As a Christian, I have many times heard complaints about how our society has commercialized Christmas and Easter, holidays that celebrate two of the most important events in history.
Just a thought . . .
Do wiccans, witches, etc. complain about Halloween having become commercialized with all the cute costumes, trick or treating, etc.?
Changes are coming in a few days or a week or some other indeterminate amount of time.
More details to come. Muhahahaha!!!
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For those of you who take advantage of the amazing sales and specials offered on Black Friday, here's a site that I have used as a valuable resource for a few years now. For those who don't know, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, when many stores offer up some amazing deals to draw the crowds.
Just head to GottaDeal
Once there, click on the "Black Friday 2005" thread. In there, you will find plenty of offers, including scans & pictures of advertisements that have yet to be "officially" released. If you're only interested in the scans or posted ads, click on the thread near the top titled "Complete List of Links to Posted Ads."
A nice new feature on the site is that registered users can click on "My Shopping List," look at text versions of the various sales, and create their own personalized list of BF deals to print out. I'm loving it!
Currently, GottaDeal has deals for the following stores posted:
If you stay up on the forums, you'll also get the scoop on what specials are also available online so you can order those online at your convenience and show up in person for the stores with "in-store only" specials. Other great suggestions and advice are available, too!
I am a big fan of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and of the audiobooks read by Tim Curry.
I downloaded a free Daniel Handler interview via iTunes. If you're interested, just go to the iTunes Store in the program, search "Snicket," and look for the free listing. In the interview, he answers one question I have been wondering about some time regarding the switch between Tim Curry and himself reading the audio books.
Another piece of information that he divulges is that his friends had created an adult beverage called the Lemony Snicket Cocktail, due in part to the fact that his friends had an "overactive lemon tree."
What's in a Lemony Snicket?
Handler didn't give further details (such as how much of each item is used or which type of soda was generally used), but as I don't drink alcohol, it doesn't much matter to me. He did note that the drink generally evolved over time, and he invited others to figure out their own Lemony Snicket recipes.
Sorry about my apparent laziness lately. You know how it is.
Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.
– Lane Olinghouse
In a stunning turn of events, an astrologer was incorrect when he predicted his death today between 3pm and 4pm in India.
Of course, Kunjilal Malviya was quoted as rationalizing the fact that he was still living: "Thanks to the good wishes of villagers and the prayers of people, I survived the pernicious moment to live a long life from now onwards." Yes, thanks to them, and the fact that astrology is a hoax.
According to Reuters, crowds have previously beaten up astrologers when their predicted death failed to occur. Will it be on Pay Per View?
Read more about what I wrote before I found out he didn't die . . .
Talk about a losing bet. Kunjilal Malviya is an astrologer in India, and he predicted that he would die today.
If you're right and you die . . . you were right, but you're dead. If you were wrong . . . hooray! You're alive . . . but you have to live with the fact that you made a complete fool out of yourself.
Malviya is 75 years old and allegedly predicted his grandfather's death fifteen years ago.
People, of course, have flocked to see whether the man will die. What's the point of that? If he dies, you're stuck looking at a dead guy. If he lives, you just wasted your entire day. Don't people understand that?
Here's the trick with predictions into the future . . . never pin a date on your prediction. How many people were dumb enough to state that Jesus would come back on Tuesday at 5:34 am? Particularly when your primary source states that no one will know when Jesus will return! I can just imagine . . .
Phil: "So, Bob, do you want to go to lunch with me on Tuesday?"
Bob: "Sorry, Phil. I can't. Jesus is coming back that morning."
Phil: "Oh, OK. So, when you find out you're wrong, you probably won't be much fun around lunchtime anyway, I'm guessing. Never mind."
I am always tempted to purchase The Enquirer, World News, etc. whenever they give their "Predictions for 2006," or whatever the upcoming year is, just so I have something to laugh about on New Year's Day, 2007. That could be something I could post about. Unfortunately, I just can't bring myself to give them the money. Perhaps now that I have a blog and a purpose to purchase it, I'll go for it. Or maybe I can find the predictions online, instead.
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