Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Fantastic long read on Leonard Cohen. The letters with his past love Marianne were very touching.

- The horror! The horror!

- Why you need a "Deloading" phase in life

-  Do as we say - not as we do. The liberal education system in a nutshell.

- My fingers cramped up just watching this guy. What talent!

Christmas Flotsam and Jetsam

Christmastime miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

What has ruined Christmas music more for you? Radio stations that start playing Christmas songs 24/7 since Thanksgiving or Yoko Ono's back-up "singing" on John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War is Over)... A very touching Christmas Bloom County... Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Pud Galvin was born Christmas 1856. He was nicknamed Pud because he made hitters look like "pudding" at the plate. Not because he was a dick... Dear Jack Edwards - we wish you a merry Christmas too... History factoid: The official signal for the scramble to evacuate the US Embassy in Saigon 40-years ago was the playing of Bing Crosby's White Christmas... They were trying to kill each other again the next day...