Disorderly Content
Guess I'm not the only one
Not the War on Christmas, but more of a
difference
in perspective.
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2006-12-25
2006-12-24
Christmas cheer
I'm not big on Christmas, in the same way I don't get excited about
Guy Fawkes. Put simply, it's not my holiday, although I'm happy
enough to have the day off and wouldn't for a second begrudge a
believer his or her right to celebrate. But occasionally amid the
holiday schmaltz one runs into something so cool that even a
nonbeliever like me is entranced. Thanks to
TV
Squad for linking to this video of voice actors performing the
classic Night Before Christmas. If you don't care for the poem, it's
fun just for the chance to play Hey, Who's That Guy?
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2005-12-24
Good government
One of my favorite government traditions happened, I just discovered,
due to a misprint. I refer to NORAD's annual
Santa Claus radar track,
which I first heard about years ago on television news (back when I
paid attention to television news) and which has since moved most
successfully to the Web. What I didn't know until mere moments ago
was that the who thing started by accident. According to the NORAD
Santa site, it all began fifty years ago with a newspaper promotion by
Sears Roebuck & Co. (Back then Mr. Roebuck hadn't yet been
declared an unperson.) The ad included a special hotline number for
children of the Christian persuasion to call. Unfortunately, a
misprint replaced a number at Sears's Colorado Springs headquarters
with that of the Continental Air Defense Command, the predecessor to
NORAD. The Director of Operations at CONAD figured out what was going
on and had his staff look for and report on any signs of airborne
reindeer. And thus was a tradition born(e). The tools have improved
dramatically since 1955, but the spirit behind this little holiday
event remains undimmed. Kind of nice, even for an unbeliever (but not
yet an unperson) like me.
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2005-11-25
Way too much holiday spirit!
Need some holiday decorating ideas?
Check
out this guy's light display. Well worth the time, even if it
is in Windows Media.
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