As if we don't have enough wars going on, the first shots were fired in yet another war, that being the War on Easter. Five years ago, at the behest of a Jewish resident, Walnut Creek decided to take the Easter out of Easter and replace it with spring. So the Easter Bunny became the Spring Bunny, Easter Egg Hung the Spring Egg Hunt and so on and so forth. This was no big deal until somebody wrote into a newspaper complaining about it. And somewhere out there, Baby Jesus started crying. ...

There's bad news coming out a church in West Portal-- two sheep and a lamb have been pilfered from a Nativity Scene. Yep, what we have here are a bunch of sheep stealers. The church in question is the West Portal Lutheran Church at 200 Sloat Blvd and the nativity scene in question had at one point four animals in the background. Now it has one. All things considering, it could be worse as stealing things from Nativity Scenes is quite common during the holidays. These thieves even stole Baby Jesus! We don't think we're exaggerating to say this will definitely make little Baby Jesus cry (unless he's Ninja Baby Jesus). ...

very once in awhile, we like to visit the other side as it were and cruise through the world of conservative blogs. Oh, the fun one can have at gawking at the alternate reality they live in, where the Stones, the Who and the Sex Pistols are stalwart conservative rockers, where Global Warming is some paranoid hysteria dreamed up by a bunch of tree huggers, and our President is a Great American Hero. Lately, we've discovered that their newest object of wrath is Google. Why? Because you know how Google always comes up with those cute little icons on holidays that they paste on their page? Well, they had no icon for Memorial Day. ...

If you happen to see a bunch of drunken Santa's running wild through the streets of the city this Sunday, rest assured it's not a Bad Santa fan convention. Nor is it Happy Hour at Macy's. Instead, Sunday is the 10th Annual Santa Con. Or, as it's sometimes known- Santarchy. Santa Con was started ten years ago by members of the Cacophony Society who dressed up as "Cheap Suit Santas" and wreaked havoc throughout the......