Archive for December, 2009

Happy Holid… I mean Merry Christmas

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Saw this posted by Andy McCarthy at NationalReview.com

To All My Liberal Friends:  

Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

To All My Conservative Friends:
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Defunct Stores

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Some of the names have changed and some are gone forever.  Here’s a list of stores to spark some memories.

  • Service Merchandise
  • Best Products
  • Foley’s
  • Circuit City
  • Builder’s Square
  • Goldsmith’s
  • Mervyn’s
  • Montgomery Ward
  • Sanger-Harris
  • Stripling & Cox
  • Venture Stores
  • TG&Y (I remember going here with my Grandmother)
  • Incredible Universe
  • McDuff Electronics
  • Computer City
  • Chess King
  • KB Toys
  • Just For Feet
  • Tweeter
  • Mott’s Five and Dime
  • Woolworth (I remember going to the one in downtown Fort Worth)
  • Levitz Furniture
  • Tower Records
  • Sound Warehouse (I got Luciano Pavarotti’s autograph at the one in OKC)
  • Circus World
  • Warner Brothers Studio Store
  • Western Auto
  • Suncoast Motion Picture Company
  • Payless Cashways
  • Eckerd Drug
  • Kinney’s Shoes

The Sweet Spot

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

I enjoy reading Rob Neyer’s Sweet Spot blog