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Diatribe: When Does The Holiday Season Really Begin?
I watch the local news every morning while I get ready for work. While I try to keep up with current events, this daily routine is mostly about the weather forecast which allows me to anticipate the...
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Ovation: What Are YOU Grateful For This Thanksgiving?
This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for my family. This year, I get to spend time with relatives that I don’t get to see often enough. Fortunately, my family is very close in spirit and there is so much...
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Diatribe: Black Friday Is To Shopping What New Year’s Eve Is To Drinking.
I hate “Black Friday”. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about finding a bargain, using a coupon and getting a discount but I don’t have the patience for the traditional first day of the Christmas shopping...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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Diatribe: Shopping At Kmart On Thanksgiving Day Is Not Mandatory.
I know people who strategize for weeks about shopping on Black Friday. They plan their attack as if they were Hobbits trying to reach the summit of Mount Doom. They know what store opens when, which...
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Ovation: Giving To A Local Food Bank At The Supermarket Checkout.
Statistically, it has been estimated that one out of six people is hungry and that as many as seventeen million American children go to bed hungry each night. No longer is it just the homeless people...
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Ovation: Happy Thanksgivukkah!
Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, begins tonight at sundown. Normally, because of the mechanics of the Hebrew calendar, Hanukkah is celebrated around the time of Christmas or slightly...
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Diatribe: If You Go Shopping Today, You’re Part Of The Problem.
There’s been a lot of whining and complaining about retail establishments opening earlier and earlier for their traditional “Black Friday” sales. Many stores will be opening this evening, some as...
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Diatribe: Gaga + Muppets = Confusion.
As far as I’m concerned, some thing just don’t go together at Thanksgiving. For example, I don’t like the combined taste of green beans and sage, I’ve never enjoyed cranberry sauce with turkey and I...
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Diatribe: Vanilla Caramel Methamphetamine Ice Cream.
Last night I cheated on my diet. After feeling that I had done an extremely good job of staying close to being on my diet over the Thanksgiving weekend I found myself having a quick dinner at Dairy...
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Diatribe: Holiday Decorating Injuries.
Our house is finally decorated for the holidays. This year, because there are fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we assembled and decorated our Christmas tree before leaving town for the...
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Diatribe: Running Toward A Shark On A Beach.
Last month, over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I was fortunate enough to spend some time on the beach. It wasn’t warm enough to swim, and I’m not one for laying about sunning myself, but I enjoy...
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