# Episode 288: A Dog Named Lucifer

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Podcast: [The Mockingcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135)
Published: 2025-12-22T09:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://themockingcast.podbean.com/e/episode-288-a-dog-named-lucifer-1780590316/
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Duration seconds: 4307

## Resource

&lt;p&gt;Last episode of the year, in which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Knives Out, self-checkout lines, optional futures, and how not to hate Christmas. Also, Sarah gets a Zippo while heaven and earth meet at an unlikely funeral. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/film/knives-out-and-the-cinema-of-perpetual-grace/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Dave's review of &lt;em&gt;Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man&lt;/em&gt; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/12/self-checkout-grocery-line-long/685125/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Valerie Trapp's piece in The Atlantic on &quot;The One Line Americans (Weirdly) Choose to Wait In&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/from-option-to-obligation&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to &quot;From Option to Obligation&quot; by Paul Skallas in the Lindy Newsletter&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/no-more-flaccid-christmas-stockings/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Sarah's &quot;No More Flaccid Christmas Stockings&quot; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/how-to-not-hate-christmas/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read David Clay's &quot;How to Not Hate Christmas&quot; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/suffering/faiths-long-december/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read &quot;Faith's Long December&quot; by Kyle Wells on M…

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