Merry Christmas

i know it seems late, but my family didnt celebrate until today.
my little brothers birthday is today and my parents realized a long time ago that they could save a lot of money on presents if they just combined it with christmas.
in order to keep my brother happy weve had to tell him that we all wait till today to have our birthdays too.
i go along with it because ive always loved our secret birthdays.
we send my brother out to a movie, draw the curtains, and have a great time!
this year, however, i have to applaud the sheer audacity of my parents.
due to concerns over the economy, they decided to save even more money by making their only gift to my brother be reuniting him with grandpa.
grandpa hasnt been welcome in our house since he took out my brothers eye with his belt buckle.
it was an accident.
i was away at college so i dont know the full story.
i think grandpa was trying to show him a magic trick or teach him a lesson.
or teach him a lesson about magic.
apparently my brother likes to hold a grudge, because he didnt seem to like his present much.
he hid in the hall closet and made a loud screeching sound until grandpa left.
in order to teach him another lesson, my grandpa gave me his present: a series of soft core lesbian erotica my grandpa wrote in the 50s, back when he was a young, slightly disgruntled veteran.
i didnt even know they had lesbians back then!

originally posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008