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TheInsanityOfTheSeason2016

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TheInsanityOfTheSeason2016

 


 

Introduction/Definition/etc

 

Well, it's that time of year again, winter solstice, Xmas, Kwanzaa, etc...

And people are even more insane than usual...

 

Body

 

 

This time of year is insane for several reasons, and some not even listed...

 

Shopping

 

It helps to have money to shop, some however are getting things without paying,

as they say shopping in the suburbs, check news reports of that stuff, likely crime,

and other problems...

 

Food

 

So just when bills are getting higher, and other people are having fun with family,

work, school, church/synagogue/mosque/temple/etc the food pantry distribution location is closed for two weeks,

requiring going to the central warehouse, if possible...

 

News

 

A press release, media event about the INoVA Hospital Deputy shooting of what was going to be

Martinez, turns out to be Gomez, and the deputy was cleared, then the video was released, like yesterday...

Find the link... Fairfax County Police Blotter

 

TransitionalGovernment

 

Every four to eight years, sometimes in history more frequent with that, as inauguration doesn't happen when we lose a president, no parties, just VP goes into effect, understudy gets the job, etc...

 

Change of Party, Democrat to Republican, and that means some things to some people, other to others,

RollBacks are popular on some show I watched, the South Carolina Governor, a Republican female from India originally, described what she did there, and maybe others are modeling a takeover after that?

 

OtherCrap

 

Essentially senseless violence, attacks and death...

 

See News

Arlington a kid was almost abducted

In Fairfax County an elderly woman was found deceased, maybe walking to a local park?

 

And some kids seem to think every elderly white person, with or without a real  beard, red suit, etc

is Santa Claus, points for effort, but more originality needed...

Some are conditioned to get stuff from others, and this is the time some are more generous,

other times, like tax time, things are lot tighter, but year end, and religion enters the scene, and

all sorts of crazy and maybe even magical thinking happens...

So how does Santa land on roofs?

How does he make it to all those places all at once, reaching millions/ billions and keep it all straight?

Wouldn't UPS Brown, USPS, FedEx, GenericDeliveryServiceCompanyNames, etc want to have shipping and delivery / logistics like that?

What about The Elves, are they Little People, read Dwarfs, formerly midgets? like some of the cable shows may depict ?

No, you can't bowl with them, that is freak show and drunk show stuff, and stereotypically un PC, so stop being rude and crude (any more than usual...)  Greaseman (old radio guy like a DC Howard Stern) was fired for on air pranks/statements like that, after the plane crashed on the 14th Street Bridge and calling up asking if 14th Street would be a regular stop...

 

Do all the Elves make it work out?

Or is it divine intervention?

Have to believe?

Why?

Doesn't Separation of Church and State cover that?  At least in the USA?

Or "The Republicans Are Coming, The Republicans are Coming", like Paul Revere alerting to the British further taking over the colonies...

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

Only a few days away, get through that one, and then a few more days of Best of 2016,

Year in Review, retrospectives, and New Year's Day, then on to the Super Bowl, and February,

St. Valentine's Day, likely some bad weather along the way, a White Christmas in DC not likely,

we had odd weather, very cold, warm, then cold, with Gale force winds, rain, etc, but nothing much besides some ice, normally late January and February, even a little in March, but Winter is highly unpredictable, and unreliable, for such HollyWood productions as Xmas, NonDenominationalHolidaySeason Festivities...

WHFS used to celebrate, in an alternative way, with more FestIvus, or similar, can't remember, old brain cells...

 

And, not trying to cheer me up isn't going to work, don't bother, depressives, etc, seeing A WonderFull Life, The Grinch, Charles Dickens, Norman RockWell, and other stuff usually doesn't do it...

 

You go on and have some fun, others will just be their same old grouchy selves, thanks...

 

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

So how do you celebrate/ ignore/ abstain/ protest/ reject/ collapse/ etc during these seasonal times?

 

What traditions did you have?

Night before?

Day of ?

After sales?

 

Several Holidays with a Splintered/ Blended/ Dysfunctional/ whatever family?

Holiday Week?

Holiday Month?

No Big Deal?

We Don't Do That, It's Not Muslim/Jewish/Buddhist/Hippie/Scientific/Agnostic/Atheist/Anarchist/Green/etc?

 

 

Links

 

 

Background

 

A history of uncelebratory stuff this time of year...

Part of it is probably the drinking events, like fundraisers at bars, work holiday parties,

volunteer parties, etc... and general mood of not partying, so pretty much no go...

 

PreHolidayAngst2012

 

HolidayAngst2012

 

BahHumbugAndAllThat2009

 

and probably many many more

of different cryptic titles...

 

 

YouBeTurkey2015

 

HappyTurkeyDay2009

 

YouBetterNotCryBySPOILEDAugustenBurroughs

 

VirginBirthAndOtherFictions

 

and searching/ reading in the past, might find others...

Think Easter Egg hunt without the Easter / religious context/ so maybe needle in a haystack?...

Reasons to read further, until your mood improves more than mine, in a see how low we can go type thing,

but pulling up at the end, as not to crash emotionally, nor physically, spiritually, etc...

Wallow in the bad mood for a limited amount of time, and then get back to more  cheerful things, eh, mate?

/EndBritishAccent

 

"And Now For Something Completely Different"

/MontyPython

 

Or more PC, "In Other News" ___...

 

 

Sales

 

Since ThanksGiving and before, there have been sales flyers, advertisements, etc

beyond what most would want to hear, CahChing (sp?), cash registers going, online sales,

BlackFriday, CyberMonday, GivingTuesday, etc...

Down to the wire now only a few more shopping days left, and don't forget wrapping,

delivery times, etc...

 

But luckily abstaining from all that...

 

 

News

 

Police

 

Arlington

 

 

Report seen thru email, but they probably have a blog type thing...

 

https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/police-investigation-attempted-abduction/

 

Not as detailed as Fairfax's Blotter, but something?

And they have a GIS Graphical, just type of crime/report not much detail, afaict, and took too much space on limited low end tablet machines, so I deleted...

 

Fairfax

 

https://fcpdnews.wordpress.com/

 

https://fcpdnews.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/update-video-released-of-fairfax-county-sheriffs-deputy-involved-shooting/

 

https://fcpdnews.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/elderly-woman-reported-missing-found-deceased/

 

 

Other Media

 

GreaseMan

 

14th Street Bridge

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWDC_(FM)

 

 

WHFS

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHFS_(historic)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFStival

 

but that was summer time, and there was something along the winter time, but only on air?

Requires more digging...

https://www.google.com/search?q=WHFS+FestIvus&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

Or exercise left for the reader(s)?

 

Maybe it got deleted like Climate Change data?

/HmmmLikeArsenioHall

Maybe ClimateChange.WayBackMachine.org?

 

 

License

 

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Page History

 

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  • Jerry created this page to dump some annoyances about others and media,
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  • or just blind faith spoils it for others...

 

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