Hey, It’s Christmas All Year!
I saw my first Christmas commercial five days before Halloween this year. Let me just go on record with this: I believe that Christmas doesn’t start until after Thanksgiving. End of story. Apparently it is […]
Tag: Christmas
A Wal-Mart Thanksgiving
In an effort to thin out the Black Friday riots, big national chain stores are planning again to start on Thanksgiving Day instead. Wal-Mart is even going to launch the madness two hours earlier than […]
Ah, The Holidays
It’s almost Christmas, again. Ah yes, the season of cheer and office parties you can barely remember due to intoxication levels worthy of a pink-slip. But Christmas these days really means only one thing: Yup, […]
When I Was Your Age …
One of the things that I am determined NOT to become is a cranky old person. Okay, it’s easy to see why a lot of old people turn into curmudgeons. It can be hard to […]
Don’t mention it guys, you’re welcome.
Here we go again. Just when you thought Bill Y couldn’t enrich your lives any more, I only go and do exactly that. This one is for the guys and is a lesson in how […]
Catholic School Memories: Christmas Pageants and Other Disasters
My onstage debut was unforgettable. I was Innkeeper No. Two in St. Joseph’s Elementary School’s Annual Christmas Pageant. That was the year that we First Graders were reenacting the Nativity as our part of the […]
Discounting Justin Bieber
There’s no formula to predict how long a celebrity’s star will shine, but I’m certain there are subtle clues that just might forecast the future. Browsing Target’s post-Christmas sale in mid-January (which is much more […]
More of Kathy’s Points to Remember
I’ll bet you thought you were free of these. 1. If your cat is a Bon Jovi fan, don’t let anybody know. It is a shameful family secret that must never be revealed to the […]