Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season
from Magick Sandwich
12/13/2010
The Magick Sandwich Quote o' the Day
“We believe that people are sick of being lied to.
If you use truth, you can sell people anything.
If you use truth, you can sell people anything.
If you want people to react, to feel, to buy,
tell them the truth. The truth is the new lie!”
--Sanjay, Slings & Arrows
12/12/2010
Oops!
I have folded my little-read blog, Life Without Feck, into Magick Sandwich. Feck was meant to be a place where I could post short pieces. I used it for things I thought were not "Sandwich-worthy."
What I've realized is that nothing is beneath me, so I might as well let it all out here. Also, Feck has only three readers and I'm two of them. I write for myself but I'd be lying if I said I don't want you all to read it.
I want to apologize to Magick Sandwich's email subscribers. In order to merge the blogs, I had to publish my Feck posts here. I was unable to prevent this from emailing the posts as new. If your email inbox has been filled with Feck, I'm sorry. Please delete them and forgive me.
I hope those accustomed to my usual foolishness will enjoy my (more) feckless ramblings as well.
12/10/2010
Breaking: Manger Danger!
Pittstown, DE--Is your neighborhood nativity scene safe? Sadly, the answer was no for the Davis family, whose three year old daughter, Mensa, was injured last night when a faulty manger toppled onto the youngster.
"We were in the town square videotaping her throwing rocks at squirrels," her father read from a prepared statement at a press conference this morning. "It's good for her hand-eye coordination. Then she started to climb up the manger wall. One moment her mother and I were laughing and clapping, the next, tragedy struck. It is unconscionable that the city did not properly anchor the manger to the ground. How could they do that to my little girl?"
Reached by phone, Mensa's mother stated, "If she doesn't come out of the coma soon, she'll lose her spot at Branstone preschool. Her life will be ruined!" She added, "They're going to pay for this!" before hanging up, overcome with emotion.
Savior Sold Industries, manufacturer of the nativity scene, is expected to release a statement later today. This is not the first time the company has had a problem with a defective product. In 2007, it voluntarily recalled its Sweet Jesus Jumbo Tabletop Candy Crèche after a Pekingese choked to death on a piece of myrrh.
In related news, a Wise Man was attacked on December 6th in Baye Village, Ohio. DNA evidence is pending. Local registered sex offenders are being questioned. The manger's owner, Jerry Smith, has removed the display from his lawn and says it will remain deflated until further notice.
Meanwhile, a church group in Iowa continues its efforts to make peeing on the baby Jesus a felony.
12/07/2010
Dear Barack Obama: When You Talked About Change, Is This What You Meant?
What happened to the guy we elected? I know he caved in to extending the Bush tax cuts in order to get unemployment benefits extended. He can try to say it's in the spirit of bipartisanship, blah blah blah. But the truth is that the Republicans held those benefits hostage. They don't care about helping the unemployed: they just want to beat Obama. And they have. Soundly.
Unfortunately, we are the ones who will pay while the supposed "deficit hawks" incur more crushing debt in the name of their wealthy donors. Obama talks about exchange of ideas. But the Republicans talk about Obama's cooperation; they're pleased he's finally reaching out. It makes it easier to mug him in broad daylight.
I have a sinking feeling. If we really did elect a Superman, then Congress is Obama's kryptonite. Or maybe he was always just a politician, albeit one with a rousing use of the English language.(We were certainly starved for that after eight years of Bush.) In any case, he is weak as a kitten now. Words are seemingly all he has left. Can he spin a tale that will make us believe in him again? More important, can he make it come true?
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