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Tag: Christmas

  • The Christmas Story, in Effbook status updates…

    Just about [dinner time on the 24th], [Mary’s] contractions would have started in ernest. “Joey,” she might have said, “I have to get off this bloody donkey.” They sugar-coat it in the Gospels, but Mary was actually pretty testy. There wasn’t any “and it came time for Mary to be delivered”; it was all “get…

  • There are times when, according to some folks, Yours Truly is fairly laid back about many things. In most things, I usually try to not let things stress me out. I’ve heard a rumour that many people feel stress and panic and fear and anger and misery and all sorts of things at this time…

  • I have been *very* good this year

    *Terribly* good in fact. I have been SO good, that I believe I ought to receive a grain-burning stove. And a million dollars’ worth of renovations to my home. And a current pool. And time – time to traipse up to Hometown North and pick up my dining table, buffet, vanity, and bureau drawers. Time…