3 posts and columns on Scrooge

Viral Video: Have Yourself a Merry Little Festivus! (Now, for the Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength!)

in News on December 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm PT

There are a lot of Christmas classics, many of which are now but a click away, in a cavalcade of online video clips available. While I style myself as a Scrooge, each and every one gets to me right where it counts–most especially the first I posted here: Judy Garland at the peak of her promise, singing, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in the movie, “Meet Me in St. Louis.” So, have yourself a Merry little Festivus now, and enjoy four others I posted too.
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Applied Materials: The Next Tech Layoffs?

in News on November 11, 2009 at 1:55 pm PT

In a development that only Scrooge and the Grinch would find amusing, the tech industry has entered into a fevered period of pre-holiday job cuts.

Here's Something About Online Retail That Is Not So Gloomy

in News on December 1, 2008 at 1:50 am PT

With all this humbugging about holiday retail online–down? up? sideways?–it would do a person well to think more Tiny Tim than Scrooge these days. And here are some very clever advertising videos from the fine folks at ChangingThePresent.org, created for the charity nonprofit by StrawberryFrog to help you get there. They should make you think twice, when you see those dumb buy-more-and-more-and-even-more ads out there.