tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8849396399978946047..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: A Christmas Metra Miracle Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89417205760567605802018-12-24T17:21:10.533-06:002018-12-24T17:21:10.533-06:00Great story. Might make an okay TV-movie. Ever wri...Great story. Might make an okay TV-movie. Ever written a screenplay, Mr. S? Maybe you can hire somebody for that...it's not the same as newspapering or writing books. <br /><br />I don't shop online. My wife does, but I do it the old way at Christmastime, starting around the 17th, after a lot of procrastination. Four or five days in a row of running around town like a headless chicken. I call it the "Shopping Frenzy." Never had any kids...hence no grandkids...so toys have never been on any of my lists.I may be one of the few Boomers who never set foot in a "Toys R Us"--ever.<br /><br /> That name originated from a slogan first used by a regional business that advertised on WGN in the Sixties, perhaps even later than that. Their unforgettable TV spots would scream out: "Children's Bargaintown USA! Where toys are us! Bargaintown! Bargaintown! Bargaintown! “ They had a huge store on West 95th, if I remember correctly. The outfit that absorbed them eventually adopted Bargaintown's slogan as their new name.<br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56427988210196582762018-12-24T11:27:02.754-06:002018-12-24T11:27:02.754-06:00I'm worse: bought a handful of Amazon gift cer...I'm worse: bought a handful of Amazon gift certificates. Wonder if Russki bots are promoting on line everything, so that once our whole lives are on line, we'll be ripe for picking; won't even know that Putin has replaced Bezos as the impresario of our puppet show.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61063586665090967312018-12-24T11:14:13.452-06:002018-12-24T11:14:13.452-06:00I'm too lazy to go out and shop for specific t...I'm too lazy to go out and shop for specific toys, but I did participate in my office's Toys for Tots drive this year. Just picked out some stuff online that looked good and had it sent to the VP who was organizing it.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60216606846927505012018-12-24T09:40:08.691-06:002018-12-24T09:40:08.691-06:00Great story. And I didn't even catch the fore...Great story. And I didn't even catch the foreshadowing of "I'm a big boy." Reminds me of the vanilla extract tell in Drunkard, which by the way is not as bad as Bay Rum aftershave.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42555768009135931122018-12-24T09:20:06.935-06:002018-12-24T09:20:06.935-06:00Happy Holidays!Happy Holidays!Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.com