This is my place to vent, to pontificate, to educate, to defame, to expound, and yes, to wax rhapsodic. It's my personal brand of logic applied to the world, and it works for me.
First of all, before anyone opens their pieholes, digital or otherwise, "Xmas" is a completely acceptable alternate form of "Christmas", from back when using the name "Christ" was an executable offense. I got into the argument with my religious mother-in-law, did the research, and emerged triumphant, and I'll be damned if I'm going to taint [...]
This past weekend was my daughter's seventh birthday. I know that isn't a huge milestone, but there was a moment of note that occurred yesterday, that sprang directly from this birthday, which impressed upon me how my daughter is getting older, and how, thankfully, a lot of my cynicism and contempt for humanity has passed [...]