I have always liked Christmas as a holiday. Gifts, booze, family–in the opposite order of course. Though, I absolutely loathe pop Christmas music or pop artists covering classics. For instance, I would happily Continue reading
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Christmas Ornaments: The X-Mas Whack Pack
23 DecTo usher in the Christmas spirit (not to alienate non-Christians, but I’ve been saying “Happy Holidays” all goddam week to avoid stepping on anyone’s toes) I decided it might be fun to do an article on Christmas ornaments.
Each and every year, at least since I’ve been able to stand up, decorating the Christmas tree has been a family affair. Once the tree sets, the lights go up. Then my little sister and I would set all the ornaments out on the floor and have an informal draft. These drafts could get heated because my sister and I both love really stupid looking things. Over the years, the draft became a keeper league, and I have built up quite a roster: The X-Mas Whack Pack.
We’ll go one by one… Continue reading
O’Hara – Appointment in Samarra
21 Oct
Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara (1934)
The decline and fall of Julian English. Merry Christmas!
This was my first experience with John O’Hara and it was a good one. This book came highly recommended to me by my father who read it some years ago. I admittedly did not know what to expect based on the title. I figured somebody made a dinner date in Iraq; sort of like when I picked up Catcher in the Rye as a teenager thinking it was going to be like Field of Dreams. The cover of my edition (as seen above) shows the silhouette of a wasted looking dude slumped in the passenger seat of a Cadillac. That is what I should have been expecting.
The story surrounds Continue reading
the self-hating hipster 