Fame and Fourtune

• Fact: Ralphie says the phrase “Red Rider BB Gun” 28 times in the classic “A Christmas Story”. The movie is also narrated by Jean Shepherd, who wrote In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, a collection of stories from the Hoosier’s life.
• Opinion: Being home feels a lot more comfortable this year than it did last year. Maybe it’s because this last semester was so hectic, but I think a large part of it has to do with just my material surroundings. I can walk barefoot without getting infected. I know that there is food in the refrigerator, and that I don’t have to worry about someone else stealing it. No one is going to leave caked cheese on the grill. These things comfort me more that I thought, and maybe more than they should.
• Song: In the spirit of the season, I recommend some good old Manheim Steamroller, either “Good King Weslasce Wenslas Wesley” or “Deck the Halls”. Yes, it’s Christmas crap, but it has been run through a synthesizer, which, in my eyes, transforms it from crappy crap to decent crap.
• Link: Keeping with the Xmas theme, a neat article about the Christmas Story house, now a museum. Unfortunately, it’s a NY Times link, so you kids will have to put Hooked on Phonics to work. Ho.