From old hat to nostalgia...It matters not what I think...just you

So I was driving home last night and found myself wondering about how disco has become nostalgic for a lot of people. I remember in the 80's when disco was villified as a low point in American culture, and how bell-bottom pants and lime green carpet should forever be a thing of the past. Then I recalled a recent trip to Ikea and how almost everything there would look great on the set of the Brady Bunch.

How do we do this to ourselves? Indeed George Santayana was correct when he said "Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." This obviously applies to lamps that look like bubbles and chairs shaped like a piece of used chewing gum.

In lighter fare, I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. Instead of the usual 25 people at Thanksgiving at my Uncle's house, we're down to 8. Should be nice. I'll be hosting Christmas Eve, and I'm primed for my ritual of making entirely too much food, drinking way too much wine, and wrapping presents until 2:30 in the morning in the garage.