Thank God She Had A Good Sense Of Humor

Mrs.D, originally uploaded by Reva49.

Once upon a time, back in 1966, I was a terribly awkward (physically and socially) senior in high school who positively worshipped a 22yr-old neophyte teacher who carried herself like a queen and had more brains than anyone I ever knew. Being your typical sheltered Catholic girl, I inadvertantly insulted her with a holiday card I'd whipped together in Art Class later that day.
It had to have been the worst card ever made! I painted the double blue bars and gold star of the Isreali flag on the front flap, and inside I scrawled a hasty verse that went like this:

"Christmas is for everyone
Not just a chosen few
And even though you're Jewish
With Chanukah all done
Have a Merry Christmas anyway
*Feliz Navidad to You!
*means Merry Christmas in Spanish"

Was that an insult or what? Fortunately, she thought it was funny. Me, I thought it would cheer her up. Yeah, right---like a note from the IRS, maybe. At any rate, I meant well, and she realized that. Here's hoping all of you have a Merry Xmas, Happy Chanukah, and a good Kwanzaa!

Maybe God Should Seek US

Chillin', originally uploaded by Reva49.

Well, why not? Are you tired of knocking on heaven's gate and being ignored? Are you fed up with praying, only to be put on hold (and no Muzak to listen to while you wait, too)? So let Him find you. After all, if Santa knows where you live surely God does. Besides, who has time in this hectic world to look for God? He doesn't hold down three jobs, and since everything's created He's been more or less semi-retired. He's got all the time in the universe---literally! So why can't He look us up? It's not like I have an unlisted number, you know. I mean, think about it. He's God, right? Nothing's impossible for God (unless He's been hanging out way too long with George Bush), so why not get in touch? Okay, I'd probably crap my pants if He did, but it would be nice to know He still cares. Wouldn't it?

Laptop Gets Even---Tis the Season, pt.2

Boy, talk about being touchy. My laptop must be paranoid----or else controlled by some gnome in National Security. It denied me access again, so I had to wipe the harddrive and start all over again. Luckily, however, I had made backups of all my important files, but this is getting to be annoying. Maybe Bill Gates is so scared of "software piracy" he designed Windows to do this? Who knows?
Now, on to my next topic---that time of year again and the so-called "War On Xmas". Get over it, people! I mean, don't we have enough trouble with this War On Terror, we have to add to it? Isn't this season plenty nerve-wracking on its own? Let's just stop for a minute and think. Just because I, as a Jew, wishes a Christian "happy holidays" doesn't mean I'm against Xmas. And, by the way, Xmas is a perfectly proper form of the word, having come from the Greek in which the letter X means christos, the original from whence we derived ours. No, it's not x-ing out the Christian messiah. I got enough of that when I wrote "Merry XMAS" on the board during student teaching and the class nearly crucified me! For those of us who don't celebrate Christian holidays (including atheists as well), there's nothing "hateful" about expressing a wish that all our December holidays (Xmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, etc.) be merry. After all, it's not just my holiday, or your holiday, but a time to be cognizant of the blessings of freedom---which includes the freedom not to believe as well.
Sure, there are militant atheists out there who bring these assinine suits against creches on private property and such, but they represent the lunatic fringe. They're basically "lone wolves", really, who have extremely little influence in society at-large, so they do stupid things to get attention. There is no "war" on religion, people. Let's just chuck all this political correctness and enjoy our holidays, okay?