I hope you all have a good holiday, get to spend some time with your loved ones, to look back on the good parts of the year that’s ending, and find yourself filled with pleasant hopes for the one about to unfold.
(I’ll go back to cynical and grumpy in a day or two, don’t worry.)
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So, we know that I like Revelations, especially some of the bits at the end, and especially including God’s no-modifications open license.
We also know that I like Hal Duncan, and especially when he’s being his most over-the-top flagrantly intellectual.
You might not know that I have a sentimental affection for historical surrealists and Burroughs, and thus, [...]
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I should note that while I maintain a little bit of hipster irony about the whole Christmas thing (for instance, this made me laugh right out loud) there are some other people in my household who are completely into it. And, since I am completely unable to say no to them, I have found myself [...]
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I just found this on my hard drive–I think it might have run in Harpers ages ago–and thought it was worth putting up here:
A HO-HO-HO HOW-TO
From the “Santa Manual” distributed by Western Temporary Services to employees in its “Santa Division” The Walnut Creek, California, firm provides as many as 3,000 Santas to department stores and [...]
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While our family has several Christmas traditions, and these are very meaningful to me, there is also one Christmas tradition that is mine alone, and it brings me a great amount of pleasure. Every year, early in December, the people from Scrumptious Delights have a booth in Halifax as part of one of the Christmas [...]
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Here’s wishing a hearty Merry Christmas to everyone who reads Homo Sum.
(The image above links to a wall-paper sized version. It’s from here originally.)
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