I am so sick of the religious zealots out there that ruin everything fun. Now a bunch of fundamentalist Christians are suing stores that use Happy Holidays not Merry Christmas. So now Happy Holidays is bad?

The company I work for decided to sponsor a tree in the local Festival of Trees. This was only the second year and it raises money for local conservation efforts. Since we are a Hollywood-themed business we decided to do a retro movie star tree using old Christmas themed publicity pictures.

One of the images was a publicity shot that was used in the early 1940s and it said “Have a Merry X-mas.” This was a widely displayed image during that time and no one threw a fit back then.

On the opening day of the event we get a call that people are complaining about the picture so the committee removed them from the tree. I tried to explain to the chairperson that you shouldn’t change the rules to please a few, but she just didn’t understand.

Then I said “If some Jews or Muslims came in and complained about the word Christ in Christmas you would not take the signs down.” She looked at me and sweetly said “Oh I don’t think it’s a religious thing, they just don’t like the look of the X on there.” I started to explain to her that this was a fundamentalist issue of taking Christ out of Christmas but realized the discussion would go right over her head.

Any way she had other issues to deal with. The event was held in the local Medical Mall and the funeral home tree in front of the Cancer Center was causing a stir. Then the Ladies' Auxillary (average age eighty-something) wanted to do something cheerful so they covered their entire tree with rainbows. I'm sure you know where this is going. The sad thing is that the little old ladies still don’t understand what everyone was up in arms about.

I ended up removing X-mas using PhotoShop and replaced it with Feliz Navidad. Maybe next year I’ll make a sign that says Have a Merry XhanukaKwanzaamas.

Congratulations Auntie Twinkie. I can't wait to see the pics.

Why is it that men always think they know more than women? Whenever I mention to H3 that some object may not be working well, he always replies “works for me.”

In fact we have had this exchange so many times that I would bet everything I own that this will be his response. It’s almost like a game. Each time I try a different approach to see if it will affect the outcome. I swear he does not even take the time to check it out. In fact I could say, “I don’t think this tampon is working and I know he will respond “works for me.”

For the past three years (or more) I have mentioned that my car makes loud creaking noises every time I hit a bump. It sounded like a carriage buggy going over railroad tracks.

H3 gave me this lame excuse about the shocks making that sound when they are cold…yada, yada, yada. I also complained about the ride being bumpy, the wheel shaking at higher speeds and the fact that the car would drag every time I backed out of the drive or went over a bump.

The last complaint brought the response that Camrys sit lower to the ground so the dragging was normal. I suspected that he was just blowing me off but since cars were his specialty I ignored my gut feeling.

For the past six months we have been sharing the Camry since he is no longer in the car business (No more new Demos perks) and we live in a town were you can walk to everything. About three months ago H3 said “we probably need to replace the struts.” When I responded that I thought there had been a problem he assured me that this was new.

To make a long story short our strut problem ended up being a major repair (seems this has went on so long that the mounts were busted too) and it took a big chunk out of our Christmas funds.

H3 was so excited when he brought the car to me. He said “it doesn’t drag or make any noise now. It drives like a different car.” I guess he thought this would make me happy.

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

I drove the damn thing for more than three years like that because it “worked for him.” On the way home I called Twinkie. I said “Do you remember how my car bottom dragged over every bump we crossed?” She started to giggle and said “yessss.”

Then I said “and do you remember how Mark always said that was normal.” No other words were needed. Twinkie was already in full laughter. She knew the rest of the story without me even saying another word.

WHY DO MEN DO THAT!!!!!

Only five days until I go home for Christmas. I can't wait to see everyone. I have been abonormally happy for the past few days and I think it's the fact that I am heading home.

I know I am obsessing over this, so I promise this is my last post. Yahoo executives pulled their heads out of their (you-know-what) and offered Rebecca a job. Smart move on their part, but Rebecca could do better.

I would still like to know what they did with the two idiot women who did not want "to bother" their VIPs. This could have been (and probably was) a public relations nightmare for the company.

Anyway my prediction is that in 5 years Rebecca will have outpaced Randal. Who would want to work with (and for) a man that selfish.

I am still so pissed about what a jerk Randal is. I know it's just TV, but having worked in the corporate world I learned that when you have that much power over someone's future you should at least stop for a second to think about your choice. Randal immediately decided it was his glory and no one was going to get in his way.

Trump is loosing on two counts. He gets stuck with Randal for a year and then he lost the chance to hire a really talented woman.

Rebecca will be fine. Some big company will scoop her up quick.

Boy Yahoo got lucky. They looked like the big jerks of the night (not wanting VIPs bothered about donating to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation) until Randal acted like such an ass.

Here's an idea. Yahoo should fire the two idiot women executives that did not want Rebecca to raise money at the charity event and Yahoo should then hire Rebecca.

I could not believe what an asshole Randal was on The Apprentice. They should pair him up with Omarosa. I never liked him, but tonight he showed what a looser he was when Trump asked for his opinion about hiring Rebecca. I hope he falls flat on his educated ass.

Anyway Rebecca showed class through the entire show than anyone. I am not saying that she was the most talented (it's hard to tell with the editing) but she showed more loyalty and class than Randal did. It's easy to be loved by everyone when you never make a controversial choice. Hopefully "The Donald" will see that Randal is all education and no substance.

Randal must not watch Earl. Karma baby.... it can be a bitch.