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Did you notice that "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" are now an amorphous mass of several days before and after Thanksgiving? I love commerce as much as the next guy, but constant bombardment by apparently desperate retailers kind of ruins the party, don't you
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Happy Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving. I love that it started out as a Puritan observance which morphed as America grew into a secular national holiday based on themes of gratitude and providence. I love that it is religious without being religious. I love that all Americans can take a day
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"I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as
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A progress report on morning pages, some movie thoughts, and music!
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In which I do something my wife started 30 years ago
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The art is greater than the artist
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Brilliance by The Beatles and Peter Jackson
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I remember when I fell in love with January. I left New Jersey to visit family in Los Angeles for Christmas, and I stayed into January for a few weeks. Even when I was young, the months from October through December seemed like a gauntlet of activity and obligations. Halloween
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In which I compare my thoughts from 2007 to what really happened
Things Political: The Far Center
Maybe money can go where reason can’t.
Things Political: The Far Center
Carrots for the Rich, Sticks for the Poor
Things Political: The Far Center
Freedom vs. Fear and Ignorance