Yankee Pot Roast: Calendrical Happenings Archives

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Happy Bastille Day!

Reprinting some of Y.P.R.'s Francophilia.

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Happy Festival of Lights!

Mick Stingley

Some Thoughts on Improving Hannukkah! (Let's settle on the spelling. No more of that "ch" crap.)

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Black Friday Doorbuster Specials at the Dollar Store!

Trevor Macomber

Knockoff brand names at F.D.A.-rejected Chinese brand prices! Yup. We're gonna run this one every year.

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Mother's Day Mayhem

This year, Mother's Day is gonna be OFF THA HOOK!

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Earth Day

Some Nature Haiku / Grand Theft Auto IV Tips for the Environmentally Conscious Father / The Effects of Global Warning / Ways in Which Sarah Palin Will Spin Massive Amounts of Snow to Mock Global Warming

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Four and Twenty

Excerpts from Marijuana Magazine's Special Issues / Big Deal! I Sold a Little Weed to Give My Kids a Better Future ... / Billy Mays Tries to Sell You Some Weed

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Passover Rehash

Why should this night be different from all other nights?

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March Madness 2010

Reprinting some of our leftover basketball stuff.

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Black Friday Doorbuster Specials at the Dollar Store!

Trevor Macomber

Knockoff brand names at F.D.A.-rejected Chinese brand prices!

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Hallowe'en Rehash

My Rejected Submission to Cosmo's Halloween Issue, Entitled "How to Lose a Guy in One Spooky, Scary Night: Halloween Costumes for Those Wanting Out" and What Not to Give Trick-or-Treaters on Hallowe'en Night

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Recession Special!

The Economy Issue

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Happy Birthday, America!

Republishing some of our Founding Fathers' favorites.

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Memorial Day Mania Redux

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Smothers Day

Republishing Some Mother's Day Material for Dear Old Mom

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IV/XX

"Excerpts from Marijuana Magazine's Special Issues" & "Big Deal! I Sold a Little Weed to Give My Kids a Better Future ..."

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Passover/under

What you can buy for two zuzzim.

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Opening Day 2009

Republishing some of Y.P.R.'s favorite pastime.

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Lá Fhéile Pádraig (St. Paddy's Day)

St. Pat's Facts and a Salute to Things Irish

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Y.P.R.'s 2009 Academy Awards Thing

A Look Back at the Year in Film

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Scorching V.D.

Hot stuff, comin' through.

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2008: The Year in Pot Roast

Our annual round-up of the past loop around the sun.

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Rum Pum Pum Pum

Christmas tales by Dickens, Ellis, & Lenin!

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Happy Xmas (War Is ~~Over~~ Ongoing)

The ghosts of Y.P.R. Christmases past.

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Passovers Past

Last year in Jerusalem.

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Opening Day Rain Delay

Republishing some of Y.P.R.'s favorite pastime.

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Easterly Eggs

Just like Christ, these past pieces arise from the dead.

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Presidents Day Sale

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Some Thoughts on Improving Hannukkah!

Mick Stingley

Settle on the spelling. Market the latkes. More songs! Gina Gershon & other hot Jewesses.

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Valentine's Day Massacre

Unrequited Love from Y.P.R.'s Past

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The Ghosts of Christmas Past

Some Christmas features from the Y.P.aRchives.

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Trying to Explain the Easter Bunny to My Orthodox Jewish Girlfriend

Mick Stingley

Bunny rabbits, marshmallow Peeps, and Jesus.

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Timeless Stories of Love for Valentine's Day

Anthony Jaffe

"Buy her some snazzy jewelry," a friend recommended. "Tattoo her name on your arm." But after fourteen cans of beer at the local tavern, Jack had a much better idea: He would have an image of his wife's beautiful face scrimshawed on his leg bone ...

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Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart

(But the very next day, you gave it away.)

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Cold Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving, folks.

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Christmastime Is Here

In which Y.P.R. posts some holiday cards it's received from extended family.

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The Y.P.OscaRs

In which Y.P.R. presents some overlooked awards.

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Writers-on-Writing Month

In which Y.P.R. presents material regarding inspiration, revision, rejection, writer's block, book reports, language, style, poetry, prose, plays, ink, typewriters, quills, sharpies, and Wite-out.

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The Bone-Chilling, Spine-Tingling, Hair-Raising, Bloodcurdling Hallowe'en House of Horror

In which Y.P.R. scares the bejesus out of you.

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Fall Première Week

In which Y.P.R. gives the Nielsen-ratings people something to freak out about.

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Sentiments Anti-Français

In which Y.P.R. resorts to the milking of outdated, hackneyed stereotypes to exploit America's love/hate relationship with France.

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Californication

In which Y.P.R. presents public addresses from some of the candidates of the 2003 California Recall Election Free-for-All.

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Fourth of July Fourthiness

In which Y.P.R. proudly presents some barbecued hot dogs and fireworks that declare our independence from those dirty Brits.

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Puck Everlasting: Stanley Cup 2003

In which Y.P.R. proudly presents some incongruous drivel vaguely surrounding America's fifth-favorite pastime.

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Memorial Day Mania!

In which we offer some mischief and mayhem tangentially related to Memorial Day. Think Toyatathon.

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¡Cinco de Mayo!

In which one can enjoy a fifth of May, con queso. ¡Caliente!

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Oscar Coverage 2003

In which cheap, tired jokes are made at the expense of famous people.