tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post1060428974988931456..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Tis the season...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-25789521100501988152011-11-28T22:30:09.373-06:002011-11-28T22:30:09.373-06:00My heart breaks for them. Knowing that the only ch...My heart breaks for them. Knowing that the only chance that you have of getting your children the thing above all others that they have wanted more intensely and consistently all year means struggling against other parents who are trying to do for their children what you are trying to do for yours.<br />I remember it very well and back then it was nothing like what it is now.the bewildernesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897473556532788312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-45489949985307984742011-11-28T22:24:36.114-06:002011-11-28T22:24:36.114-06:00very glad to hear you've had some rest and res...very glad to hear you've had some rest and restoration.charmngbillyhttp://sadsongsandcigarettes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-51653620884594467502011-11-28T22:09:10.399-06:002011-11-28T22:09:10.399-06:00I love how everyone gets sorta-decent this time of...<i>I love how everyone gets sorta-decent this time of year…’tis much like the save-the-date post-turkey shopping shit. </i><br /><br />I think it's a holdover from childhood, when every year, 'long about Thanksgiving, someone says to their misbehaving kids "you better shape up or Santa will bring you a lump of coal."<br /><br />Those kids may be adults now, but I think some still hear that voice in their heads anyway.<br /><br />And, as was the case in those childhood days, that voice will disappear at about noon on Dec. 25th.Peterrhttp://firedoglake.comnoreply@blogger.com