Today, December 23 is Festivus. Festivus is the holiday invented by Frank Costanza in protest against the commercialism of Christmas. In honor of Festivus I am making a gift in all your names to “The Human Fund” whose motto is “money for people”. The traditions of Festivus are:
1. First we do not have a Christmas tree but an aluminum pole (tinsel is a bit distracting).
2. We gather our friends and family for dinner for the “airing of the grievances” where we tell each other all the ways that they have disappointed you in the past year.
3. We finish up with the feats of strength where two people have to wrestle each other.
By the way – the airing of the grievances is supposed to be fun and lighthearted, remember that.
A Festivus Money Donation to The Human Fund
I will start the airing of the grievances. There are at least 18 contributing editors (including me) and I have done close to 60% of the threads. I am getting tired of carrying the load. You all are lazy. Step up to the plate. Some of you think that you have to do something special which is ridiculous. Find an article or column, write an introduction and post it. This is not rocket science. With almost 470 threads I am burning out and am not going to be so prolific next year – I don’t get paid for this.
Second, since Festivus was first brought to the public’s attention on Seinfeld, every time I and others reference that show, the same people have to make their ritual “I never watched Seinfeld and never will” comments. Ok I get it! Frankly I don’t give a spit and neither does Jerry if you watched the show or not. He is crying all the way to the bank.
Third – Why do people have to announce “new thread upstairs?” It is sort of like saying “pay attention to me”. People will discover a thread eventually. I hate it when a thread has a lot of momentum and everyone is expected to go drop it to start posting on a new topic.
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