Tilt!
 If
we lived on a planet that didn't have an axial tilt, a planet
that would not have the kind of seasons we currently experience,
I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have developed religions whose primary
focus is death and rebirth.
Just sayin'.
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 Beloved
Girlfriend and I devote the vast bulk of our December TV-watching
time in plowing through an ever-burgeoning stack
of our
favorite holiday movies and TV specials. It's the usual suspects
of Charlie
Brown, Rudolph, The Grinch, Bruce
Willis, etc. plus some niche titles like "Abed's Uncontrollable
Christmas" and "A Wish For Wings That Work". This year we've
added "Arthur
Christmas" to
the pile. We
had
a splendid
time with this recent flick and know it will endure many subsequent
viewings.
We currently have well over 24 hours of seasonal goodies to savor
and that doesn't even include "The Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas
Special", "The Mister Magoo Christmas Carol",
Ren & Stimpy's "A Stinky Little Christmas", or
"It's A Wonderful Life", none of which BG will abide.
Our entertainment cup obviously sloppeth's over and yet, down
deep in my gut, I just knew we were possibly overlooking some
obscure
holiday
gems
so
I decided
to
dig deep
into the Hollywood
movie vaults and see if
I could
dredge
up
some
overlooked
Xmas
classics.
The result was three titles: "The Bishop's Wife", "The
Shop Around the Corner" (both waiting
in
the queue) plus "Christmas In
Connecticut", which we watched this past weekend.
I'd read
many positive reviews about this 1945 production but, sad to
say, it turned out to be a simple-minded idiot farce with a few
moments of snappy repartee', plus a little racy innuendo (circa
1945).
Thankfully it featured plenty of Barbara Stanwyck, although
her part was limited to doing a bad
Katherine Hepburn impression while making "fuck me" eyes
at Dennis Morgan. (Wikipedia tells me that Ms. Stanwyck was once
the highest-paid
woman in
America,
so here's
to you,
Babs!)
Addendum: I've been suggested two more titles.
The Humphrey Bogart version of "We're No Angles" and a Finnish
horror film
called "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale", which Rotten Tomatoes
gives a 90%rating. Sounds good to me.
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 Every
day in this country young adults are forced
into the streets with
no place
to go
and little
to eat. Luckily for them there's places like Covenant
House. It
not only meets the immediate needs of homeless kids
but
also helps guide them to a self-sufficient future.
So if
you have a few bucks left over after buying Aunt Thelma
that new snood please consider making a small holiday
donation to this worthy organization.
Thanks!
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Uncle Lefty's Saturnalian Shopping Tips
Looking for that special example of
commercial excess to impress the jaded kin on your
Xmas list? Well, howzabout
one of these?
 Forbidden
Lego: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!
Is it possible for a child to create a device, using
nothing but Legos, which will conceivably result in
the loss of an eye?
Apparently yes and, with this book, almost certainly.
Cool!
Projectile weapons, high-voltage vehicles, catapults,
ping-pong cannons, and other potentially hazardous
devices right at your fingertips. What are you waiting
for?
=Lefty=
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Republican Job Creation Update
 12-7-12: The
House piddled around waiting to see what the Senate was
up to, eventually calling it a day just before lunch.
No jobs were created.
For the full list of Republican
sloth please visit republicanjobcreation.com.
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Puzzling Image of the Day: Republicans Salute Labor Day and
Union Ideals.
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