holidays – Oddball Update

Connor hungrily eyes the Thanksgiving turkey

A Right Proper Thanksgiving

November 27, 2012November 27, 2012 Chief Oddball

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. Partially because you get to eat yummy comfort food, partially because it’s the only national holiday where you typically get a free four-day weekend. But mostly because it’s always been a holiday marked by the quiet comforts of home, the warmth of family and enjoyment of favorite familiar things.

Cheer-Yourself-Up Day

December 18, 2009December 18, 2009 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

It’s no surprise that 2009 was the year from hell for a great many of us. As we prepare to send it packing and usher in not just a new year, but a new decade as well, my wife Apple and I are taking the opportunity to celebrate together in the form of a specially-prepared “cheer-yourself-up” day.

Getting Seasonal

December 2, 2009September 21, 2011 Chief Oddball

Every year it’s the same thing. The same commercialized rush for your shopping dollars, the same rotating playlist of seemingly half a dozen Christmas songs on at least one local radio station, the same daily avalanche of direct mail catalogs and coupons from every company you’ve ever done business with in your life.

How the HOA Stole Christmas

December 4, 2005October 2, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

With Christmas approaching, all the IslandWalk neighbors Decorated their houses with holiday favors. But woe to all of these unsuspecting old fools For their homeowners’ assessments were about to come due. In the mail comes an invoice, one each quarter exactly For five hundred and change, it says matter-of-factly.

WOOOOO…BOO BOO BOOOO…CHRISTMAS MORRR-NING!

December 25, 2004October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball

God, you knew I couldn’t resist using that as the title of today’s post, right? I mean, it’s just tailor-made for the wackiness that naturally ensues when one gets out of bed at 3:30 a.m. on Christmas morning, goes to his computer and starts blogging quotes from a story he wrote about ten years ago.

Lah De Dah Delightful…

December 18, 2004October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Last night was my company’s Christmas party. I usually attend every year, although I am not really a party guy. (Okay, let’s face it. I just plain don’t “do” parties.) But we have a pretty small company and there are a number of people here I get along with pretty well, so there’s almost always somebody I can hang around and chat with for the evening.

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