If you’re looking for a good bit to eat in NYC – try this place:
Ate there the other day with a couple of ‘lady-friends’ from Indiana… Very good.
Archive for December, 2007
Smac – Sarita’s Mac & Cheese – Must-eat in NYC
Monday, December 31st, 2007You all – Something is wrong…
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Gospel of Prosperity – This ain’t right you all – things have got to change…
Friends, this hurts – mainly because this does not represent all (or a majority of) Christian congregations. Christianity is not about personal “health and wealth”, yet it seems that our society has transitioned (read: mutated) Christianity into a religion about money and riches on Earth.
Let me put it bluntly: No single amount of money or earthly riches will save you. In the end it will be your personal commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. God asks us to give what our heart wants – there are no promises of relief from the pain of this world – in fact as a follower of Christ, trials seem to come with the territory – God only says that in spite of the evil in the world – there is a better place after ‘this’ – that he has prepared a place for you to spend with him in the end and that he will get you through the trials of the world, although the pain may not go away.
Seriously, this has got to end. Just because you’re popular doesn’t mean you can prey on people’s fears for your riches…
Sigh….
Christmas Memories of Bogopolis Past…
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007It’s seems every Christmas season brings something new for Bogopolis.com. Last Christmas was a very silent one for us – not much was blogged for a couple of months, but somehow we put together our top five Christmas movies – although there could be more… We also had an opportunity to reflect on the past year and the joy of friendship and laugher we share. It is amazing what can change in a year, isn’t it?
In the distant past we’ve shared laughter over memories of run-away Christmas ambulances and braving what became a 3-foot snowfall in the Bedford area 2 days before Christmas.
And finally, we have shared our more serious side and shared what Christmas means to us.
Merry Christmas y’all. It’s been a fun year, but don’t fret – we’re not quite done yet!
Happy Festivus!
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Festivus:an annual holiday that was invented by Reader’s Digest writer and editor Daniel O’Keefe.[1] It was introduced to popular culture by O’Keefe’s son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, on December 18, 1997, in the episode “The Strike”.[2] (Season 9, Episode 10). The holiday is celebrated each year on December 23, but many people celebrate it at other times, often to avoid the Christmas rush.[2] The holiday includes novel practices such as the “Airing of Grievances”, in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him/her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the “Feats of Strength” are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, the holiday only ending if the head of the household is actually pinned.
- Festivus, Wikipedia.com
In attempt to be more politically correct in our public support of Winter holidays – see earlier post – … Just joking! Festivus has always been a personal favorite at One Bogopolis Plazaand this is the first year – we’ve remembered to mention it at the correct time of year.
For those of you unfamiliar with Festivus, it consists of five core elements:
- The Festivus Pole
- Festivus Dinner
- Airing of Grievances
- Feats of Strength
- Festivus Miracles
Our personal favorites include, The Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength. For more information, visit the should-be-authoritative article on Wikipedia.
I consider this the “open-source” holiday. For those looking for their own winter holiday, Festivus provides flexibility in celebration. Festivus is what you make it!
Wish a person “Merry Christmas” the politically correct way
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007So in today’s society, everything seems to be politically correct (PC) – especially when it comes to contentious issues, such as ‘religious’ holidays. Pleas use Bogopolis.com’s guide below to wish a person a PC Christmas.
Happy Winter Solstice
This allows a person to be non-descript in their wishes. Alternatives to this include, Happy Winter Festival Season or Happy Winter-time. The latter allows you to be as generic as possible and not offend somebody who might take offense to wiccan (read: religious) connotations of the first two.
Happy Hanakkuh
Although an alternative to Merry Christmas, this is still a reference to a religious holiday, which wouldn’t be fair to those Christians who are being robbed of their holiday. Other discouraged alternatives include: Happy Eid ul-Adha, Merry Kwanzaa, or Happy Jesus Day.
Happy Boxing Day
First off, Boxing day is an England tradition. Second, does anybody really care what Boxing Day is?
Happy Yuletide Season with wishes of warmth and joy
Seriously, that way too long and a little not with the times. Others that don’t correctly fit, include: Happy New Year (skip the week and season altogether), Happy National Purchasing Season, and Happy Saturnalia Day.
Happy Holidays
This seems to be the most popular choice of, who the Mexicans call, Policticos de Incorrecto (people who are incorrect – OK, I may have made that up…) in America. It allows co-workers, shop owners, baristas, bloggers, journalists, commentators, sportscasters, talk show hosts, everyday people, cab drivers, bell ringers, ticket counter agents, restaurant workers, well-wishers on the streets, and you and I to say what we want to say without taking a chance to say what we really want to say regarding the holiday season. However, Bogopolis.com believes that even this term is politically incorrect – it forces us to dumb down our traditions, shopping behaviors, our personal preferences, our faith – to a global level eliminating everything that our world stands for: diversity.
As an alternative, Bogopolis.com offers the following way to wish a person a Merry Christmas and still be politically correct:
Merry Christmas!
Over the centuries, Christmas has lost a lot of it’s religious meaning and become more of a secular holiday in today’s global marketplace. Yes, Christmas is a religious holiday, in which us Christians celebrate the birth of the one we believe to be our savior was born – but the global truth is that we were not the first ones to claim a winter holiday for our religion. Christmas has become and is a global holiday, which means something different to everybody. Christmas should not be recognized a mere Christian holiday, but as a celebration of family, a time we celebrate the past year with loved ones and prepare for the new. Christmas is truly about love (and let’s not forget about receiving gifts!) and the time we have with each other.
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A Christmas Miracle, indeed: Colbert/Stewart Return on 7th
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
- As reported in The New York Sun, September 21, 1987 by Francis P. Church
Colbert, Stewart to Return to airwaves on January 7th, 2008.
What is being hailed as miracle by some Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will return to their respective shows Januray 7th, 2008
While these show will be without writers (until the end of the writers strike) it is the opinion of this publication Mr. Colbert and Mr. Stewart have made the best decision for their staffs, maintaining the philosophy that the show must go on.
It is hard enough to wade through the jungle of politics without having the necessary humor to alleviate the pain of it all. Although the shows will remain without writers until the end of the writers strike, both men will surely persevere and America will be better because of their public service to us all. While it is hard to continue, we’re sure, Bogopolis.com is greatful that those readers of Bogopolis.com (who work in support roles of these shows) will feel blessed over the Holiday period that there jobs have been secured by two upstanding journalists (and yes, we do have viewers that work for the shows…).
The staff of Bogopolis.com extends best wishes to both men and suggests that if they find operating two shows by themselves hard – we suggest a combined hour of tag team political reporting and commentary on a joint venture.
A Christmas miracle, indeed – “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause.”
Words escape me…
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Sigh….
Have we – as a people – seriously gotten this anal about politics and religion?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/18/
huckabee-denies-subliminal-christmas-message/
Personally, I think that there’s more important stuff to be focusing our attention on (ending poverty, being eco-friendly, loving our neighbor, smiling, laughing, being a vocational lover, having fun, trying to not take life as seriously as we do, learning to let go of things, respecting people, making – not breaking friends, did I mention showing love for your fellow man[?]), rather than trying to determine if somebody is sending subliminal messages through oddly placed furniture pieces…
And if he is doing that – THAN who cares? (Is that not what they do, anyway…)
Preview of Cloverfield – Best Scary Flick of ’08
Monday, December 17th, 2007Saturday Afternoon: Time to change Careers?
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Friday Videos Return: Starring Chuck Norris
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Well, Friday night videos are returning and we’re bring in the star power!
We’re bringing in Chuck Norris to help us rock this off and some political guy – never heard of him, though…
In no way is this an official Bogopolis endorsement of a presidential candidate – for that we’ll wait until 2036 when guest blogger, Jacob Lange runs for president!This is however, an endorsement of Chuck Norris’ and the coolness he brings to anything or anybody mundane.