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Editor’s Note: Here’s one of my most popular holiday classics. This one is from back in December 2018. I’VE HAD TO WORK THROUGH so many holiday seasons that I feel a little like Clark Griswold. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, the character should. It’s the role Chevy Chase played numerous times, but most
Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some of my most popular posts. Here’s one from back in December 2017. THE HEADLINE ON A STORY in The Wall Street Journal pretty much said it all: Welcome to the Post-Weinstein Holiday Party. What followed was 1,400 depressing words that basically said, without actually saying it, something that you probably already know
Editor’s Note: This is my last blog post of the year. It’s a Skeptical Guy holiday classic from back in December 2018. See you in the New Year! I’VE WORKED THROUGH so many holiday seasons that I feel a little like Clark Griswold. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, the character should. It’s the role
Editor’s Note: I’ve been republishing some classic posts; here’s one from December 2021. GIVEN HOW CHAOTIC the last several years have been with lockdowns and other such calamities, nobody would blame you for being a Scrooge during the holidays. But, what if you just don’t identify with Scrooge? Perhaps a more contemporary grouch would be better
Editor’s Note: I’ve been republishing some classic posts, and here’s a Skeptical Guy holiday classic. This one is from November 2018. YOU KNOW HOW the song goes — “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” It’s also the most stressful time of thew year, too. Everyone knows that the holiday season runs from Thanksgiving through
I’VE WORKED THROUGH so many holiday season that I’m starting to feel a little like Clark Griswold. If that name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, the character should. It’s the role Chevy Chase played numerous times, but most memorably, in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. One thread throughout movie was how Clark was anxiously waiting to
YOU KNOW HOW the song goes — “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” But, it’s the most stressful time, too. Everyone knows that the holiday season that runs from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day is pretty crazy for a great many people, and, that the stress of it all spills into other parts
DEAR PATIENT and loyal readers, I know there aren’t a lot of you out there just yet, but I rejoice in every one of you who is there and for your attention to this humble blog. Although I’m a veteran editor, writer, and media executive who knows how to meet a deadline, my efforts to
THE HEADLINE ON A STORY in The Wall Street Journal pretty much said it all: Welcome to the Post-Weinstein Holiday Party. What followed was 1,400 depressing words that basically said, without actually saying it, something that you probably already know — the company Christmas/holiday party as we know it is officially dead and gone. As The Boston Globe dryly noted,
