Henchgirl and I saw this at the Safeway:


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Henchgirl's mother was a strict Jehovah's Witness, which meant that she never had a single Christmas. When I heard this, I told Mom, and while depression and laziness kept us from ever doing much beyond a Jewish Christmas (Chinese food and a movie) in the years since Dad died (I always did Christmas with him, as was his demand), she agreed that we ( Read more... )

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Henchgirl and I are sadly eschewing Halloween festivities and costuming for the all-important task of reorganizing my entire comic collection, watching Herzog and Marilyn Monroe films, and sharing as many other... similarly important activities before I have to drive her back to Tuscaloosa ( Read more... )

Me, I've never liked New Year's Eve. Even when I had parties to actually go to, it always left me feeling nostalgic at best, and at worst, it... well, it's never been good. I imagine it's that feeling between what single people feel on Valentine's Day and what some old people (not all, but bitter ones like my father) would feel on birthdays ( Read more... )

Bonding with my sister-in-law's father ( Read more... )

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I wanna be this guy when I grow up:


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When Santa Claus passes out in Latveria, who oh who will be able to take over and save Christmas? SANTA DOOM, of course!Seriously, though this just sank in: this is the first Christmas I'll have spent with my mother since I was five. I always spent it with Dad, since he didn't have anyone else, and because I didn't want to ruin Christmas by ( Read more... )