As everyone who doesn’t stick their fingers in their ears and go LALALALA knows, I detest Halloween. Got nothing against the observation, per se, or the parties or the celebration of death as part of life. Got nothing against ghosts. Some of my best friends…
Tag: holidays
In honor of me favorite Irish restaurant, The Irish Rover, and because it’s St. Paddy’s Day, what can I do but present Paddy Noonan singing — wait for it — The Irish Rover! And the lyrics, not quite the same as those sung, but near…
First, the obligatory explanation of why this is called Black Friday. Back in the day when business accounts were written by hand in paper ledgers, black ink was used for profit and red ink was used for losses. When the day after Thanksgiving became the…