My brother Carl sent me a really good article debunking the idea that ‘Happy Holidays’ is an attack on Christmas. What’s scary is that the idea apparently needs to be debunked.
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American Anthropological Atrocity
The ersatz AAA meetings took place in Atlanta this past weekend, and if you’re curious how they went, I’ve posted the body of my letter to one of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion conference organizers (ha) below:
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Me-Ouch!
I am so, so sorry. But I found a reference to this on Slate.com this morning, and when I saw it, I had to share. Think scary, scary Japanese anime cats for consumerist girls. This led me to the truly painful main site, where there are references to Catz, Dogz, and Foxz (sic). This is horrible, yet a part of me is thinking, oh, that is SO Yeti!
World on Fire
I may be the slow one here, but I just saw the World on Fire video by Sarah McLachlan and I was really moved. This article explains how they spent $15 on the video itself and donated the money a video would normally have cost to eleven different charities around the world. As you watch the video, it tells you how much each thing would have cost and what they spent it on instead. It’s awesome.
Happy Birthday, Chris!
Yes, it is that time of year again: the birthday of our very own blogmeister, Chris “Clearwater” Radcliff. In the name of true birthday randomness, I present you with a link that has nothing to do with you, yet seems as though it might…
