I suck.

My boss brought her cute and smart almost 5-yo in to work today (the pre school had no heat) and she keeps popping in and sort of expecting me to entertain her. Which, um, I don't and keep trying to work.

She's nice and cute and sweet and I feel like an ogre, but really, I do not have it in me to babysit today.

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Well, with Saturnalia the slaughter wasn't all on one side.

Still, I do like responding to "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Saturnalia".

ETA:

I do not have it in me to babysit today.

And you should be expected to because why? Unless babysitting is part of your job description, in which case I'll just say I'm sorry you're feeling at a low ebb. Actually, I'm sorry you're feeling at a low ebb either way.

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Unless babysitting is part of your job description, in which case I'll just say I'm sorry you're feeling at a low ebb.

Heh, no it's not.

This kid is like cats though- I'm probably paying the least attention to her and she's all up in my cubicle. She's trying to talk her mom (aka my boss) into asking me if I can show her what's in my drawers.

Boss/Mom: Let's leave Nora alone, she's busy
Kid: No, she's not!
Nora's Brain: uh-oh, has she been sneaking up on me surfing the internet?

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My sister sent me the Christmas list for her kids this morning. (They solve the non-believer in a Christian god married to a non-believer in Judaism issue by asking for Christmas presents from us and Hanukah presents from BiL's family).

This year she has bypassed her habit of either asking for a gift card or directing us to a specific item in a catalogue to "I'm getting Youngest daughter this particular present, and either you or mom will pay for it."

This may just be my cranky talking, but she better damn well hope mom is willing to, because me, nsm.

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This may just be my cranky talking, but she better damn well hope mom is willing to, because me, nsm.

I don't think that's your cranky talking; I think that's a perfectly reasonable response.

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Perkins, whatever. That's the kind of shit that makes me all bah-humbuggy.

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if you're not going to acknowledge our holiday, you must not want us as customers, so we're not going to patronize your business.

But they do acknowledge it. I was in Target two days ago and there were angels and nativity displays and Christmas stars to buy. Zabar's in New York doesn't put up signs saying "Happy Passover" but they want Jews celebrating that holiday to shop there, and they do that by stocking the goods they need for the Seder.

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But they do acknowledge it. I was in Target two days ago and there were angels and nativity displays and Christmas stars to buy.

I'm guessing the fundie faction that wants to reclaim Christmas in the name of God is comprised of people who believe, roughly, that unless Christmas and ONLY Christmas is acknowledged as The Winter Holiday We All Celebrate, then it isn't good enough. All others must be shoved aside so that Christmas can reign supreme.

I don't know that that's what they think, but it IS the vibe I get from them.

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But they do acknowledge it. I was in Target two days ago and there were angels and nativity displays and Christmas stars to buy.

I don't see how this ties in, since supposedly the protesters' whole point is that the word Christmas is not used in their commercials and in-store promotionals. I don't think they ever claimed they weren't selling Christmas goods. In fact, it's the opposite, isn't it? Isn't the idea inherent in their protest that Target is really selling Christmas stuff, and trying to make money off the Christmas holiday, but is genericizing it in their ads?

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Isn't the idea inherent in their protest that Target is really selling Christmas stuff, and trying to make money off the Christmas holiday, but is genericizing it in their ads?

Target is also really selling Hannukah and New Year's stuff. I don't see why running one generic ad instead of three specific ones says anything other than "one ad campaign is cheaper than three."

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