In addition to web-based options, there are numerous businesses in communities just across the US-Canada border which have found a sideline in accepting parcels on behalf of Canadian clients who want items that can’t be shipped outside of the United States. Today, we visited the local bar in Fortuna, North Dakota (pop: 22) to retrieve […]
Entertainment Weekly has a poll on which of the many inter-connected couples in my favourite Christmas movie, “Love, Actually” actually stays together the longest with Jamie and Aurelia (the writer and his assistant) currently with a comfortable lead of 40% of votes cast. They did independently decide to learn each others’ language so that’s some […]
There’s a whole sub-genre of songs that aren’t technically Christmas songs but get identified as such because they mention winter or snow or even Christmas in passing (Joni Mitchell’s “River” being the most famous example.) Below is a recent song that I think is also gaining favour as an non-Christmasy seasonal favourite. This is a […]
Need a last minute gift? Check-out the 100 Highest Rated Gifts on Amazon.com AskMF Suggestions for Sad, Miserable and Melancholy Christmas Songs How an atheist feels during the holidays …and what you get when you ask your smart-ass son to decorate the Christmas tree (via Reddit)
“Santa” makes an unannounced visit to deliver presents (toys gathered from his room into one of his pillow cases) to Shea and I:
Jimmy Kimmel: helping to scar the children of America this Christmas! (This is pretty cruel and also pretty funny!)
“A War Song on Christmas” by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (yes, the actor.)
I’m planning to post a month of Music Monday Xmas tunes, starting with this great atheist-themed Christmas song originally posted by my friend Cenobyte last year on Facebook or her blog (I don’t think I ended up posting it last year but if I did, it’s worth listening to again!)
Pace had two Christmas parties today – one at his karate club from 1-3pm and one at the library from 2-4pm. Due to good scheduling by all involved, we were able to participate in Santa visits at both locations. Pace has already been apprised of the fact that Santa, although magical and mystical in all […]
Some pretty cool photos give you a glimpse inside an Amazon warehouse (while looking at these, it’s also worth keeping in mind that there have been complaints about the working conditions in these mega-warehouses – both in terms of temperature and productivity expectations.)
