silly memeage (thanks to veedub)

Okay, this one was just too funny. And here I thought I'd be in the back of a cave in smelly rags, muttering ominously and dispensing obscure runes, or dancing in the woods in a cute little tunic handing out fermented fluids. Gosh, who knew...
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a good auld song

I just got a copy in of Sorche Nic Leodhas's Caldecott-award-winning version of the old Scottish folk story/song "Always Room For One More" (illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian), to read and sing for my son, and the lyrics are just so very...Casa Chaosian, I thought I'd share them here as well. C'mon over, bring a song or a story to share, there's always room for one more...

And may your hearth be warm, and, in the words of another Scottish songwriter (Andy Stewart), "may there be love and laughter in the heart of your home."
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Heat in the U.K.

£1,000 a year power bills as prices soar

Prices aren't as high in the States yet as they could be, we've had a comparatively warm winter so far, but even so, heating oil, natural gas, and electricity costs are up more than a third over last year, higher in some areas. The silver lining is that it'll induce folks to insulate, conserve and so on, but high energy prices always hits hardest those with the least disposable income.