The Place to Take a Humor Break
As all fourteen of my regular readers know, I’ve always had this thing about putting up Christmas decorations, or in any way mentioning Christmas, before Thanksgiving. By “thing” I mean seeing anything Christmas related before […]
Last year I was inspired to write a parody holiday season song, and this year it appears I still haven’t learned my lesson. Again, I can’t imagine anyone who’s not in the emergency services will […]
I was going to do something serious for my Christmas writing this year. It’s a serious time; besides, as I write this there’s a special on Discovery about various disasters that could destroy the world. […]
I’m dreaming of a White Christmas But not the kind you’re thinking of I want white, sandy beaches and Blue, blue water and gorgeous hula Dancers in my sights I’m dreaming of a White Christmas […]
T’was the night before Christmas when I met my partner, Mary Darling, for our Christmas Eve shift in the City of Angels. “Merry Christmas, Darling.” The squad room’s halls were decked. “Feliz Navidad,” replied Darling, […]
Are you tired of hearing the same old Christmas music over and over? The solution is obvious: create your own song! The easiest way to do this is to take a pre-existing song and change […]
It’s time once again to deck the halls and be merry and wear ugly sweaters. To get myself in the mood, I like to hit the eggnog and amaretto—light on the eggnog and very heavy […]
Dear Lord, please forgive my exuberant anticipation of the holiday season. When I swore I’d never play Christmas songs before Thanksgiving I only meant the creepy Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett commercial duet, Kenny G […]
After fleeing the pharmacy because I just couldn’t bring myself to listen to one more Rumpa-pum-pum, I went online and asked my Facebook friends: What’s your least favorite Christmas song? The first response? “Grandma got […]
#12 – My Elf On The Shelf no longer has to outdo all the other freaking Elves On Everyone Else’s Shelves. My Elf is worn out and he’d rather indulge in a glass of Christmas […]