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Old Timey Christmas Villages of the Future December 30, 2006

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So I go visit the folks for Christmas, and they have the obligatory Old Timey Main Street USA Christmas Village decoration set up on the buffet in the living room, with your little stores and your little houses and little Victorian carollers and fake snow and all that pseudo-nostaligic false memory of Christmases we never had.

I’d like to see something a little more contemporary.

I’d like a little set that’s got little McMansions on cul-de-sacs, decorated for Christmas with little Santa and reindeer lights on the rooftops, little inflatable Frosty the snowmans in the front yards, little SUVs in the driveway, with nearby freeway on-ramps, little Ipod-wearing kids on skateboards, little SUVs in the driveway, little box stores like Best Buy and Barnses and Noble at the little mall. Throw in the suburbanites in Victorian garb going carolling for good measure. One house could have a peace sign on the wall and little neighbor figurines could be arguing over it. Inside the houses folks could be seen gathered around the big screen TVs.

You might think I’m joking but I’ve never been more serious about anything in my life.

Real Live Bleeding Fingers December 25, 2006

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Paul Westerberg severely injured his left hand and could be sidelined for a year, according to a blog posting from Jim Walsh, a Minneapolis writer and friend of the former Replacements lead singer.

Link

How Much To Give? December 20, 2006

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10%, according to Peter Singer, and we can eliminate poverty worldwide.

NYT Story

Give List December 19, 2006

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A friend started a thread re: favorite charities. Thought I’d keep the list here as it grows.

UNICEF in Iraq — Think of the children!
http://www.unicefusa.org/site/c.duLRI8O0H/b.45279/k.8221/By_Program__Donate__US_Fund_for_UNICEF.htm

World Wildlife Foundation — Animals!
http://panda.org/how_you_can_help/gifts/index.cfm?decgiftspp

United Nations High Commission for Refugees — Nobody deserves to be a refugee.
http://www.unhcr.org/donate/

Vital Ground — Grizzlies are our friend!
http://www.vitalground.org/

Jane Goodall Institute — 3000 bonobos left in the world!
http://www.janegoodall.org/

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund — I’m a sucker for baby gorilla photos
http://www.gorillafund.org/

Marxist or Anarchist December 14, 2006

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I can’t decide whether to be Marxist or anarchist. I guess anarchism has always seemed too non-commital, so I think I have tended towards the Marxism. But lately I’m thinking Marxism makes me look fat.

Should I be Marxist or anarchist?

War On Saturday December 11, 2006

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What’s the deal with people saying “Have a good weekend”? Why can’t they come right out and say “Have a good Saturday”? After all, the true meaning of the weekend is Saturday — everyone knows that. What’s with all this political correctness? The liberal war on Saturday has got to stop. America was founded by people who took Saturday off. It’s a Saturday nation. Saying “Have a good weekend” is un-American. The next time an employee at a business tells you “Have a good weekend”, be sure to boycott that business! Don’t just smile and say “You too.” That would be P.C. Be sure to display your hostility and outrage at anyone wishing you a “good weekend.” Because it’s a War on Saturday, and you’re in the trenches.

I dreamed I microwaved my laptop. December 10, 2006

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I dreamed I microwaved my laptop.

I dreamed I was staying in this foreign hotel room. The telephone, coffee maker, microwave, internet port and television were all part of one jerry-rigged appliance. I plugged in my laptop and later watched television. In the middle of a porn movie starring that sassy friend from Will and Grace I started to smell smoke. I got up and realized I had microwaved my laptop.

Later I dreamed I woke up in that hotel room, and my laptop was fine, it had all been a dream.

Then I woke up and wrote this. If this appears on my blog, then this time I am not dreaming, I think.