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Humbug to Those Yuletide Lies

December 24, 2010 (Fri)

Christmas has meant many different things to me over the years as my beliefs and worldviews have changed. Yet there has been one constant which has always stayed with me ever since the age of nine: my contempt for Santa Claus. If I were a comic book super villain, my origin story would probably begin [...]

The B-Day Supreme

December 11, 2010 (Sat)

Friday the 10th was Joie’s birthday. She asked all of her friends not to buy any gifts for her this year. She did, however, encourage us to put forth some creative effort and to make something for her if we truly felt compelled to give her a present. On Friday night, two hours before I [...]

Inside Thoughts

December 7, 2010 (Tue)

Raise your hand high if you’re like me, and you suffer from an excess of irrepressible “inside thoughts”. I’m not talking about your usual stream of consciousness, the standard train of thought that never seems to disembark. Thinking is what the brain does, and it is either unable or unwilling to cease its idle thinking [...]