http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:02:44 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/112047.php#comment-104553 not hateable so much as regrettable. There should be more to life than buying things. even if you're buying them for other people. 104553@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:02:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/112047.php#comment-104487 Ho Ho Ho! great post. Although I've never been to the US, thanks to the movies and TV, after India (where I live), it is the country I know most about. Holiday time in the US, it seems, is one large marketing extravaganza, wherein people are lured to malls, shops, restaurants and hotels on every pretext imaginable. While excessive, I never thought there was anything "hateable" about the system until I read your post. Enlightening! 104487@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Dec 2004 01:57:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/112047.php#comment-103302 I enjoyed your post very much. Merry Christmas! ;-) 103302@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:30:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/112047.php#comment-103281 very nice rant full of truths and pithy observations - thanks and welcome Katharine! BTW, don't YOU believe in spontaneous combustion? I am moving this to Book, because ultimately it's a great review of "Christmas Carol" 103281@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:56:50 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/14/112047.php#comment-103278 I think if I worked in retail I'd be a little bitter about this time of year also. I think it would start the day after Thanksgiving! 103278@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:43:01 EST