Spitball Army

I walk into work Monday and before I can even log in to the store system, three people have stopped me to ask what I think of the New Refrigerator in my department. New Refrigerator? I ask. IT HAS A STEREO BUILT IN! they each swoon, wide-eyed, slack-jawed. Indeed, our Whirlpool representative is on site, […]

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Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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They call him Mr. Hanky. He’s three years old, and all he wants for Christmas is a kitchen. Supposed specialty: sausage biscuits.

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MER Y CHRIS AS announces the flashing LED sign beside the Alabama gas station. FRI D PICKL S $1.00

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A 1944 South Seas Christmas brings gifts of beer, cigars and spearmint Wrigley’s. The soldiers celebrate with an Aqua Velva toast.

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Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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A Christmas Note for You, Sweetheart

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All accounts suggest that Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote “Teenage Idol” as a tribute to glam rocker Marc Bolan of the band T.Rex.

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I received your Christmas card. It was a little late but the tardiness didn’t change any of the words of the meaning. It was a swell card, Sweetheart.

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[Written to Alice in Frankfort, Indiana. Return addressed: Richard, Co. G, 2nd Bn., 1st Mar., c/o F.P.O., San Francisco, Calif. No postmark. Unshrunken V-mail stamped on front, “Passed by Naval Censor,” and initialed by the Censor.] [This letter previously appeared on spitballarmy.com on 25 December 2009.]

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