Advent and Santa? What’s wrong with this picture
I know Halloween hasn’t arrived yet, but there are lots of people already thinking about Christmas. (I’ve been designing our holiday card at work.) But while doing random other things, I ran across the “Advent” calendar shown here. It’s quite lovely, but really knocked me for a loop when I…
What’s up with Oscar the Grouch these days?
You tell me – what’s wrong with this picture. I’ll give you a minute. Tick, tick, tick. Time’s up. Yep. Oscar has a huge smile on his face. What’s up with that? Has he changed his last name or something? Is he no longer grouchy? If you watch the show,…
The power of an adjective
Saw a container of peanuts at Whole Foods as I was checking out with dinner tonight. Labeled as “Virginia” peanuts. Which seems to suddenly make them twice as expensive as regular old peanuts from such ordinary states like Georgia. The adjective doesn’t add any value in and of itself really….
Things I don’t understand
(This might end up a regular series – cause there’s lots I don’t get about the world around me.) Why do people argue that God is a woman? There certainly were (are) gods that were (are) female, but the God of the Bible? Not so much. That particular god is…