If, on the other hand, the feeling is neither sudden nor uncharacteristic, apply for work at the Fox "News" Channel.

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If that doesn't make you thankful for what we have here, then clearly you are a hopeless ingrate.

Brother fever, why the caustic tone? ;^)

(And actually I am struggling with S.A.D.. it hasn't had much impact on my demeanour though. On the other hand, my family doesn't celebrate christmas or anything similar and in watching those who do, I am glad about it. Please don't jump to such broad sweeping conclusions on the basis of pyschological disorders. Such an illness is part of a person, but doesn't define them.)

Makeshifts last the longest.