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The Holiday Season: A Prose-Poem
The cold is finally here. Jackets and layers. The quickening of the dark. The sense that something special is drawing near. Christmas has...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Columbus Day and the Offended Generation
Not all holidays are created equally, but there is a ubiquity about them. It is necessary, for example, to have a bright spot in the...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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Underrated Christmas Specials, pt. 4: TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! CHRIMBUS SPECIAL
So, for the past three weeks, I’ve chosen heartwarming, fun Christmas fare. Offbeat perhaps, but traditional. Now. It’s time for the dam...
Dec 22, 20234 min read
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Underrated Christmas Specials, pt. 3: MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
While I will stipulate that the story of Christ’s birth is perhaps the Greatest Story Ever Told, I maintain that Charles Dickens’ A...
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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Underrated Christmas Specials, pt. 2: WILL VINTON'S CLAYMATION CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Premiering with A Garfield Christmas Special in 1987, Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration is another underrated gem of a...
Dec 8, 20234 min read
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Underrated Christmas Specials, pt. 1: A GARFIELD CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Welcome to the holiday season. In my lifetime, Christmas has gone from something you might start celebrating the day after Thanksgiving...
Dec 1, 20235 min read
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Top 10 SOUTH PARK Episodes
This article originally appeared on an earlier blog and was included in the collection Everyone Else is Wrong (And You Know It):...
Nov 17, 20233 min read
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Our Furry Friends: A Goodbye to Macey
In March of 2007, I was picked up from the hospital by my folks and nephews. Unbeknownst to me, I had an allergic reaction to sulfa drugs...
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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Top 10 Christmas Movies
Just in time for Christmas, I share with you my top 10 Christmas movies. This, and other lists, can be found in the Hardcover or...
Dec 23, 20222 min read
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