ENLARGE	"Should-Have-Known" Department
	Bill and I are shooting stills for a "G" rated TV spot for the Winter Ceilidh. All the Pipers and Drummers pose themselves in a professional  yet engaging manner. Each a paragon of  Highland pride! Then, of course, there is Dave...

City of Rockford Pipe Band takes "Winter Storm" by a... er, storm?
Slide show here courtesy of Melinda

O'ma'God! - CoRPB has reached the BIG TIME!
P/M Bob received the following Email:

Please be advised that me humble website, Uncle
Fergus' Bagpipers' Paradise, has chosen the City
of Rockford Pipes and Drums tae be our January
Pipe Band of the Month!

Ha'e a look here:
http://www.geocities.com/blackbeardian/LonePiper/fergusmain.html

WARNING: Any who lived through the 60's subdue your tendency for "flashbacks."

"Your-Wish-Is-My-Command" Department
Apparently playing Pipes and Drums has a detrimental effect on eye sight. So it has been suggested that the
Haggis Page offer larger versions of the pictures. NO PROBLEM! You got it. But, please remember we can only
go so large (dimension and DPI) or we will suck up super-major bandwidth (if you really want an 8X10,
contact me and we'll talk).  I Started with the Halloween Parade Pics below...W/G Bob

This was actually sold in Irish supermarkets
until they finally noticed.

Sometimes even Melinda out does herself with contributions...









Here is the link for anyone wanting to enter the dance contest at the Ceilidh. 
Here is our own Cydney Oakes dancing the Highland Fling in her apartment. 

Anyone remember the "Naked Cowboy" from our New York trip?
...from Techdirt.com
It appears that "The Naked Cowboy," a Times Square institution (he's basically a guy who plays a guitar in Times Square in a cowboy hat and underwear) not only has a trademark on the concept, but he's suing the Mars Company for a video billboard it put up in Times Square (of course) showing animated M&Ms prancing around in cowboy hats and underwear in a virtual Times Square.  The guy may actually have a case of trademark infringement under current laws, though $6 million seems a bit excessive no matter how sure the cowboy (real name: Robert Burck) is of his chances. The real question, though, is whether or not this makes any real sense. The purpose of trademark law is to prevent consumer confusion. It's to prevent Bob's Cola from labeling its bottles as Coca Cola and getting people to buy something other than what they think they're buying. Is that the case here? Will M&Ms buyers be confused?

Way-to-much-information-Department
The Great Highland Pipe
 

Warning: This could also happen to
men wearing kilts!

Darn good thing they decided to cut the deck chair rather than...

Bon Appétit
You have been typing the password "Haggis" for some time now. It comes trippingly off your agile fingers. You have a vague idea that it is a food, albeit one that you have neglected in gracing your palate.  For shame!,  you have fallen victim to culinary falsehoods about much maligned Scotland's National Dish.

Learn the Truth!
YUMMY!!