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My bestie Jeff Bezos can help you say goodbye
Many of the 80 million or so Americans who voted for the Other Guy in November have found themselves with a severe case of “Trump Fatigue”. And a lot of us wonder if, indeed, there’s a remedy — beyond, of course, waiting for the inevitable to occur (fingers crossed!) at Noon on January 20, 2021.
Ella Numera Una passed along this little life hack that might help you get through the next 19 days. She, of course, picked it up from the Interwebs. I’ve been participating, and can truthfully say this tiny ritual not only does the trick, but it’s quite delish, too.
- Purchase a 2020 Advent Calendar — the one with 24 little doors that one opens each day to reveal a sweet piece of chocolate. I’m told CVS, Walgreen’s and Walmart have them at steep discounts. I, of course, picked mine up for $7 from my bestie, Jeff Bezos.
- This game was supposed to start on Monday, December 28. Obvi, if you want to participate, you need to back-date your actions. So hurry up and open Doors 1–5 and consume the chocolate.
- Someone with a lot of time on their hands (or maybe Bezos, who probably has tons of 2020 Advent Calendars in his warehouses around the world) figured out it was exactly 24 days from Monday, December 28, 2020 til Joe Biden’s inauguration on…