Merry Christmas, Everyone!

"  Merry Christmas, everyone!  " 

Have you heard that for the billionth time today?


No matter!  One more time can't hurt can it? Is there ever such a thing as 'too much happiness'  or  'excessive joy' ?  I don't think so.
 
Here at  Incoming Bytes  I fondly  wish each of my loyal readers, friends, guest authors, visitors,  in fact everyone a Merry Christmas, a wonderful holiday-- however you choose to celebrate the season, --- and a safe, enjoyable visit with friends and family. 

With 2011 drawing to a close, it is time for reflection, kindness, generosity, and charity.  Let us think of others less fortunate. 

May God bless us, each and every one. Let us not forget the original meaning of Christmas as we enjoy our blessings!


Have a wonderful day! 


Raymond



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Countdown: To what? Running out of Time?

Mayan Calendar- Copyrighted by Mayan Guys...

So yesterday was December 22nd,  the day the BIG countdown starts.
It was day 365 minus ONE.
Countdown eh, you ask, --countdown to what?  Are you serious, you don't know what the big countdown is?  It's not to Christmas eve,  Santa's arrival,  or even Christmas dinner. 
It's not  boxing day either, the day you have to take back all of the Don Cherry shirts, ties and socks you hate.    It's not even about the annual ordeal of sending the crusty out-laws back home.


Guess what-- it's the countdown to the end of the world again!  
The apocalypse, the bigger bang, the day everyone buys it-- if they haven't already bought it for Christmas. The world is toast.  

It's the end of the MAYAN  calendar,--- Dec. 21, 2012 AND ---THAT'S IT,--- no more, nada, zip,  if you haven't done it you aren't going to be able to do it after that date, get it?    No more shopping, no more working, playing, no complaining, no staring in wonder at the moon, and no warm and fuzzy moments in front of the open fire roasting chestnuts either.  That's it. KAPUT.


Hm...that sounds serious. Here at Incoming Bytes, we better get to it. We have a lot of stuff to talk about before then.  

I'm guessing nobody in the Mayan calendar-making business had discovered you could use both sides of the paper, but then, how eager would you be to have to write --or hack out another page as complex as the calendar in the picture--out of solid stone? Maybe he ran out of room.

Perhaps the scribe  just ran out of time himself.  Ha-ha!  Only time will tell, unless Harold Camping comes up with a new date first.



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Charity: Generosity and Kindness is Food for the Soul

Morgidoo's Christmas Carol

 

 Yes, it seems Christmas has rolled around the corner once again.  A few more days of madhouse shopping, presents, parties,  time to enjoy good food, good company, and good times.  

Here at Incoming Bytes  we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  

We are blessed and fortunate.

How about others?   Let us not forget to give so others less fortunate can also enjoy this holiday. The question is always asked: Do our donations always end up being well used?  Perhaps not, but should that dampen the spirit of giving?  No.

Kindness  never hurts the giver.

For this holiday season and always, there are people on the street that will con others,-- but there are also people on the street in genuine need.

Give generously, God will sort them out. Charity is not only a kindness to those helped, but a kindness to the soul that gives.

Merry Christmas. 

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