Facebook now groups posts according to if the users talk about a similar subject. Lately the discussion of Christmas has been prevalent, and Facebook has been presenting groups of comments under the subheading “So-and-so and 12 others commented about Christmas.” But one thing I found interesting. I read a comment from someone that did not [...]
When the weather starts to cool at the closing of the year, we come to a trifecta of holidays that are celebrated. The first of these holidays marks the start of the Christmas season, Thanksgiving day. On December 25th we celebrate the only religious holiday in the United States that is actually also a Federally [...]
I have never served in the military, but I have a great reverence for those who have. I live in a military town so people fall all over themselves to praise veterans in acts that look more self important than self-less. Yet our veterans deserve our praise, because they fight to defend us even after [...]
The political world is in turmoil and I don’t know who or what to trust in today’s America. I’ve been mostly silent over the last few days because, much like many Americans I have become disgusted with both political parties. I was a registered Republican at the height of the Gingrich revolution, and a registered [...]
Today is St. Patrick’s day, and that Asian guy you work with is proudly wearing the “Kiss me I’m Irish” t-shirt from Spencers Gifts. All your friends from accounting will be going down to the local TGIFridays to drink green beer and some will make pithy jokes about St. Patrick, snakes, and Samuel L. Jackson [...]
As we reach the end of the first decade of the 21st century the news is filled with not only year end reviews but also decade end reviews. I began this decade in a simple and unglamorous fashion. In late 1999 my girlfriend’s parents at the time were paranoid Trilateral Commission types convinced that the [...]
My mother received this email just at that time of year when conservatives start their annual victimgasm known as the war on Christmas. Now I understand it probably did not come from the actual Jesus, as I believe he’s more of a text message guy, but the message is an important one. Letter from Jesus [...]
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