Dick Gregory told a wonderful story about growing up in Philadelphia. He told how is a child he and his brother could spot a prostitute two blocks away. There was a way they moved, talked and acted. At no time did these women ever have to tell you what they did. It was obvious by the way they behaved. He said that the sad thing was hookers were easy to spot and obvious in their behavior, and Christians weren't.
Chico Villanova said "No one is offended by St. Patrick's Day. People drink like a fish, and Irish fish and at no time does the Saint in St. Patrick's Day get in the way of a great time. The problem is the same faux Irish, who crash their cars when they are drunk or tell people their name is O'Horny to get laid on the17 March are the same hard-boiled atheists who complain about Christmas.”
Whether you celebrate the birth of Jesus, the chance to participate in midnight madness sales on Thanksgiving night or the TBS marathon of It's A Wonderful Life/A Christmas Story try to lose the attitude and enjoy life.
Angry mobs of Christians rarely go door-to-door and torture people who can't recite the 10 Commandments by heart. If you don't want the spirituality of the holiday season, treat it like parsley, leave it on the plate and somebody else will take care of it.
If you like the spirituality and want more, go to mass every day.
Sean MacHine explains, “On Cinco de Mayo, everyone is Mexican whether they pronounce tortilla correctly or not. There are thousands of people every year that figure out Dos Equis, is Spanish for two X's. God love them, they learn a little bit about Mexican culture, puke guacamole and swear to God they will never consume that much tequila again.”
Christmas without Christmas is a chance for grandparents to spoil a generation removed, for people to express their drunken feelings for one another, to practice acts of kindness to total strangers and to smile when they greet one another.
The songs are old, the traditions are older. If you don't want to be around it, go to Antarctica and feed penguins. The last time I checked, there is no pious award for suffering agnostics who have to endure hearing “Merry Christmas”.
In the spirit of the season, I must confess… I made Sean Machine up, there is no such person. MacHine is just machine with a capital H stuck in the middle. Chico Villanova is equally inventive. I bought this book on how to write really cool new stories. It said to find experts and quote them. Since I didn't have time, nor the energy to find people to express my opinions, I just invented experts.
In a way being an atheist or a long-suffering agnostic, is inventing an anti-belief system to ensure your miserable when everybody else is gargling with eggnog.
Christmas without Christmas is a chance for grandparents to spoil a generation removed, for people to express their drunken feelings for one another, to practice acts of kindness to total strangers and to smile when they greet one another.
The songs are old, the traditions are older. If you don't want to be around it, go to Antarctica and feed penguins. The last time I checked, there is no pious award for suffering agnostics who have to endure hearing “Merry Christmas”.
In the spirit of the season, I must confess… I made Sean Machine up, there is no such person. MacHine is just machine with a capital H stuck in the middle. Chico Villanova is equally inventive. I bought this book on how to write really cool new stories. It said to find experts and quote them. Since I didn't have time, nor the energy to find people to express my opinions, I just invented experts.
In a way being an atheist or a long-suffering agnostic, is inventing an anti-belief system to ensure your miserable when everybody else is gargling with eggnog.
make up a resource? never! . . . interesting . . . por que vor es un barrito?
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