Category Archives: The Facts of Life

Dissed and pissed Santa Claus cancels future visits

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Israeli police raided a Christmas party in Haifa, confiscating equipment and arresting a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus; a man dressed as Santa Claus was stopped by police for drunk driving in Rivne, Ukraine; and … Continue reading

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What do you do when an apocalypse is put on hold?

From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Ghana, a self-declared prophet, who solicited money from his followers to build arks ahead of what he said would be a Christmas Day rapture, announced that the apocalypse had been postponed and used the donations … Continue reading

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I can’t let New Year’s Day go by without reporting this weirdness

My sister, Doctor Deb, a serious physician with our family sense of absurdist humor, called from her car to tell me this: When driving through Sleepy Hollow, she has passed a store called Ashes to Glasses without thinking more about … Continue reading

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