After we printed Yahoo's corporate e-mail telling employees to use their vacation time for the Christmas holiday week (or to take unpaid time off), the news got around — Forbes, MSNBC, the Red Herring, and other media outlets drew more attention to the faux pas. Now Scrooge had a change of heart: Yahoo's making their forced-vacation plan a bit more flexible.
War on Christmas? Bah, only among retailers. Jews in Israel are more reflective and celebrate the festive Hanukkah season by welcoming Nazis to the Ben Yehuda street mall in Jerusalem.
The inviting smell of a roasting turkey, beloved family members catching up after being apart for too long, spit flying from Eva Longoria's bright red face as she cusses someone out from the window of an SUV these are just a few of the cherished traditions we have all come to associate with the holidays. Who of us wasn't touched by her parking attendant-stiffing reminder, "Jesus! It s Thanksgiving. Be nice. FUCK!" Now comes news of this Christmas Eve interaction with San Antonio's finest:
Yes, 'tis that awkward time of year, the chronological taint between Christmas and New Year, usually given off as a freebie thank you for a year of hard work. Not Gawker Media, though, where the electrified ankle restraints are never removed, not even for our bi-weekly alley hosings! Still, in the name of Jesus love, the corporate mothership has decided to let one of us free into the wilderness, equipped with a Bowie knife and a few day's head start, before setting after him in a caravan of Jeep Wranglers for a little New Year's Eve bloodsport. Run, Mark, run! Meanwhile, your trusty associate editor, weighed down by the greasy, starchy remnants of his ongoing latke gluttony-thon, will remain at the helm. And while the spirit of Christmas giving is dead and gone, remember, there's still four more nights of the Jewish festival of "associate editor appreciation." Just make sure to include a gift-receipt our oddly shaped body makes for some tricky sizing issues.
