Archive for December, 2012
End of Year Observances
22Dec12
When I speak of “end of year observances” I’m not attempting to concoct a new euphemism for “the holidays,” although, now that it’s come up, it seems as good a place as any to begin. I won’t talk about any “War on Christmas,” which is probably about as worthy of serious consideration as the “War […]
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Tags: Christmas, ethics, holiday, holidays, marijuana, Mark Sardella, moral equivalency, New Year's, Seasons Greetings, Wakefield Daily Item, War on Christmas
My coffee maker, a Cuisinart, died yesterday. It would have been 11 years old next month. The immediate cause of death was listed as complications from a massive water hemmorhage suffered Wednesday morning. Cuisinart was received as a gift in December of 2001. It performed yeoman’s work, missing few days in a decade-long long career […]
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Tags: coffee, coffee maker, Cuisinart, eulogy, Humor, Mr. Coffee, obit, obituary