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Worse than coal in your stocking?

Writing by greenink on Friday, 21 of December , 2007 at 9:45 am

What could possibly be worse than getting coal in your stocking? How about a pig’s head in your manger? That’s what a couple of west Eugene families found yesterday in place of the “Baby Jesus” dolls in their Nativity scenes.

Awww.

I’m not big on silly vandalism aimed at regular folks. And I’m kinda familiar with the neighborhood where this happened. It’s a working-class area with a lot of older folks, small homes, etc. So on balance, I call this a dumb stunt, especially since the real “victims” are generally the little kids who pay the most attention to these silly shrines.

But if you really think about it, what do most folks spend the most time thinking about on Christmas Day anyway, the Baby Jesus or the honey-roasted ham?

Maybe there’s a place for that pig after all.

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Lights out.

Writing by greenink on Friday, 15 of December , 2006 at 2:11 pm

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Overlooking the abyss, glancing over my shoulder at the wasteland, pondering my options. A family man, a crazy man, a man with a plan but hardly a clue. Recovering (too slowly) from western civilization. Seeking chaos in an ordered world, honesty in the artifice, reality beneath the concrete. Trying to nurture a garden in the desert of our age, fearing the apocalypse and fearing it won't get here soon enough.

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