THON-onymous

It's that time of year again. There's a chill in the air. There's a festive song in every heart. And, there's hung-over teenagers shaking coffee cans at every red light, trying to make up for every moral and social abomination that they've committed in the name of whatever Greek letters they have emblazoned on their sweatshirts. Yeah, it's for a good cause. In my opinion, real charity doesn't come with a commemorative T-shirt and a self-congratulatory pat on your back.