Bah, have to work late tonight. Don't wanna.

Have I mentioned that the editorial writers at the WSJ are insane?

WSJ columnist blames financial crisis on the War on Christmas.»

In his Wall Street Journal column today, Daniel Henninger argues that the “unprecedented economic ruin” that many Americans are facing is a casualty of the War on Christmas because “a nation whose people can’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ is a nation capable of ruining its own economy”:

Notwithstanding the cardboard Santas who seem to have arrived in stores this year near Halloween, the holiday season starts in seven days with Thanksgiving. And so it will come to pass once again that many people will spend four weeks biting on tongues lest they say “Merry Christmas” and perchance, give offense. Christmas, the holiday that dare not speak its name.

This year we celebrate the desacralized “holidays” amid what is for many unprecedented economic ruin — fortunes halved, jobs lost, homes foreclosed. People wonder, What happened? One man’s theory: A nation whose people can’t say “Merry Christmas” is a nation capable of ruining its own economy.

After cataloging a series of complex economic factors that do relate to the financial crisis, Henninger concludes that what really went wrong is that “the steady secularizing and insistent effort at dereligioning America” led to “subprime personal behavior by borrowers and bankers.”

Unrelatedly, may I propose:

Natter 63: Happy Holidays, Daniel Henninger!

but the picture shows a BANDAGE dress!

Hah! I thought I misread it as bondage and was being a dirty girl. But my hands (and mind) are clean.

I like sequins. I have none. One day not too far from now I should remedy that.

My Roomba is currently doing its scheduled clean. I hope this makes a dent in my dust mite allergy. Someone mentioned a spray that kills mites ded. Can anyone make a recommendation?

I didn't triple post. My Roomba did it.

I have a sequined cowgirl hat!

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Even a roomba feels like too much work to use most of the time. I have to clean it out so much and that's a pain in the ass.

When I was diagnosed with my allergies I was told to vacuum every day. A Roomba is the only way I can approximate that.

My living room/kitchen is now tidy enough for Roomba to go nuts, but the bedroom is a tip.

My bedroom is easy for the roomba. The livingroom, there's a couple of spots I routinely have to rescue it from [and why does it ALWAYS head right back to where it got stuck/wedged/trapped?!I have a masochistic roomba?] and a lot of arranging I have to do. I've been using it a lot in the bedroom because the kitten can make a mess from nothing.

I have a sequined cowgirl hat!

That's because you're a rockstar.

Given the dog hair and basic crapitude of my carpet's quality, the roomba would only be able to do 3 square feet before filling up I fear. Otherwise, I'd love it considering my herculean hatred for vacuuming.