Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Now see,
If they wanted an alternative, then Saturnalia, which my family celebrates, is a LOT more fun. Meaningful as well. And fun…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia
Although it’s Wiki, the outline there is pretty good for the basics.
Not a big Seinfeld fan eh?
Not really, Skip. As far as I could tell, it wasn’t really about anything…
Isn’t this more like “Foc’sl Follies” for the rest of us?
Greetings:
Me, I’m dreaming of a white Kwanza.
I’m all for integrating Feats of Strength into Christmas and canning the rest of it
I don’t get it. Seinfeld must laugh everytime he hears that people are actually embracing his spoof. Kinda reminds me of the Pet Rock.
People will buy anything, even a made up from TV holiday… or kwanza.
A TV show about nothing creates a holiday about … nothing.
No, really. The screenwriter who created the holiday said just that:
It’s about nothing, and it’s a joke, but people still think it’s a great idea. I would say I wonder how shallow they are, but I suspect I already have a good idea.
But in a weird way, it kind of makes sense, doesn’t it?
I think that for many Christmas is a holiday about nothing, but for the gifts and the food. So why not say Screw it and gather around the festivus pole and air your grievances instead? I mean, isn’t it just a slap in the face to Christmas (or what it has become)?
…and if Blago wasn’t generating enough news:
***Festivus display at Illinois Capitol***
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-festivus-thudec25,0,4855828.story
Wait a minute… Do I understand this correctly? Instead of the whole Christmas thing, some people erect a pole, voice their complaints, fight, and enjoy the time off?
Because at Chez Max, that’s called Coming Home from Work.
Occassionally, it’s also Breakfast with the Family.
Once it was That Incident in the Bar…
Think I’ll stick with tradition — this new Festivus thing sounds an awful lot like every other day around this place.
Chez Max — we put the fun in disfunctional!
– Max
Max – LOL!
At Chez Wilko our Christmas tradition includes The Throwing Out of The Fruitcake.
….Not me—I’m only half baked. I mean the one’s you get from Aunt Emma.
I’m thinking we should all send ‘em instead to the nutloaf that put up the pool skimmer in our state capital.
I LIKE AW1 Tim’s Saturnalia idea–but then as a denizen of New Orleans I would, wouldn’t I?
PS: I see (or just noticed) the break finally came–we have a blogger in arms no longer linked.