Author Archives: Kip

Happy New Year 2026 (Snow Squall in Framingham, MA)

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Kip

Well, happy New Year! I woke up to this, which was sort of nice:

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Patriots Clinch the AFC East

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Kip

Well, that’s that. With a Bills loss to the Eagles (13-12, ouch, bad call not going for OT) and a Patriots win over the Jets (42-10, S-U-C-K SUCK SUCK SUCK), the Patriots have not only have secured a playoff spot, … Continue reading →

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SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) — Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Kip

Merry Christmas Eve — though, sort of Merry Christmas, to me, because as I got older, my family tended to celebrate on Christmas Eve and then just have a meal on Christmas Day. Presents were Christmas Eve as well. On … Continue reading →

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Happy Winter Solstice (and Winter)!

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Kip

Celebrating the shortest day of the year, because it only gets better from here. Well, at least in this area of the world. I hope. I don’t want to head into that Asimov story “Nightfall” or anything. So, to the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Wrapping — The Waitresses (1982)

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Kip

Well, it’s the season, and you’re bound to hear this somewhere (I heard it in the supermarket yesterday) so why not listen to it here?

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_Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas_ (1912, Project Gutenberg)

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Kip

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Twas the Night before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost … Continue reading →

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Matt Foley, Motivational Santa (Saturday Night Live, 1993)

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Kip

I’m assuming this takes place somewhere in a MALL down by the RIVER…

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(Early) Happy Hanukkah

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Kip

To those out there who celebrate Hanukkah, the best to you, a day early (because there’s football on Sunday night for the atheists and goy like me, so I might be busy). It’s played too much, but, what the hell, … Continue reading →

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Happy 70th, Steven Wright!

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Kip

A happy birthday (Dec 6th) to Steven Wright, who is turning 70 this year. A classic but little-known Wright quote: “First you don’t exist. At all. Then you’re born, and you live your whole life. Then you die. Then you … Continue reading →

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Jayne Mansfield Nude

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Kip

Jayne Mansfield was a ’50s bombshell whom, unfortunately, never really did a picture bigger or better than WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, but man, was she beautiful, and man, did she have some…vast tracts of land, shall we say. Bosom … Continue reading →

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