Monthly Archives: November 2009

A Holiday Conspiracy

I don’t talk much about religion, and I’m not going to start now.  But no matter your faith, please take a moment to watch this video from Advent Conspiracy.  What would it take for you to make it this kind of holiday season?

Giving Thanks

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches. – Rainer Maria Rilke Today is Black Friday, which means that yesterday was Thanksgiving.  It is a holiday with a long and interesting history that has since been reduced to…

Eating Green(s) At Disneyland

Sometimes you find cool things in the most unexpected places. Cabbages in Tomorrowland! Tiny peppers, strawberries, and… gardening-type people, help me out.  What are those little trees in the back? Bad picture of beautiful lettuce.  (This is under the track for the now defunct Rocket Rods.) So pretty!

Balancing Black Friday

Thanksgiving week is almost upon us, and with it Black Friday.  You would think that after people were killed last year, casualties of rampant consumerism, some of the enthusiasm for Black Friday would have waned.  This does not seem to be the case, as people begin preparing to rise at the crack of dawn and…