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Holidays

A collection of 122 issues

Monday

Happy Halloween If you want to see the difference between adults and children, look no further than Halloween. For little kids, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year after Christmas. When kids get older, Halloween fades in importance. My first child was old enough to enjoy Halloween when I

Wednesday

The Petty Souled In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle wrote about the megalopsychos, a term that Nassim Taleb translates as "the great-souled," a condition that excludes all pettiness. What's the opposite of the megalopsychos? I don't know, but it's on display in

Happy St. Patrick's Day

As always on March 17th, I present one of my favorite GKC verses: For the great Gaels of Ireland Are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, And all their songs are sad.

BYCU

New Years Edition It's the last day of the year. 2010 was far better than 2009, and for that I'm grateful. I plan to celebrate the end of the year with friends and family at the local drinking club this afternoon, while watching bowl games. I

Thursday

Gearing Back Up I have returned from my trip to the in-laws in Detroit, and now the Christmas festivities are over, except for the 12 days of Christmas presents that we give the kids. We give each kid a small present every day until the Epiphany, at which time

Christmas Eve

A few Christmas Eve words of wisdom: “For while all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of her course, thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne.” Book of Wisdom. “[This] passage, brimming with the mystery of the Incarnation, is wonderfully

Thursday

Slowing Down Light blogging today, since I'm expecting holiday-like traffic. Blog traffic has already decreased about 20% this week as things slow down. Because many companies are shutting down today for a four-day holiday weekend, I expect blog traffic to be especially light. * * * * * * * Please note that

Wednesday

Black Wednesday Ah, yes. Black Wednesday. Retailers get out of the red and into the black on Friday. Today, their bar-owning brethren get into the black first. "Thanksgiving Eve, or Black Wednesday, is as strong as ever as one of the biggest bar nights of the year. '

Tuesday

The War Season I don't like the Christmas Wars. Actually, it's more accurate to say that I don't like to stoop into the muck to fight them. But I'm glad some people out there are doing the dirty work, like the American

January 1

The New Year I rang in the new year with my brothers and friends at the Drinking Club . . . until 8:00, then went home and took a short nap, ate pizza, helped clean up the mess from having a dozen kids in the house all afternoon and evening, watched a