December 19, 2007

It happened somewhat the same way here

An account from about a year before my discovery: I was watching a Christmas episode of "Sanford and Son" that I'd TiVOed. After a two-act riff on "A Christmas Carol," grumpy but gold-hearted junkman...

Posted by joe lance on 10:44 PM | Comments (0)

December 18, 2007

My Christmas Allies

It looks like I have some help here in the blogosphere: help, that is, with the endless task of reminding people that December 25 is Christmas, not "Holiday," and that all other winter celebrations...

Posted by joe lance on 05:54 AM | Comments (1)

January 06, 2007

January porch-blogging

It's the 6th of January, Christmas Eve for the orthodox types, and there are gnats or some other type of flying insects "bugging" me as I sit and read blogs on my porch in...

Posted by joe lance on 04:23 PM

December 27, 2006

What's This A Sign Of?

Roger Abramson has a few ideas as to why [some dude in Nashville with whom I'm not familiar] included "Feliz Navidad" as one of the holiday phrases he doesn't want to hear. (Yes, he...

Posted by joe lance on 09:16 PM

December 05, 2006

When You Get Time

Here are some topics: Cooley's Resignation What does a Deputy Governor do? Someone's getting ready to find out, as longtime Bredesen aide Dave Cooley announced his resignation late Friday. Relax. He planned to step...

Posted by joe lance on 10:55 PM

November 29, 2006

No More Frênch Fries - They're Christmas Fries

You want Christmas? You got it. This season, I'm dropping the "happy holidays" and "season's greetings" of years gone by. I've seen the error of my ways. And to make up for all those...

Posted by joe lance on 07:22 AM