As I write this, today is Festivus. Festivus is a made-up holiday (but what isn't a made-up holiday at some point?) popularized on "Seinfeld" in the late 90's. Festivus is celebrated with an unadorned metal pole, a feast, feats of strength, commonplace events described as "Festivus Miracles", and, most importantly for my account today, the airing of grievances.
I have a lot of time off work this holiday season, both through intentional vacation days combined with the holidays. Indeed Festivus is the only day I am actually working at the library over a long string of days. And though I would love to have this day off as well, there is something appropriate about working on Festivus. One might say that two-thirds of everything my colleagues and I do at the library is "Airing our grievances".
I wished one colleague a happy Festivus. He launched into a long complaint about how he doesn't really like Festivus because he could never stand "Seinfeld". Then he listed a long string of grievances about "Seinfeld".
You can't buy your way out of Capitalism, and you can't complain your way out of Festivus.
Or...
Festivus at the library?
Every day is Festivus at the library.
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