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I Didn’t Mean For There to Be a Holiday Break

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

But I didn’t bring my laptop to Louisiana, didn’t have the right password for the blog, and the password change thinger didn’t work right. So I took a week off. Bloggery will resume tomorrow.

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Holidays on Tatooine

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

How do you celebrate Life Day when instead of O Tannenbaum you have O Sandinbaum? Well, you find the tallest, prettiest, sturdiest moisture vaporator in the area, decorate it with lights, candles, tinsel, and a star (or a piece of … Continue reading →

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Santa’s Trench Run

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

For some reason it’s become a tradition that every Christmas I do a Star Wars Christmas Lego build. In this year’s entry, Santa delivers some presents. Not everyone who worked on the Death Star was naughty and Santa’s got a … Continue reading →

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Hooray for America!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Torture crimes officially, permanently shielded In August, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder — under continuous, aggressive prodding by the Obama White House — announced that three categories of individuals responsible for Bush-era torture crimes would be fully immunized from any … Continue reading →

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Hung By the Chimney With Care

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

When you don’t wear stockings, you have to improvise. I’m not sure whose fancy house they’re spending the holidays in. It’s become something of a tradition for me to do a Star Wars/Christmas Lego build each year. Well, for 2008, … Continue reading →

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TRUE HANUKKAH FACTS

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

In 1974 Rankin-Bass did a Hanukkah special in which a gentile kid learns about the holiday from a talking menorah voiced by Burl Ives. Sadly, Goy Meets Burl only aired once.

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A Plea for Sensible Thanksgiving Celebration

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and everywhere I look it’s turkey this and duck that and chicken or goose the other and I have to wonder: America, why is your celebration of whatever the hell thanksgiving is a celebration of incomplete without … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

Well, we made it through the oughts and now have a spanking new decade*! No matter how your 2009 was, I hope 2010 is much better! New Year’s resolutions? None for me, thanks. I don’t need that kind of pressure. … Continue reading →

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