Recently I wrote about my quest for an authentic Christmas, one free of unnecessary commerce and consumption, one that was more giving, more thoughtful and well…more spiritual.
I also alluded to a belief of mine that offering realistic alternatives to the problems of society is more effective than mere protest. Especially angry, bitter protest.
Or as my friend John O. likes to tell me, “There’s no point in cursing the darkness for being dark if you’re not willing to bring a little light.”
So in this spirit, the Comma clan went to spend Christmas Eve with our people at Lifelink Memphis.
Now I’m not saying that my family singlehandedly brought illumination to the darkened carcass of Christmas present…
But you should have seen my truck.
The Official Memphis Position on Snow and Ice
December 20, 2008When I first moved to Memphis I realized right away that locals and motor vehicles shouldn’t be allowed to mix.
Even under the best of conditions they form unstable compounds, traveling in erratic, unpredictable trajectories which, in some unexplained quantum-mechanical fashion, are able to occupy all possibly lanes of traffic simultaneously, at least until interacting violently with similar neighboring compounds.
The only know method of intensifying this chaotic reaction is to add precipitation…