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About Me

I am just an old toymaker trying to make it in this age of computers & kids who are growing up not believing in me. I stay pretty busy with appearances from November through Christmas afternoon - so busy that I have trouble helping the elves get all the toys ready for Christmas Eve. In my mundane disguise, I am a structural engineer who has worked on commercial buildings, bridges, dams, etc., all over the US. I am currently working for a company who supplies the formwork & shoring to build those structures. I have just become a Certified BBQ Judge through Memphis in May and through the Memphis Barbecue Network. I seem to be spending every Saturday eating barbecue. (It's a tough job, but SOMEONE has to do it!) And in my spare time I make bead & semi-precious stone jewelry.

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My Interests

Good food, good times, good bands, literature, movies, bead jewelry, model trains & tropical fish.
See - I DO get to rest sometimes! (Just not very often.)

I'd like to meet:

I have met many people in all walks of life over the years, from politicians (President Carter comes to mind) to actors (spent a couple of hours in conversation with Morgan Freeman a while back) to entertainers (Elvis, Rufus Thomas, Wynona & Naomi Judd, Tim & Faith, Justin Timberlake, Cher, and many, many more) to sports (Shaq surprised me once when he came up behind me & said Well hello there St. Nick & I am friends with many pro basketball & football players & quite a few pro wrestlers). As a young child, Fulgencio Batista (the one Castro ran out of Cuba) used to bounce me on his knee. There are many other people I would like to meet, but I still have got a lot of life left in me, so there is still time.

Music:

I like every kind of music but two. I hate the soprano arias in grand opera when she is stabbed & takes 20 minutes to die, singing all the time, & I cannot tolerate the profane & degrading lyrics in gansta rap.

Movies:

I see most movies before they come out for the general public. at any given time, of the 10-12 offerings in the theatres, I have seen at least 75-90% of them.

Television:

I am seldom home to watch tv. I usually am out at the movies or a concert or at a pub.

Books:

Science fiction, fantasy and (yes, I will admit it) romance novels.

Heroes:

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My Blog

The Christmas Season

I just went back and read the message I posted last year, ande there's not a whole lot I ned to add to it. Once again it's all over for another year. The trip does get longer and longer every ye...
Posted by Santa on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:21:00 PST

Unwanted Spam

Ok, my life is too full to waste time on spam. I have enough of it to deal with on my email account - I don't need it here on MySpace. So all of you who send me Ringtone sites, Legal Bud, "I can't bel...
Posted by Santa on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:02:00 PST

Your mail to me

I have a request to all of you who are not on my friends list and who send me messages or questions, If your page is marked "private," it does you no good to ask me questions, because when I try to an...
Posted by Santa on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:52:00 PST

Birthday Thanks - please read

I want to thank the hundreds of my friends who have sent me birthday greetings. When they started coming in last week, I thought that I would answer each of you personally. But there are too many of y...
Posted by Santa on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:58:00 PST

I'm still here - just couldn't get to a computer.

To all my soon-to-be new friends who have requested adds, and to my dear friends who have commented or messaged me & are wondering where I am, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but I haven't ...
Posted by Santa on Tue, 22 May 2007 06:14:00 PST

Christmas

Well, it's all over for another year. Seems like the trip gets longer and longer every time (but I suppose that's because the world population keeps rising, so there are more homes to visit). Anyway, ...
Posted by Santa on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:30:00 PST

The busy season

Well, things are starting to pick up in the "Santa Visit" category. So far this year I've done a Christmas in July for a restaurant in Collierville, a family get-together in Bartlett on Thanksgiving, ...
Posted by Santa on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:01:00 PST

2 more movies & Santa Stuff

Saw Deck the Halls Tuesday night. Funny movie. Synopsis: "A family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration...and the true spirit of the holidays. Steve (Matthew...
Posted by Santa on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:40:00 PST

Moview (again)

Saw The Fountain last night. The synopsis says, "The Fountain is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conq...
Posted by Santa on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:06:00 PST

Movies

Someone asked me recently if I really see movies before they come to the theatres. Yes, I really do. Last week I saw Happy Feet on Tuesday, Dreamgirls on Wednesday & Casino Royale on Thursday. Hap...
Posted by Santa on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:31:00 PST