Moderation has been the word of the week here at the office. Moderation in diet, moderation in speech, moderation in all things. Moderation is beneficial and excess is destructive. Even drinking too much water can kill you.

This, of course, is the season of excessive excess: America’s hyper-commercialized “Christmas” celebration. While people are screeching about sexual innuendos on their Starbucks cups, and maxing out their credit cards to buy heaps of cheap plastic…

