Let’s start the New Year off right – with a list of Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked. (via Reddit) (Happy New Year?!?)
Always one of my favourite posts of the year as it does such a good job of randomly capturing the flow of the year, highlights and lowlights. đ January – “It was a great way to kick off the New Year last night with Shea and I seeing a show at Casino Regina featuring Blake […]
I love all kinds of “End of Year” lists!
Also: For our kids To spend time with extended family Because it’s part of our own personal history and tradition Because it’s become a secular holiday as much as a religious one Because atheists know Christmas started as a pagan solstice festival and early Christians adopted many rituals to help convert people to their new […]
A few years ago, I did a post about some Christmas traditions over the years. Yesterday, we braved the mall (maul!) on the last Saturday before Christmas to get a picture with The Grinch, a local cos-player who’s been doing a variety of activities and events around town during the Christmas season including providing an […]
It wasn’t intentional but posting “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight)” by the Ramones yesterday got me thinking about ways family members might disagree on important topics at this time of year: Jason vs. Shea: When to put up the tree. Me: November 12. Her: Early December. Compromise: usually late November. Shea vs. Jason: How to […]
I’ve posted a lot of Christmas songs over the years, mostly as Music Monday posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make a list of my favourite Xmas songs, at least until now. So what makes a great Christmas song in my mind? Weirdly with how joyful the season is, my favourites mostly […]
The year-end “best of” lists have begun!!!
I'm going to start addressing evangelical Christians like they talk at gay people: "Yeah, I just don't agree with your lifestyle." "Your beliefs are simply a phase." "I respect you, just not how you live your life." "You shouldn't be allowed to get married." — ally (@missmayn) November 16, 2018 I’m not religious at all […]
This is pretty amazing. (via Reddit)
