Thursday miscellanea #404

• I don’t think “Baby It’s Cold Outside” was in my consciousness at all until this year’s hubbub over its lyrics. I just heard some version of it on the radio and was surprised at how banal it is—not just lyrically, but musically. How did this become a Christmas standard in the first place?
• Lea, the boys, and I watched V for Vendetta together recently. I was delighted at what the boys took away from it, as well as how ridiculously entertaining that film remains a decade later.
• I tried my first live Facebook video this week. It worked, though I’ll definitely try to have more to say next time. I need to consider how to look for good opportunities to use the function.
• Johnny Gryll’s Creepin’ Reaper wings are now available on University Drive! Look just west of Burlington Coat Factory in that shopping center. Maybe with that particular fix so close, I’ll actually try some other flavors now.
• That shopping center is as vital now as Madison Square Mall is dead. The contrast is stunning. It’s only Research Park Boulevard between them, after all.
• The hot pistachios have arrived. They’re making me want the hot Chex mix and the hot cheese straws. (No surprise I have spicy Christmas traditions.)
• I request prayer for a friend who lost his mother this week after a long illness.

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