Happy Thanksgiving!

If you get there.

Ah, Science. Always ready to ruin a perfectly good holiday.

As Columbus Day approaches,

...it's worth giving a thought to following the example of Nicaragua by replacing celebration of European exploitation of the Americas with Indigenous Resistance Day, a national holiday commemorating the battle waged by indigenous peoples against European colonialism.

Happy New Year

Tidings

"Jingle Fart," a pétomaniacal version of "Jingle Bells" offered for free as a seasonal download on Amazon, is a sacrilege. On the other hand, "The Little Drummer Boy," if similarly arranged, would be no more gaseous than usual.

The chalk conspiracy

Well, sure. You give kids chalk and pretty soon they've become artists.

Chalk: the doorway art supply.

  

Texas DPS Troopers arrested Santa Claus after he handed out chalk to children at Tuba Christmas this afternoon. Asked to add to 'Santa's Christmas Wish List', children wrote messages like "joy and peace."

More photos.

Practical Proposal

Or at least vote from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday.