the largest majority black
county in the US, over 90% Democratic voters, but also very high crime in
certain areas, mostly those closest to DC.  Anyway, the county executive
(black of course - Executive basically is the County Administrator, runs
the county).  Was arrested on what can only be called racketeering
charges.  He was allegedly accepting bribes for county contracts.
Unbeknownst to him the feds were wire-tapping his ass, and have been
investigating him since 2006.  He has 3 weeks left in office, because his
term is up, guess you can only serve 2 terms max.  His wife just won a
county council seat.  Well......she called him on Friday and said there
were 2 federal agents at the door, and what should she do.  He tells her
to go to the underwear drawer and take out $80,000 in cash that is hidden
there and hide it in her underwear!!!!!!  Then tells here to take a
$100,000 check that he has in the house and flush it down the toilet.  So
the feds called in a plumber, but they didn't find the check.  He was
indicted on Friday, and has an electronic ankle monitor, and goes back to
work on Monday to finish his term!!! Press conference claiming he's
innocent and will be cleared of all charges, etc, etc.

Then yesterday, as a result of the fed. investigation 9 people were
arrested on drug/alcohol/tobacco crimes. Including 3 PG county police
officers. It's all go here.

Other big news from last night.  Redskins on Monday night football got
there asses royally kicked 59-28, this after it was announced earlier in
the day that the quarterback,who is 34 years old and clearly past it was
given a 5 year $79 million contract, $40 mill. of which is guaranteed!!!!
Then he goes out that night and throws 3 interceptions.

Prince William, Kate Middleton The Royal Wedding Student Riots

We have to discuss the Royal Wedding. Dont you think? Shes gone down
very well in her interview and he seems to be a lot more supportive of
her than his father was of his mother. The engagement ring is a
mystery though...would you want Dianas engagement ring apart from the
selling value. It hardly holds a lot of luck.It seems that uk visitors
to the US last week could find NO NEWS of the student riots or our PM
in China but we hear that you woke up to fanfares about the royal
wedding. Expecting an influx of visitors from the old colonies for
next year.

I have booked flights to Vietnam for 13 July-14 August so I hope I dont miss it