How the Grinch Spent Christmas
I was in Dollar General— I don’t make this stuff up— When I ran into the Grinch, And his reindeer, the pup. “What brings you to town?” I asked, to be nice. “The last […]
Tag: holidays
Thanksgiving Found Battered and Beaten In Back Alley. Police Clueless.
The holiday of Thanksgiving was found badly beaten in a back alley today. The holiday, which has been waning in power and influence in the last decade, is now virtually homeless and forgotten as it […]
Was the Real First Thanksgiving All That Real?
Thanksgiving in America continues to be one of the most traditional holidays. It still features the original four hundred year old activities of overeating, football, and complaining about Black Friday. In the Hunter household, as […]
Nancy Pelosi’s Bra, and Other Halloween Scares
Halloween is the scary holiday, and it’s timed perfectly to arrive just before the two scariest spots on the calendar: winter, and elections. It’s hardly surprising, then, that one popular Halloween mask is that of […]
This Bear’s Repeating
Artwork by Lauren Faulkenberry. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. (Bill Spencer is author of Uranus Is Always Funny: Short Essays to Make You Laugh Lauren Faulkenberry is a novelist and illustrator living in western North Carolina. Originally […]
The First Thanksgiving Was … Healthy?
Thanksgiving in America continues to be one of the most traditional holidays. It still features the original four hundred year old activities of overeating, football, and complaining about Black Friday. In the Hunter household, as […]
Bring Back Dangerous Halloweens
Unless you’re one of those people of questionable sanity who likes cold weather, October had little to offer Hoosiers except autumn colors and Halloween. By the end of the month the leaves have started to […]
Happy July 2nd, America!
John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Second U.S. President, and all around unpleasant guy, had this to say about America’s Independence Day: “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, […]
Tis the Season … for 911
I don’t know if anyone who’s not in the emergency services will fully appreciate this, but what the heck. I wrote some new lyrics to the Christmas song “Deck the Halls”, and it’s dedicated to […]