{"id":177,"date":"2004-12-22T00:15:42","date_gmt":"2004-12-22T00:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2004-12-22T00:15:42","modified_gmt":"2004-12-22T00:15:42","slug":"the-xmas-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"The Xmas Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m stretched thin right now. This month has turned out to be really busy, although it hasn’t been really stressful, which is an okay combination actually. But means little blogging and a backlog of email and feeling guilty about leaving lots of cool comments unanswered.
\nBut it’s Christmas very soon. I hope anyone reading this blog has been nagged by me into keeping a mindful eye on their Christmas experience, looking for ways to improve it for next time around.
\nI had a bit of a windfall the other week – an unexpected tax refund from the last financial year (i.e. the year that ended 20 months ago, pretty much). I’ve spent this month talking about having a conscious Christmas and now I receive some free money – believers in synchronicity, stroke your beards now. The phrase ‘put your money where your mouth is’ certainly comes to mind.
\nAnyway, I’ve decided to give most of it to charity. My annual Christmas donation to Amnesty International NZ<\/a> just got covered, but there’s plenty left over, so I’m wondering about another charity or two. Probably something in Palestine, since that experience had such an impact on me. Suggestions of appropriate charities welcome.
\n(This has the added advantage of making it harder the next time I try and convince myself I don’t need to buy some roleplaying book or other. Did I say advantage? I mean, disadvantage. Honest.)
\nThings I don’t have time to talk about just now:
\n* The Jodi Jones murder case here in Scotland – this upsets me.
\n* Palestine and Israel post-Arafat – a rare chance for progress, likely to be squandered.
\n* Band Aid 20 – please, no.
\n* Finally started working on a page with photos from Ireland. Up soon.
\nOff to London for Christmas in two days. Back on the 29th.
\nOh, yeah: Merry Christmas!
\nPeace, love and antelopes…
\n~`morgue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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