Category Archives: Holidays
How to Write an Annual Christmas Letter
In a few short months you’ll sit down to pen the family Christmas letter, an annual dispatch with content no less genuine than Santa himself. In the past, you may have dreaded it like taxes – “this writing business is … Continue reading
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4th Quarter Report, Plymouth Colony, 2009
I’m a descendant of Myles Standish, the Mayflower commuter who became the Treasurer of Plymouth Colony. Some say we share the irresistibly jovial countenance you see here – that indefatigable joie de vivre that draws friends and strangers to us. … Continue reading
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Top 10 Predictions for 2010
10. Partly sunny, then not 9. 79 in a 65 zone 8. 4.5 pounds, temporarily 7. With a stick 6. Not finished 5. But first, a comb-out 4. Number 7, minus the stick 3. $1 more than earned 2. Whoops! … Continue reading
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Top 10 Least Popular 2010 Christmas Gift Calendars
10. Eleven Clooneys and a Regis Calendar 9. Mayan Final 24 Month Countdown Calendar 8. Tiger Woods’ Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, and Ho Swimsuit Calendar 7. Tareq and Michaele Salahi’s Great Parties We … Continue reading
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One of These Things is Not Like the Others
Welcome to Greatwood Northstone Cherry Creek Hill Forest Villa Point Estates, a model neighborhood where nature, recreation and privacy coexist. Live this life, our life, your life, your perfect life, in a spectacular setting beside the 18th hole, with panoramic … Continue reading
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E Vomitus Restructurus
With 10% unemployment comes heightened wariness among the other 90%, fear they may be next to move money up the endless conveyor belt of the vertiginous pyramid of capitalism by packing up their cube decor and moving under close escort … Continue reading
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10 Ways to Explain Employment Gaps on Your Résumé During a Recession
10. Gave birth to 237 kids following fertility treatment 9. 8-month party at Michael Phelps’ poolhouse 8. Ambien made me sleepwalk to South America 7. Traveled to United Kingdom to show support for Teacake Tax Battle protestors 6. Spent gap … Continue reading
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5 Prescient Animals Less Well Known than Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil
Prescient – adjective. Prophetic, predictive, visionary; psychic, clairvoyant. 5. Common Goldfish. By floating on its side, predicts whether you know how to care for a common goldfish. 4. Wiley E. Coyote. Able to predict precisely when Road Runner will pass … Continue reading
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Fidel Castro and Steve Jobs at the Mall of America Food Court
Jobs courteously pretended not to notice Banana Republic.
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