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Prosecco And Auguri

January 1, 2011Burt Likko 1 Comment

To open a bottle of sparkling wine, the trick is to not let in too much oxygen all at once or else it froths out and spills everywhere, creating a sticky mess and wasting perfectly good bubbly. This is great… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season

Happy Solstice To All

December 22, 2010Burt Likko

The winter solstice has been an occasion for celebration around the world and throughout time. So whether you celebrate Inti Raymi, Sanghamitta, Jul, Hogmanay, Shab-e Yaldâ, Modranicht, Lenæa, Karachun, Chanukkah, Beiwe, Ameratsu, Zagmuk, Montol, Sviatki, Dongzhi, Makara Sankranti, Meán Geimhridh,… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season

The War On The War On Christmas 2010 Heats Up

December 7, 2010Burt Likko 7 Comments

Battleground: Tulsa, Oklahoma!  The political football: a holiday parade!  The culture warrior: James Inhofe, United States Senator from the great state of Oklahoma!  It seems Senator Inhofe is upset that “Tulsa’s Christmas Parade of Lights” has been renamed “Tulsa’s Holiday… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season, Domestic Politics, Religion

Atheism Can’t Win

December 4, 2010Burt Likko 2 Comments

I’m not so sure that in the long run, all of these assumptions are correct, but let’s just assume the author is right and due to intractable cultural, biological, and emotional factors, atheists will always be a minority in Western… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season, Atheism, Link Love, News, Religion

Turkey Cooking Questions

November 25, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

Would it be wrong to stuff a pre-roasted Cornish game hen inside the turkey, then at dinner tell all the kids, “Uh-oh, it looks like we cooked the turkey’s baby, too!” while you pull it out?* And if you make… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

Cranberry Pardon Explained!

November 23, 2010Burt Likko

Obama Outlines Moral, Philosophical Justifications For Turkey Pardon

'Tis The Season, Barack Obama, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

Green Christmas

December 25, 2009Burt Likko

Merry Christmas to my Christian readers!  Today, I give you a Green Christmas. We begin by debunking some ecological myths.  Well, sort of.  Then, I’ll point you to an interesting set of thoughts about global warming as an ethical and… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season, Ethics and Morality, Link Love, Science

The Battle Of Santa Claus River

December 23, 2009Burt Likko

Freaking hillarious.  Happy Festivus, everyone!

'Tis The Season, Link Love

Cheer Up, TL, At Least You’ve Got Time Records To Audit

December 22, 2009Burt Likko

In reading over my last three posts, you may get the sense that I’m bitter about something.  And it’s true that it kind of stung to lose by one point to Pittsburgh as time expired after what I think was… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season, Law, Sports

The War On The War On Christmas Strikes At Some Old Stomping Grounds

December 9, 2009Burt Likko 7 Comments

Locals pronounce the name Maryville, a Tennessee city very near The Estate At Louisville and an exurb of Knoxville,* “Muhrr-vull.”  The big news:  a local citizen was concerned that the city’s annual holiday celebration, which included a reading of several… Continue Reading →

'Tis The Season, Constitutional Law, Religion, Tennessee

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