I’ve never participated in a White Elephant gift exchange before. And I thought they’d disappeared along with the 1970s which is more or less the last time I’d heard a reference to them. So they’re either back in vogue, or they never left and I fell asleep for about 30 years. I went to a […]
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This Year’s Christmas Card: The Yule Kids
If I were sending out Christmas cards this year (and I’m not, so don’t hold your breath), this is the picture I would slap on the front… sent in by Tammy of Happenings on the Hill And now…. a Christmas Carol: Deck the halls with boys and nannies, Baa-baa-baa-baa-baa, baa-baa-baa-baa. Throw on makeshift hats from […]
Goat Thing of the Day: Labor Day Goat
I thought Labor Day in the U.S. was like Memorial Day and Veterans Day and Independence Day, where we had parades to celebrate something American and patriotic. You know, three cheers for the red, white and blue, and all that rot. But, no. Labor Day is a holiday that was lifted from Canada after some […]
Nightmare, Thy Name is Christmas
Well thank God THAT’S over. Christmas sucks. For me, anyway. It’s that dreaded time of year when I am forced to spend “quality” time with loved ones. Blech! Ptui! - I say. My loved ones (and while I use that term repeatedly, I use it loosely) are a bunch of two-bit half-wits. Take my eighteen-year-old […]
