11/12/2007
Back on the original Svengoolie show, we used to have fake products that were under the auspices of STD Enterprises- the “STD” standing for “sham-trickery-and deceit!” Well, I saw something this past weekend that seems to have been another STD Enterprises spin-off- the lighting of the tree in the Walnut Room at Marshall F…I mean, Macy’s.
There was Mayor Daley, at the side of tirelessly self-promoting Martha Stewart (okay- she sells her stuff at K- Mart… no, wait! Macy’s! No, wait!) They did the traditional countdown until they pressed the button that supposedly lights the tree (which was loaded with these ornaments that Martha just happened to be selling and signing later on…) So, here comes the big countdown- “5-4-3-2-1…” but, the one was barely out of the speaker’s mouth, and they HADN’T EVEN HIT THE BUTTON- and the tree lit up! Don’t tell me that that button really didn’t do a darn thing, and that it was all a heapin’ holiday helping of sham, trickery and deceit! Martha wouldn’t lie to us, would she? AND CERTAINLY NOT Da Mare?! Yet, there it was on every local newscast- you could watch it over and over, and every time- the tree lit before they hit the button. Oh, wait- I get it –it was voice –activated- yeah, that’s the ticket.
I’m sure, in a few weeks, when they light that tree in the Daley Center, with the usual corporate shills like that traditional harbinger of Christmas Ronald McDonald, and some fool from whatever station has shelled out sponsorship money for part of the display, the button will indeed be the REAL catalyst for the lighting of the tree. Sure it will.
But, today is no time for such humbug- since it’s in the 60s, and seems more like a spring day than a month and two weeks before Christmas. I opened my door today, only to be inundated by-ladybugs! Seems like this has been happening every other fall or so- a sudden influx of a huge number of the little bugs, sneaking into anyplace they can. I recall visiting a friend’s home in Michigan a couple years ago, and the little bugs were everywhere, and found numerous ways to get into the house- there were scores of them on every window in the place, we’d watch television at night and they’d be attracted to the light of the tube, and they’d coat the doors and cars and walls. Today, I got to work and, as I got up, noticed one crawling across the seats!(And, no, my car isn’t a VW “bug!”)
If only the ladybugs had been attracted to that tree in the Walnut Room…
There was Mayor Daley, at the side of tirelessly self-promoting Martha Stewart (okay- she sells her stuff at K- Mart… no, wait! Macy’s! No, wait!) They did the traditional countdown until they pressed the button that supposedly lights the tree (which was loaded with these ornaments that Martha just happened to be selling and signing later on…) So, here comes the big countdown- “5-4-3-2-1…” but, the one was barely out of the speaker’s mouth, and they HADN’T EVEN HIT THE BUTTON- and the tree lit up! Don’t tell me that that button really didn’t do a darn thing, and that it was all a heapin’ holiday helping of sham, trickery and deceit! Martha wouldn’t lie to us, would she? AND CERTAINLY NOT Da Mare?! Yet, there it was on every local newscast- you could watch it over and over, and every time- the tree lit before they hit the button. Oh, wait- I get it –it was voice –activated- yeah, that’s the ticket.
I’m sure, in a few weeks, when they light that tree in the Daley Center, with the usual corporate shills like that traditional harbinger of Christmas Ronald McDonald, and some fool from whatever station has shelled out sponsorship money for part of the display, the button will indeed be the REAL catalyst for the lighting of the tree. Sure it will.
But, today is no time for such humbug- since it’s in the 60s, and seems more like a spring day than a month and two weeks before Christmas. I opened my door today, only to be inundated by-ladybugs! Seems like this has been happening every other fall or so- a sudden influx of a huge number of the little bugs, sneaking into anyplace they can. I recall visiting a friend’s home in Michigan a couple years ago, and the little bugs were everywhere, and found numerous ways to get into the house- there were scores of them on every window in the place, we’d watch television at night and they’d be attracted to the light of the tube, and they’d coat the doors and cars and walls. Today, I got to work and, as I got up, noticed one crawling across the seats!(And, no, my car isn’t a VW “bug!”)
If only the ladybugs had been attracted to that tree in the Walnut Room…
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