Tag: Thanksgiving
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Banging the tin cup slowly
as the seasons greet us! The widescreen HDTV (not the b&w Philco) quit in the middle of the Lovely Lisa’s Hallmark channel melodrama, another episode where cutesy kids and impossibly affluent young adults chirp mindlessly about getting in “the Christmas spirit.” (Tugging on our pants: I got yer Christmas spirit RIGHT HERE!) Even a chance…
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We’re gathering indoors to give thanks
Mass or otherwise! The devil struggling for the remnants of Blaska’s soul is proposing that the irascible bloggeur assemble a small fleet of automobiles, pick-up trucks, bicycles, and tour buses. The vehicles will be parked in the driveway, on the front lawn, and on the street out front come next Thursday, Thanksgiving day. Only to…
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Pardon us all to hell but we’re giving thanks this Thanksgiving!
Here’s your ‘vicious reality’ — The Old Guy gets the drumstick! It’s a quiet Thanksgiving here at Stately Blaska Manor. The indentured servants have been given the afternoon off, with the promise of leftovers when they return tomorrow morning, before dawn. A row of white lab coats hang neatly from their hooks, policies half-finished. The unlettered field…