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This thun­der­chikin attracts Those We Do Not Speak Of. You must bury it. I defy you! Come and kneel before Thun­der­chikin! Keep your friends close, but your thun­der­chikin closer.

Now, I’m a guy who prides him­self on not be a cliche “guy.” For instance, I’ve never bought my wife a house­hold appli­ance for Christ­mas or birth­day, espe­cially one that requires her to do work. Until now. I couldn’t resist. I’ve been read­ing about these things for years, and finally, I gave in. I bought my …

Whichever way you say it, enjoy the day! Afrikaans: Ges’ende Kers­fees Afrikan­der: Een Ple­sierige Ker­fees African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats Albanian:Gezur Kris­lin­j­den Ara­bic: Milad Majid Argen­tine: Feliz Navi­dad Armen­ian: Sheno­raa­vor Nor Dari yev Pari Gag­hand Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Bahasa Malaysia: Sela­mat Hari Natal Basque: Zori­onak eta Urte Berri On! Ben­gali: Shuvo Naba Bar­sha Bohemian: Vesele …

We inter­rupt the cel­e­bra­tion of the hol­i­day sea­son with a mes­sage from a book-reviewing Scrooge. This mor­ing, I was read­ing a review of Kelly Easton’s After­shock in the online ver­sion of a North Car­olina news­pa­per, the Star-News. While the review of the novel was pos­i­tive, I could help but notice the elbow-sharp digs the reviewer, …

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Not too shabby for a day spent shop­ping in the rain. 15,498 / 40,000(38.0%)

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