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It's Frosty the Snowduck!

Once again, I find myself with more than one picture that I liked for this entry.  Click on "more" to take a look...


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Happy Hanukkah (a few days late)!

I took a lot of pics for this one, and I really couldn't decide which one I liked the best.  In the end, I went with the one above, because the stained glass looks nice, but I can't not post the other one.  Click "more" to see it...

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And we're off!

The traditional beginning of the 12 Days of Duckmas, the "duckie in a fir tree."  It's how the first two years began, and I'm not going to break the string now!

Check back every day between now and Christmas for a new entry in the 2009 12 Days of Duckmas!

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May you and yours have a wonderful day, from all of us here at The Pond! 

And remember to give your Mom a hug.

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^{Booooooooooo...}

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A Working Class Hero is something to be...

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It's college football season once again, and today was the first home game for the Duck U Ducks!  Beautiful weather, sunny, blue skies, just a hint of a breeze...

...and now, a screaming sunburn for yours truly.  And I was under cover most of the day, to boot... just imagine what it would have been like without the roof over my head!

Oh, the game?  The Ducks lost to the University of Duckbuque, 60-7.  Mind you, Duckbuque was the national champion in our school size, so it's not that Duck U is bad, it's just that we were overmatched. 

I hope.

^{(sorry the duckie is blurred... darn camera would focus on everything but him!)}

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Resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
-from Richard Henry Lee's resolution of Independence

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We are organized, Comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers sailors and Marines, who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead? We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security, is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.
-from General Orders No.11, establishing the first Memorial Day, 1868

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So Digicolleen of The Duck Show, apart from being a delightful conversationalist, is the organizer of this year's Duckfest, a slightly informal gathering of rubber duckie fans from around the planet.  After discovering a few weeks ago that I wouldn't be able to attend (it's in New York), she promised to send me a present from Duckfest 2009.

Today, as I was in the process of being screeched at by a student unhappy with the amount of money I was offering her for her textbook, one of the maildesk employees stopped in and deposited a small box in front of me.  Inside said box?

Yes, that's right... the official commemorative duckies from Duckfest 2009 and 2008, and a few others to boot! 

She's insane... certifiable... loony... and that's why I love her so.  Thanks, Colleen!!!

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1 Wow! That was fast! I'm going to have to take back all those things I previously said about the USPS Glad I could make your day duck-tacular! Enjoy! Quack! Whoot!

Posted by: Digicolleen at May 13, 2009 05:43 PM (G2gtL)

2 USPS...mail....send....box.
OMG !!!!
Thank you Wonderduck.
You've saved the day again.

Posted by: The Brickmuppet at May 14, 2009 07:47 AM (yJHy0)

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I'm going to the Old Home Pond for lunch with Momzerduck, so F1 Update might be delayed.  Because nothing's more important than your mother.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

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So Momzerduck called me and said, "Son o' mine, me and Ph.Duck need a new television.  Can you help us understand what we'll be looking at?"  I, of course said "you betcha!"  So off we went to the Big Blue Box to take a gander (duck pun) and what's out there.

After being wowed by a 26" Toshiba LCD, she took me out to eat.  The dinner place we went to had a balloon artist making things for the kiddies... and balloon flowers for all the mothers.  This guy was pretty good, and after presenting Momzerduck with a flower he asked me what I'd like. 

Well, of course there was only one choice:

May I introduce Inflate-o-duck!  And no saying he looks like a pelican.  He's a duck, and durned proud of it!

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Sometimes after a bad day at the Duck U. Bookstore, I'll just stand on Pond Central's balcony and stare at the field out there.  Usually the view will remind me that, all things considered, things are basically okay.  Sometimes the view will just be a slightly overgrown field with some trees in it.

And then you get today.  I've been... grumpy... for the past few days, and the weather was making my knee hurt like the dickens.  Of course, when I left the Bookstore the rain was bucketing down, and my umbrella proved unworthy of the trust I placed in it.  By the time I got into the Duckmobile, I was soaked from my waist down, and my back was pretty wet, too.  Of course the windows fogged over almost instantly so I wound up driving home with the windows cracked open... and getting drenched in the process.

Then I got home and realized I had left the balcony door open, meaning it had rained into Pond Central.  Great, just friggin' great.  I stepped outside, about ready to pitch a splitfingered fit, and stopped dead in my tracks.  Then scrambled around, getting the camera.  By that time, though, the trio of Devilduckies had gotten outside and... well, you see the results.

Still grumpy, but sometimes nature hands you a view to remember... and duckiebutts help, too.

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There were supposed to be jellybeans in this photo.  It appears that one of my duckies has a sweet tooth.

Happy Easter to all!

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1 Awwwwe! How cute. Happy Easter to you! I'd eat the jelly beans, too...especially if they were those Jelly Belly beans

Posted by: Digicolleen at April 12, 2009 05:57 PM (G2gtL)

2 Funny you should say that, Colleen...

Posted by: Wonderduck at April 12, 2009 07:46 PM (2+BgR)

3 Adorable!!  (Do I see the telltale sign of Cadbury Creme Eggs on the beak of one of them?)

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He's not well painted.  His orange beard is, frankly, ugly on a duckie.  But y'know what?  I don't care.  It's a happy St Patrick's Day Duckie, and I like it!

He's also the only St Patrick's Day duckie I've ever seen, come to think of it.

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1 And what special power does he have in the game?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 17, 2009 04:47 PM (+rSRq)

2 Why, the "luck of the Irish," of course... he'd get to avoid one bird-dog bonk a game!

Posted by: Wonderduck at March 17, 2009 08:47 PM (tMdKd)

3 Hello there! I was just noticing you collect ducks also! Very nice! Hope you had a great St. Pat's Day. I am a rubber duck fanatic-you must see my quackiness at Duckshow.com! Also don't know if you know about Duckfest...the annual rubber duck collector meet up? I'm hosting it in NYC this year-you should come if it's not too far for you

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To refresh everybody's memories, this past Thursday I took Momzerduck and The Librarian out to dinner.  It was the first time they'd met, but they'd been exchanging e-mails for some months.  It turned out that they had been secretly planning a joint Christmas gift for yours truly... and it was mindblowingly awesome.

So what was it? 

This:

Department 56's Rubber Duck Factory.

Let's look at some details, shall we?


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1 Ummm....I hate to point this out...but Ducks come from eggs.

Posted by: The Brickmuppet at January 11, 2009 11:58 PM (kwKeD)

2 ...and rubber duckies come from rubber eggs?  Is that what you're suggesting, Muppet?

Posted by: Wonderduck at January 12, 2009 12:24 AM (sh9fy)

3 Ah, but the eggs come from the factory!

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at January 12, 2009 01:13 AM (+rSRq)

4 Oh, WOW. I want, I want, I want, I want.

Grey duck!

Posted by: GreyDuck at January 12, 2009 10:24 AM (3q5Q5)

5 GD, the "Duck duck grey duck" piece is only $12.95 at a Hallmark store near you!

Posted by: Wonderduck at January 12, 2009 09:34 PM (sh9fy)

6 Awesome.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 16, 2009 12:48 AM (PiXy!)

7 I just found this in a shop at the mall.
On vacation, but will buy it someday.

Way Way Cute

Posted by: gailene at June 03, 2009 09:25 PM (0Pviz)

8 Do it quick, gailene... like all Hallmark Department 56 items, it's a limited edition and once it's gone, it's gone.

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On the twelfth day of Duckmas, Wonderduck gave to me...

...all the duckies in the grand finale!
...a duckie dressed as a Christmas tree...
...elf duckies wrapping presents for the tree...
...an Angelduck with icicles...
...two Chanukah duckies!
...two reinduckies in a birdbath...
...a Santaduck in a blizzard...
...a Santaduck at the mallllllllll...
...a snowboarding duckie...
...Rudolph the Red Nosed Reinduck...
...two snowducks...
...and a duckie in a fir tree!

Merry Christmas, everybody!

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On the eleventh day of Duckmas, Wonderduck gave to me...

...a duckie dressed as a Christmas tree!
...elf duckies wrapping presents for the tree...
...an Angelduck with icicles...
...two Chanukah duckies!
...two reinduckies in a birdbath...
...a Santaduck in a blizzard...
...a Santaduck at the mallllllllll...
...a snowboarding duckie...
...Rudolph the Red Nosed Reinduck...
...two snowducks...
...and a duckie in a fir tree!

This photo was taken in the executive meeting room (called the Cool Lounge) at Duck U. yesterday.  Some of the looks I was getting were quite funny as I was splayed out on the table with my camera stacked on a pile of coasters, trying to get the shot. 

Maybe if I had waited for the meeting to end first...?

Coming tomorrow... the grand finale!

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On the tenth day of Duckmas, Wonderduck gave to me...

...elf duckies wrapping presents for the tree!
...an Angelduck with icicles...
...two Chanukah duckies!
...two reinduckies in a birdbath...
...a Santaduck in a blizzard...
...a Santaduck at the mallllllllll...
...a snowboarding duckie...
...Rudolph the Red Nosed Reinduck...
...two snowducks...
...and a duckie in a fir tree!

I'll tell you, having some elves to do the wrapping comes in handy... I just wish they could have done the shopping for me, too!  Now, if I had a meido duckie, I'd be all set... Momzerduck and Ph.Duck are coming over on Christmas day, and I've gotta do some cleaning.

Except I'm feeling miserable... if I'm lucky, it's just stress.  If I'm not, I've got an ick... and there's nothing worse than a duck with the ick.

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