For all the terror that the holiday season has to offer, there’s the occasional beauty, too. You just have to stop and take note when you see it.
Even when it makes you late for a meeting. Especially when it makes you late for a meeting.
(Shot in front of the James L. Allen Center at Northwestern University.)
And now? Back to the fear.
I won’t try to sugar-coat it for you, good people. These are Dark Times with initial caps. We’re only a month in, and already brave LDBCers are falling like Sunday Bills fans from the third deck.
On top of that, the new versions of the dread tune just keep on coming, from the likes of Pentatonix and Walk Off the Earth. (I purposely didn’t link those names, lest you click them and inadvertently step into the kill zones of their respective aural Claymores.)
Which is to say in my usual verbose manner that I’m asking you for a favor.
We’ve added a new wrinkle to the process this year. (Well, actually, we added it near the end of last year, but bear with me, please.) As the game grows ever more popular, keeping track of the ballooning carnage has become more challenging, and I was already a very lazy man who has trouble focusing to begin with. So we need some help on top of everything else you do for us.
If (notice I didn’t say when) you go down, by all means, please continue to comment on the Facebook wall and via Twitter so that you may be soundly soothed and/or mocked. It helps with our engagement numbers, and we do love us some engagement. But please also fill out the official recording form, thus feeding your data into a Google spreadsheet and making our lives just a tad easier.
I love you all like the little sister I never had. Even you men. Even you burly, hairy men. (Though I try not to picture you in flannel ‘jammies with feet, carrying your precious stuffed bunnies.) And with that love comes the responsibility of documenting your losses so that the fallen are not forgotten.
All of which, I repeat, is a very long way of requesting that you please complete the form should you meet with tragedy.
Thank you from the bottom of my rhythm-evading heart, and best of luck with your continued survival.
Let’s be careful out there.
Many thanks to Ms. Julia Skochko, a veteran LDBCer who went out too soon, but gave us some giggles in the process. The kids are all right. And sometimes parents should listen to them to avoid getting the entire family mowed down.
Friends, Facebookians, Drummer-Dodgers: it is with profound sorrow that I must inform you of our family’s elimination. A scant eighteen hours passed betwixt the start of the challenge and our downfall (Nov. 26th, 6 pm). I can scarcely bear to write it, but it was my own hubris that sealed our fate.
“Let’s go to the Christkindlmart in Bethlehem!”, I said. “There’ll be ice carvers, and glittery pinecones, and mulled cider ‘n’ shit!”
The children protested, bless them (“No! We wanna play Minecraft and smear Cheese Doodle dust on everything you love!”). We arrived, and still they attempted to save us (“This sucks! Let’s leave and try to startle the ice carver while he’s using his chainsaw!”).
Alas, the poor dears’ efforts were for naught: a fusillade of drumbeats felled us moments later as we supped in the Court of Foods. Even eggnog rice pudding and zesty Cuban flatbread taste like ashes in one’s mouth after such a horror.
Be not like me, friends. Arrogance is as useless as a glitter pinecone when contending with this Boy.
Forgive us for indulging in some survivor’s guilt, loyal LDBCers, but this past holiday weekend was a lesson in the power of positive thinking. Or the nonsense of negative thinking. Or not thinking clearly. Or something.
You know that scene in Pulp Fiction when the guy comes out of the bathroom and unloads his pistol at Jules and Vincent … and doesn’t hit them once? Me and Mrs. LDBC, friends.
We were visiting Papa LDBC in Jacksonville, FL, when we stumbled upon an impromptu free concert given by the fabulous First Coast Pops Orchestra. We can be a bit slow—well, I can, anyway—and we thought it might be plain old classics rather than those of the holiday variety. As Yoda might say, wrong we were.
It would have been rude (and boring) to leave at that point. So I sat back to await our demise. Mrs. LDBC, for her part, predicted we’d be fine.
And we were. They worked their way through wonderful renditions of “Silent Night,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” “The First Noel,” “Joy to the World,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and a host of others. But the dreaded Boy did not show.
I really need to listen to my wife more.
Others haven’t been so lucky, alas. Jack Emery Taylor was dispatched in the desert by a Christian prog-rock station. Deb Campbell was murdered awaiting a mammogram. (Hold the jokes, please.) Shari Golden never made it to Hebrew school. (I said hold the jokes.) And Jenny Runde got her bell rung while setting her alarm, never to wake up again.
That’s just a small sampling, and we’re barely into this thing. Seventy-five brave LDBCers have reported their losses on the official form, and if that stupid Pentatonix a capella version continues going viral, the form may well melt down. (You’ve been warned. Don’t click the link if you see it.)
Stay safe, friends. But again, if you don’t, please let us know via the official reporting form so that you’re included on the Memorial Wall, and stop by the Facebook page for equal helpings of sympathy and mockery.
Oh, and don’t forget to send along some of your kids’ holiday art for me to share. Amid the grief and bloodshed, we need the kind of cheer that only a child with a crayon or a set of paints can bring. (Send it along to the email address you’ll find here.)
Oh, LDBCers. It’s only the second day, and the blood-dimmed tide rises anew. Susan Campbell Beachy, Sean and Nikki O’Connor, Sarah Wenk, Lee Ann Shollenberger, Michael Santoro. We’ve already lost both veterans and rookies alike to the usual suspects—Bing and Bowie, Faith Hill, the Harry Simeone Chorale, Bob Seger. And our fellow warriors have fallen at home, in retail establishments, at live events, in the car, while ice skating, and even at the library.
Of course, my grief didn’t prevent me from once again shoving my mug into the trusty old iSight for a Skype interview with the good people of Good Day Sacramento, however. They cared enough to check in on how this year’s struggle game is going, and they were able to patch me through from our East Coast Annex, better known as Mother LDBC’s house. So there’s that.
Anyway,as Mrs. LDBC has long said (or has said since at least yesterday, when she thought of it), may the odds be ever in your favor.
Let’s be careful out there. But if that doesn’t work out, please be sure to report it via the official form as well as on the Facebook page.
Thus, it begins. As of 12 am your time this morning (Black Friday, Nov. 29), it’s on—the fear is here.
Now, to paraphrase the noted philosopher Walter Sobchak, this is the LDBC. There are rules. So here’s a quick restating for easy reference and sharing:
Make it from 12 am the morning of Black Friday ’til 12 am the morning of Christmas Eve Day without hearing “The Little Drummer Boy,” and you win. As soon as you hear it on the radio, on TV, in a store or performed live—whatever—you’re out. And you record your loss on the official reporting form, then tell us all about it on the Facebook wall, along with the time and place of your demise. Be charming and creative enough, and we’ll also share it on the site, enshrining you in the Annals of LDBC Heroics, Tragedy, and Failure for all time.
And remember, you cannot be done in by anyone tricking you into hearing the dreaded tune or otherwise hitting you with it on purpose.
Again, live versions count, as do renditions and interpretations. (Yes, that means Vince Guaraldi’s “My Little Drum.”) Hearing it in TV episodes and movies is lethal, too, but parodies and samples are harmless.
Got it?
Godspeed, LDBCers. Show the Boy who’s boss. And let’s be careful out there.
Nothing says Happy Holidays like off-kilter cards, and we here at LDBC Central are as off as off can be. As is our artist pal El Rey (creator of the delightful Drum Demon), who would like some help in choosing which of his designs to print and sell.
If you’re up for it, please take a moment to select your top-five favorites. (And five is all you can select since we’re authoritarian freaks.) If you have no ha’penny, no problem. You can find out how to download and print ‘em yourself here: http://mlkshk.com/p/VOEZ
Thanks, as always, people. And be ever-vigilant. Black Friday’s not far now.
Update: For some reason, the poll doesn’t seem to appear here or on Facebook if you’re using Chrome on the Mac, but Firefox and Safari render it just fine. Apparently, the good folks at Google fear the Boy as much as we do.
While the malevolent Boy remains mostly an American problem, judging by this visual representation of the countries people visiting our beloved site hail from, the problem has evidently spread around the globe to some surprising places.
Canada’s no surprise, certainly. We’ve been sending nuisances and outright disturbances northward for hundreds of years now, and they, in turn, send us their best and brightest hockey players. The Aussies aren’t much of a shock, either, considering they have a long tradition of welcoming outside threats (house cats) when they’re not actively restocking their supply of native monstrosities (saltwater crocodiles, anyone?).
But Indonesia? Pakistan? Ghana? Bhutan? Latvia? Who knew the rhythmic little creep has such range?
I’ll shut up and let the flags speak for themselves, but look alive, faithful LDBCers. Even in the most far-flung lands, that rat-a-tat rat may find you.
2012 was a year of gravity-defying growth, LDBCers, beginning the season with about 570 of you and ending it with an astounding 1180 (before some of you apparently tired of my babbling—no, I don’t understand it, either—and unliked the page). We had the altruistic (Kristen Huntley and Jonathan Davis sacrificed themselves for the cute little pooch above, which came out of a 3-D printer, or had a microchip embedded in him, or something). We had the villains (Christine Butkiewicz didn’t mince marital words about who was to blame for her demise—it was her hubby). And we had the manipulators (Darren Mewha asked a group of charity carolers for a set list before he allowed them to proceed). We also nabbed new press mentions from the wonderful folks at CNET and the Chicago Sun-Times “Our Town” blog.
But most of all, we flourished or perished together, comforting and kicking, bolstering and berating, crowing and cursing (and oh, was there a lot of cursing—you people are never happier than when you’re lobbing f-bombs, and I join you in your enthusiastic embrace). So here again (and late again, which is becoming a beloved tradition), are the results. If you see that I got it wrong, please comment or send feedback to let us know. And if you’re not on The Wall, it’s not too late to fill out the form.
It’s also not too late to laugh yourself silly at Mrs. LDBC’s killer rundown of “12 Days of Christmas Songs Worse than LDB.”, our LDBCer Dispatches, or even last year’s post-game wrap-up.
This thing wouldn’t work if it weren’t for you, LDBCers. The fact that you show up and populate the page with your wonderful and hilarious comments and reports makes the holiday for us, and we deeply appreciate it. So until the 2013 edition, thank you from the bottom of our grown-three-sizes hearts.
Puh-rum-pum-pum-pum, people.
My husband (Jonathan Davis – L) and I were walking our dogs when an adorable pug without a collar or tags joined our pack. [See photo above—Ed.] He was a total doll — we tried to knock on doors in the neighborhood, but no one knew who he belonged to. We packed him up in the car and took him to our vet’s office to see if he had a microchip. While we were waiting, Bing & Bowie came onto the radio. Vet’s office got very concerned when we both started shouting, “Oh, Jesus Christ Almighty!”
The good news is: little Brody was reunited with his people, who were visiting from Washington, DC.
I immediately left the store without buying anything.
Grrrrrr.
The produce section of a Safeway in Bethesda, Maryland. Bob Seger. It was hideous. … Two wins in a row, and now this. I never did like Bethesda that much. At all, really.
I was eating my favorite breakfast sandwich. It tastes like magic, so I was bitter, but okay.
RICHARD F—–G MARX.
All I wanted was a lousy snack before dinner, and instead, I got taken out. I shake my fist at you, LDB!
I console myself with the fact that at least I didn’t fall in a Wal-Mart. That really was my biggest fear!
I now hate Rockefeller Center and the giant tree.
OONTS OONTS OONTS OONTS. [This is the sound of Mr. Barnett moonwalking to victory.—Ed.]
I chose to pick a fight with my spouse, take a pill and go to bed rather than risk losing the LDBC in the homestretch last night!
Not even the headless ghost of Walt Disney could take me out.
Finally, I can stop looking like such an a–hole—wearing headphones in every store and making the clerks talk over them!!!
I can come out of my spider hole now.
[T]his year, I survived two holiday parties, numerous shopping excursions, and one Holiday on Ice special featuring Brian Boitano. See you in 2013!
I hate that little f–ker.
| Name | Result |
| Denise | L |
| Abbott, Ned | L |
| Abel, Susan | L |
| Abel, Susan Hay | L |
| Abel, Jeremy | W |
| Abramowski, Keith | L |
| Adair, David | L |
| Addison, Libby | L |
| Adrienne, Michael | L |
| Ahern, Nancy | L |
| Albright, Kristen Strong | L |
| Allen, Michael J. | W |
| Althoff, Andrew | L |
| Anastasia Harshbarger, Shandielle | W |
| Anderson, Susan L | L |
| Andrews, Shamela | L |
| Andrews, Shamela | L |
| Andrews, Lisa | W |
| Andrews, Marcus | L |
| Anselmo, Barbara | W |
| Antonelli, Lisa Joanne | L |
| Arnold, Jonathan | L |
| Arnold, Richard | L |
| Arnold, Brian | W |
| Ascencio, Monique I. | L |
| Austin, Karen D. | L |
| Averill, Christian | L |
| Badger, Honey | L |
| Baker, Elizabeth | L |
| Baker, Beth McMahon | L |
| Baker, Jamie | L |
| Banasek, Megan | L |
| Barnett, James | W |
| Barrett, Liz | L |
| Barta, Steve | L |
| Bartram, Michele | L |
| Bassett, Kim | L |
| Bassi, Laurie | L |
| Bauer, Renee (Mrs. LDBC) | W |
| Beachy, Mike | L |
| Beachy, Susan | L |
| Beebe, Gillian | L |
| Bennett, Angela | L |
| Bentley, Dawn | L |
| Berg, Steve | L |
| Bernal, Victoria Poppy | L |
| Berndt, Nicci | W |
| Bersano, Robbie | L |
| Bertsche, Katie | W |
| Betty, Isaac | L |
| Biando, Becky | L |
| Bichsel-Ingold, Stefanie | W |
| Birkemeier, Glenn | L |
| Blackburn, Barak | L |
| Blair, Natily Ginger Snap | L |
| Blanchard, Joanne | L |
| Blanchard, Amy | L |
| Blanchard, Amy Shamel | L |
| Blatt, Jesse | L |
| Blom, Ashley | L |
| Bluestein, Carly | L |
| Bluestein, Lisa | L |
| Bodie, Jennifer | L |
| Bogardus, Marsha Leigh | L |
| Boni, Paul | L |
| Borchardt, Jennifer | W |
| Boschee, Lynne Adams | L |
| Bot, Sooshe | W |
| Boyle, Bridget Joyce | L |
| Bradley, Sumner | L |
| Braine, Bill | L |
| Brand, Amanda | W |
| Brekke, Carolie | L |
| Breland, Jennifer Multiverse | L |
| Bremer, Grant | L |
| Bristol, Kaylei | L |
| Brock, Glenny | L |
| Brody, Larry | L |
| Broner, Jacqueline | L |
| Brooks, Steve | W |
| Brown, Ben | L |
| Brown, Loulie | L |
| Brown, Steven Ray | L |
| Brown, MaryJo | W |
| Buck, Clay | L |
| Burchill, Hannah | W |
| bures, debra | W |
| Burnand, Lisa | L |
| Butkiewicz, Christine | L |
| Butler, Neil | W |
| Byers, Brooke | L |
| C., Christy | L |
| Caldwell, Mandee | L |
| Campbell, Deb | L |
| Campbell, Carolynn | W |
| Candow, Cheyenne | W |
| Caporossi, Suzanne | L |
| Cardio, Ana | L |
| Carey, Jeanette | W |
| Carkner, Sue | L |
| Carr, Mary Alice | L |
| Carrier, Heidi | W |
| Carrier, Jeff | L |
| Casey, Peggy Stentz | L |
| Caston, Casey | L |
| Chadwick, Jonathan | L |
| Chandler, Trey | W |
| Chilson, Dawn | L |
| Christensen, Julie | L |
| Christensen, Julie | L |
| Christian, David | W |
| Cicero, Morgan | L |
| Cicero, Donna Hutchison | L |
| Coffaro, Paul | L |
| Cohen, Jay | L |
| Cohen, Barbara | L |
| Cole, Emily | L |
| Collesano, Michael | L |
| Collier, Lauren | L |
| Connelly, Irene | L |
| Cooley, Martha | L |
| Copass, Mike | L |
| Corbell, Miranda Hill | L |
| Corless, Allie | L |
| Cornish, Scott | L |
| Counts-Tabor, Deb | L |
| Crane, Susan | W |
| Crawford, Mindy Gulden | L |
| Creamer-White, Jennifer | L |
| Crosby, Tyler | L |
| Crowley, Andrew | L |
| Cummins, Kirsten | W |
| Cunningham, Stephanie Yamashita | L |
| Curtis, Tammy | L |
| Daboo, Kim | W |
| Danforth, Mary Beth | L |
| danna, sherryann | L |
| Dark, Stephanie Fishkin | L |
| Dauphin, Marianne | L |
| Davis, Jonathan | L |
| Davis, Laurie | W |
| Davis, Matthew | W |
| Davis, Tina | W |
| Davis Pitt, Beth | W |
| de la Smy, Jamie | L |
| DeBenedetto, Nora Martinez | L |
| DeLange, Lisa | L |
| Delarosa, Matthew | L |
| Deming, Susan | L |
| Denchy, Ruth Ann | L |
| Devine, Sharon | L |
| DiDomizio, Joseph | W |
| Diehl, Lisa Levin-Gerbick | L |
| Dixon, Jennifer | L |
| Dixon, Stephen | L |
| Doron, Alison | L |
| Doron, Meredith | L |
| Doron, Sue McDonald | L |
| Dost, Andy | L |
| Dougherty, Jennifer | W |
| Douglas, Kim | L |
| Dowell, Jenn | L |
| Downing, Angela Reiner | L |
| Dozetos, Barbara | W |
| Dragonsfyr, Stephanie | W |
| Draper, Dave | W |
| Dumont, Gabrielle | L |
| DuPriest, Matt | L |
| Durish, Tiffany Crumb | L |
| DuShane, Melissa Crosson | L |
| Duthie, Holly | L |
| Dye, Jessie | L |
| Eastin, Patty | L |
| Eckert-Chu, Corrin | L |
| Edington, Jillian | L |
| Edwards, Gavin | W |
| Edwards, Tanya | L |
| Ellis, Michelle | L |
| Erwin, Robin | L |
| Espinosa, Andelee | L |
| Falk, Harris | W |
| Feehan, Holly Olson | L |
| Ferguson, Erika Nelson | L |
| Ferguson, Pat | L |
| Ferioli, Peter | L |
| Ficcio, Donna Territo | L |
| Fichtelberg, Aaron | L |
| Finnegan, Sheila | L |
| Fintschenko, Pete | L |
| fiore, tony | L |
| Fiore, Anthony | L |
| Fischer, Molly Lenore | L |
| Fisher, Stella | L |
| Fitzgerald-Aylward, Heather | L |
| Fleckenstein, Katie | L |
| Fleetwood, Katie | L |
| Fletcher, Kristin | L |
| Forfia, Angela | L |
| Fox, Elizabeth | L |
| Francesca, Francesca O | L |
| Frank, Libby | L |
| Frank, Judith Symonds | W |
| Frank, Janice Butler | L |
| Friedman, Cheryl | L |
| Friedman, LeeAnn | L |
| Friedman, Steve | L |
| Friedman-Boyce, Inez | L |
| Fry, Michael | L |
| Fusco, John | L |
| G, J | L |
| Gaither, Daigan | L |
| Galdieri, Julie | W |
| Galinson, Stephanie | L |
| Galles, Aaron | L |
| Galles, Jill | L |
| Ganey, Sara Nuelle | L |
| Gannon, Aaron | L |
| Garrett, Michael | L |
| Gatesy, Matthew | L |
| Gentzler, Jennifer Weller | W |
| Gerstbrein, Eric | L |
| Gertrude, Bella | L |
| Giangrande, Tina | W |
| Gibson, Ben | W |
| Godwin, Bryan | L |
| Goff, Cathy O’Beirne | L |
| Goguen, Etienne | W |
| Goin, Renee Leonard | L |
| Goldfarb, David A. | L |
| Goldman, Nathan | W |
| Goldman-Van Nostrand, Lisa | L |
| González, DJ | L |
| Gooch, SC | L |
| Goodman, Nate | L |
| Gorman, Steve | L |
| Gott, Adam | W |
| GR, Jessica | W |
| Graeler, Ryan | L |
| Grassdottir, Evalena | W |
| Griffith, Kerrin | W |
| Griffiths, Amanda | L |
| Griner, Joe | L |
| Gripman, Ben | W |
| Gripman, Jen | W |
| Gripman, Stuart | W |
| Gualtieri, Jessika | L |
| Guthrie, Caroline | W |
| Gypsies, Goddess Of | W |
| Gz, Ma | L |
| Hagel, Kate Curran | L |
| Hallstrom, Kyle | L |
| Hankins, Jana Knable | L |
| Hanses, Ben | L |
| Harkey, Sharon | W |
| Harrison, Patricia Moley | L |
| Hatch, Rollie | L |
| Hatton, Karl | W |
| Hauser, Jim | L |
| Hawn, Matthew | L |
| Hddn, Jeff | L |
| Heaney, Tim | L |
| Hegedus, Eric | W |
| Heller, Amos | L |
| Hendrickson, Kathy | L |
| Henry, Christopher | W |
| Hernandez, Dave | L |
| Herrington, Betsy | L |
| Hill, Christine | L |
| Hobaica, Joe | L |
| Hobby, Zoe E | L |
| Hoke, Donna | W |
| Holcomb, Mike | W |
| Holly, Miz | L |
| Holmes, Leslie | W |
| Hooper, Matt | 0 |
| Hoover, Melissa | L |
| horncastle, sarah | L |
| Hornyak, Jeff | W |
| Hotchkiss, Liz | W |
| Houlihan, Christopher | L |
| Huber, Joanna | L |
| Humphreys, Mary | W |
| Hunt, Melinda | W |
| huntley, kristen | L |
| Husted, Cate | L |
| Hyland, Mary Pat | L |
| Igoe, Tom | L |
| Ingmundson, Kris | L |
| Irwin, Grace | L |
| Jackson, Jonathan | L |
| Jacobson, Meredith | W |
| Jamma, Samma | W |
| Jarett, Jennifer | W |
| Jenkins, Leanne | L |
| Jenkins, Melinda | L |
| Jess, Dave | L |
| Johnson, Barb | L |
| Johnson-Fong, Jennifer | L |
| Johnston, Maura | L |
| Jones, Karen | L |
| Jones, Erin | L |
| Jones, Karen | L |
| Joseph, Jeff | W |
| Joyner, Regina | W |
| Juncker, Chandra Bellamy | L |
| Kakos, Kristen | W |
| Kamm, Lisa | L |
| Kasler, Jo חנה | L |
| Kavanaugh, Barb Bayers | L |
| Kellogg, Krisandra | L |
| Kelly, Courtney | L |
| Kelly, Kevin | W |
| Kenyon, Cody | L |
| KH, Molly | W |
| Kief, Kristen | W |
| Kincaid, Jaime | W |
| King, Meggin | L |
| Kirby, Jenn | L |
| Kirklin, Steven | W |
| Kittrell, Amanda | L |
| Knapp, Hannah | L |
| Knowles, Julie Hutchinson | L |
| Kohl, Erica | L |
| Kraiger, Michael | L |
| Krueger, Caroline | W |
| Kunz, Nicole | W |
| Kyla, Cox | L |
| La Rue, Karen | L |
| LacQuaye, Jennifer | W |
| Lai, Annette | L |
| Langdell, James | W |
| Lange, Amanda | W |
| Larrow, Gina | W |
| Larson, Melina | L |
| Laurent, Rebekah | L |
| Lawrence, Deena | L |
| LAWRENCE, JAMIE | W |
| LDBC, Mama | L |
| LeClair, Joe | W |
| Lee, Soojung | W |
| Lefton, Sarah | L |
| Lent, Kristie Drury | L |
| Leo, Jennifer | L |
| Lerner, Mark | W |
| Lewis, Suzanne | L |
| Liao, Jena | L |
| Linder, Gretchen | L |
| Loechner, Kevin | L |
| Loeffler, Carolyn | L |
| Long, Michael | L |
| Lopez, Gabe | W |
| Loveland, Sheila | W |
| Luckey, Dan | L |
| Lutz, Ericka | L |
| Lynch, Eli C. | L |
| Lynch-Kohn, Vicky | L |
| Lysne, Lisa | L |
| Lysne, Lisa | L |
| MacDuffee, Catherine | W |
| Macellaio, Matt | L |
| MacKinnon, Bryn | L |
| Madara, Harry E | W |
| Maier, John | W |
| Manley, Marianna Delinck | L |
| Manley, Kirk Clayton | L |
| Manson, Tycho | L |
| Marie, Stephanie | W |
| Marracco, Muffy | L |
| Marshall, Heidi Hebron | L |
| Marykuca, Brent | L |
| Maslar, Allison Fitzpatrick | L |
| Matheson, Edith | L |
| Maxwell, Jennifer | L |
| Mayes, Candi | L |
| Mayes, Donald | L |
| Mayo, Josephine | L |
| McClough, Seahare | L |
| McConnell, Charlotte | W |
| McCullagh, Angie | L |
| McCullagh, Jim | L |
| McCullough, Mike | L |
| McDaris, John | L |
| McDonald, Andrew | W |
| McElreath, Tim | L |
| McHugh, Christine | L |
| McIntyre, Chris | L |
| McKnight, Nikki | L |
| McManus, Carole Newton | L |
| McNutt, Carol Thomson | L |
| McUne, Jennifer | W |
| Meacham, Alyshondra Stay | L |
| Medvick, Alan | L |
| Meister, E. | L |
| Mellicker, Reya | L |
| Melton, Holly | W |
| Meredith, Nudo | L |
| Meredith, Elizabeth | W |
| Metzner, Joerg | L |
| Mewha, Darren | W |
| Miera, Tom | L |
| Mignone, Bernadette | W |
| Miler, Ralph | L |
| Miller, Don | L |
| Milligan, Jennifer | L |
| Mirenda, Kristen | L |
| Miss-Andrea, Bumper | L |
| Monaco, Michael | L |
| Montanari, Mike | L |
| Moore, Megan | L |
| Moore, Fernanda | W |
| Morayati, Katherine | L |
| Morigeau, Christopher | L |
| Morris, Todd | L |
| Morrison, Amy | L |
| Morrison, Cathy | L |
| Morrison, Maria | L |
| Morrison, Twila | L |
| Morse, Tracy | W |
| Morton, Amy | L |
| Mulhall, Suzanne | W |
| Murphy, Roy | L |
| Murphy, Megan | L |
| Murray, Mark | W |
| Murray, Sandra | W |
| Nachtsheim, Joyce Snell | L |
| Nadig, Lori Boero | L |
| Nak, Liz | L |
| Neifeld, Emily | L |
| Neilclan, Starry | W |
| Nelson, Bradley | L |
| Newlands, Samantha | W |
| Nick Walahala, Sallucci | L |
| Noel, Morgan | L |
| Nolan, Mike | L |
| Nordstrom, Elizabeth | W |
| Northend, Desiree | L |
| Noseworthy, Tery | W |
| November, Sharyn | W |
| Nugent, Sharon | L |
| Oakes, Mary Kay Metzger | L |
| Ochoa, Cassie Jo | L |
| Oh’Snarky, Katy | W |
| Olbrecht, Michael | L |
| Olsen-Jacobsen, Gretchen | L |
| Olson, Julie | L |
| Orr, Amy | L |
| osborne, jacob | W |
| Owens, David | W |
| Padgett, Ray | L |
| Palsson, Carrie Badorek | L |
| Paws, Santa | L |
| Peck, Denise | L |
| Peck, Larry | W |
| Peck, Michael (Mr. LDBC) | L |
| Peters, Toni | L |
| Petit, Marianne R. | L |
| Pfeiffer, Karl | L |
| Plummer, Noel | W |
| Poling, Fred | W |
| Poling, Isabel | 0 |
| Poling, Reuben | W |
| Polzin, Kim | L |
| Porter, Brett G | L |
| Portnoi, Dimitri | W |
| Potter, Jeff | L |
| Prebble, Hollt | L |
| Prentice, Kim Drogan | L |
| Prentice, Dave | L |
| Preston, Kathy | W |
| Printz, Irit | L |
| Rackham, Tracy | L |
| Radding, Reuben | L |
| Rafferty, Tess | L |
| Ragan, Greg | W |
| Randall, Stephanie | W |
| Range, Jennifer | L |
| Reardon, Dave | L |
| Record, Drew | W |
| Reed, Tammey | L |
| Reichman, Dana | L |
| Reiss, Randy | L |
| Renfro, Rebecca | L |
| Renzulli, Linda | L |
| Reznek, Karen | L |
| Rice, Shelley Rochel | L |
| Richard, Noah | L |
| Rickert, Crista Harris | L |
| Roberts, Brett | W |
| Roberts, Laurie Wong | L |
| Robichaux, Julie | L |
| Robicheaux, Julie | L |
| Robinson, Michelle | L |
| Ronca, Debbie | L |
| Rose, Mandy | L |
| Rose, Michelle | W |
| Rosen, Peg | L |
| Rosenblum, Sarah | W |
| Rosenthal, Pony | L |
| Ross, Andrew | W |
| Rossean, Kami | L |
| Roth, Amy | L |
| Rowe, Rachel | L |
| Ruggiero, Megan | W |
| Runde, Jenny | W |
| Russell, Kate Slater | L |
| Russo, Dann | L |
| Ruzich, Christian | L |
| Sacchetti, Valerie | L |
| Sacrebleu, Kate | L |
| Sadofsky, Alyson | L |
| Safford, Kevin | L |
| Salvador, Phil | L |
| Sanchez-Murphy, Heather | L |
| Sanford, Alaine | L |
| Santistevan Elin, Donna | L |
| Sawalich, Shelley Friesz | L |
| Sawin, Anna | L |
| Sawin, Anna | L |
| Schaefer, Dan | L |
| Scheer, Alttara | W |
| Schnapper, Kathy | L |
| Schulz, Wendy | L |
| Schwartz, Sarah | L |
| Sciullo, Allison Cubbage | L |
| Sears, Christina | L |
| Seaver, W.A. | W |
| Segall, Margaret | W |
| Senner, Lissa Robertson | L |
| Severson, Kim | L |
| Shea, Kelly | L |
| Sheppard, Lisa | L |
| Sheridan, Maria Cox | L |
| Sherwood, Linda | L |
| Shollenberger, Lee Ann | L |
| Short, Jennifer | L |
| Sigman, Laura | L |
| Simmons, Shari Kelm | L |
| Siple, Eileen | W |
| sisk, ashli | W |
| Skaught, Bradley | W |
| Skinner, Claire | W |
| Skinner, Margaret | L |
| Skochko, Julia | L |
| Sladen, Jane | W |
| Slice, Brendizzle | L |
| Smart, Pamela | L |
| Smith, Lianne | L |
| Smith, Karen | L |
| Smith, Matthew | L |
| Smith, Chris | L |
| Smith, Jeanette | L |
| Smith, Shelley | L |
| Smith, Shannon | W |
| Smotherman, Shelby | W |
| Smyth, Neal | L |
| Soeder, Molly | L |
| Sohl, Judy Wickwire | L |
| Solliday, Joanne | L |
| Solomon, Joshua | L |
| Sorenson, Greg | L |
| Sorokoff, Carrie | L |
| Sparks, Diane | L |
| Speights, Lizzy | W |
| Spreen, Tom | W |
| Spring, Nomy | W |
| Stadelmaier, Carol Eggert | L |
| Staicer, Carmen | L |
| Stamatiades, Flora ‘Lola’ | L |
| Steffen, Chris | L |
| Stephen, Alison Welsh | L |
| Stern, Lexi | L |
| Stevens, Andy | L |
| Stevens, Doug | L |
| Stewart, Dan | L |
| Stickley, Aileen | L |
| Stone-Baltz, Sandra Dvorsky | L |
| Strack, Sandra | L |
| Sullivan, Diane | L |
| Sullivan, Jim | L |
| Summer, Esther | L |
| Sussman, Anne | L |
| Svensson, Anders | L |
| Swedberg and the SukeyJump Band, Heidi | L |
| Sweeney, Ginia | L |
| T, Megan | W |
| Talley, Jennifer | L |
| Tatrin, Mikhail | L |
| Taylor, Hadley | L |
| Taylor, Jason | L |
| Taylor, Jack Emery | L |
| Taylor, Lori Bryngelson | L |
| Taylor, Matt | L |
| Teeter, Don | L |
| Teeters, Carol Reynolds | L |
| Tepper, Michele | L |
| Tetreault, Brian | L |
| Thomas, Cathy D | L |
| Thompson, Julie Ogden | L |
| Thompson, Dylan | W |
| Thompson, Erik Zelda | L |
| Thurman, Thomas | L |
| Thurman, Carri | W |
| Timms, George | L |
| Turchette, Alicia Kloesel | L |
| Turowsky, Andi | L |
| Tuyn, Andrea | L |
| Underhill, Amanda | L |
| Underhill, Amanda | L |
| van Noordennen, Pieter | L |
| Van Oss, Ilyssa | L |
| VanMatre, Jennifer | L |
| Varela, Ashley | L |
| Velten, Lorri | L |
| Vertino, Dave | L |
| Visnov, Michael | L |
| Von Ahn, Lisa | L |
| Von Brilzovich, Erich Bruno | L |
| Voss, Danae | L |
| W, Honora | W |
| Wagner, Essie | L |
| Wahl, Ferris | L |
| Walsh, John | L |
| Walsh, Krista | L |
| Ward, Terence P | L |
| Ward, J. Robin | L |
| Watson, Michael | L |
| Weber, Kendra | L |
| Wegenka-Moretti, Melissa | W |
| Weinert, Sara | L |
| Wenk, Sarah | L |
| Wertz, Christine | L |
| Wessel Walker, Mary | W |
| Westbrook, Mel | L |
| Whalen, Connor | W |
| Whalen, Quinn | W |
| White, Libby | L |
| White, Beth | L |
| White, Dave | L |
| White, Dave | L |
| Whitesides, Zee | W |
| Whitright II, Terry | W |
| Whitton, Audra | L |
| Wiener, Adam | L |
| Wilcox, Kirstin | L |
| Wilcox, Michele | W |
| Williams, Raymond | L |
| Williams, Susan | L |
| Wilson, Molly Logan | L |
| Winslow, Lisa Davies | L |
| Wise, Newton | L |
| Wolbach, Erika | L |
| Wolfisch Cole, Terry | W |
| Wood, Dana | L |
| Works, Laura | L |
| Wright, Diana | W |
| Wyght, Deborah | W |
| Wyland, Susan | L |
| X, Joey | L |
| Yarbrough, Susan H | L |
| Yoder, Patrick | L |
| Yukich, Rachel | L |
| Zellmer, Kirsten | L |
| Zoccola, Dianne | L |
| Zutterling, Amy | L |
A very Merry Christmas, LDBCers! We here at LDBC Central wish to thank you for indulging our desire to subject you to 12 craptivatingly crummy Christmas tunes, and we want to let you know that crowdsourcing works! Several of you cited Newsong’s “The Christmas Shoes” as a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad song. And after enduring the nearly five-minute video for the sake of research, I must concur. Yes, that’s Rob Lowe in there, playing a grinchy lawyer who discovers the real meaning of Christmas with the help of a young boy in need. I pray that Lowe has made enough money from his recent tell-all autobiography so that he never has to appear in a maudlin made-for-TV Christmas movie ever again. — Mrs. LDBC
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