– A translation of the faux-controversial phrase “Merry Christmas”: “I am offering you good will in a way I know how“.
– This is a very unsettling article about the not-too-distant future, and I profoundly hope it proves to be accurate.
– Good to see Obama’s not slacking off at all after winning that Nobel Peace Prize.
– Hairy comedy music god Tim Minchin wrote and performed a new song about Jesus for the Jonathan Ross show recently. It wasn’t included when the show aired. Whether or not the reason for this, as is widely suspected, was due to some ITV exec’s utterly pifflesome and bollocksful fears about offending religious people is not entirely clear. But it’s a cracking song. And you can watch it here.
I read that post on Whatever yesterday and I just couldn’t shallow it. I can’t stand it when folks say Merry Christmas to me or when they say the “Christmas spirit” is in the air. It just grates on my nerves. Maybe some day I can hear it without thinking of all the horrible things done in the name of Christianity (or any other religion), but not today.
However, I do refrain from biting off their heads, and simply say Happy Holidays.