Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Me, on the Hello Kitty of Blogging:
Seriously, it just makes sense that a whole calendar page ought to be flipped, between sitting down with friends & relatives to offer thanks for all the wonderful things you have, and trampling strangers under your feet in a mad dash to get more stuff.
“Black Friday” should not be in November at ALL. People may argue about whether commercialization has completely consumed Christmas, but nobody can deny there is a problem. Nor can anybody question, seriously, that a lunatic mad-mob-crowd shopping season that leads up to a holiday in December, ought to start in December. The month of November should be set aside for the more humble sentiments, for the gratitude.
I console myself by thinking about females. Shopping is for females. Females bear the hard work of clearing off the dining room table, bagging the leftovers, washing the dishes, etc. while the men snooze. So in that sense, it is a little bit fair. But then I think, if I was a female and I’d just busied myself with an hour of clean-up detail, would I want to be among the hairbrains kicking off the Christmas shopping season that evening?
And then, I realize, the overlap is not complete. The people shopping on “Black Friday Eve” are not the ones who cleaned up the kitchen. Maybe they’re the daughters, or step-daughters, or some such. It isn’t my place to know, I don’t live in those households. But, I realize civilization is dying a little bit with this lunacy, and I die a little bit inside too, realizing this.
We should stop. We don’t even need a blogger guy to point it out. We all know it. Every single one of us. We’re just not acting on it.
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I was informed by one of my accounts, that Christmas advertising will begin in October next year.
Because, her competition begins advertising Christmas in October.
How do you find an elegant argument in opposition? “Well, if all the other kids were jumping off a cliff, would you do it too?” didn’t work.
- OregonGuy | 11/30/2014 @ 12:24.