happy holidays!

this little gnome is taking a little break for the holidays. cheers!

my new obsession

...is the target "christmas gig" songs playing in their holiday commercials this year. this sweet jam is "electrontic santa."

better yet, you can download all of them for free here!

crazy!

i realize that things are snapped all the time by google for their street views, but this is pretty crazy - a woman giving birth on the sidewalk! coco to the loco (tho, admittedly probably not by choice, but rather circumstance).

(via jay parkinson, md)

who approved this? (shaq-fu edition)

apparently, the boston pops allowed shaq to conduct a few jams at their holiday concert. who approved this?

that said, i gotta hand it to the guy, he does play a mean one-handed air piano and he's pretty damn good at keeping a straight face:

festive!

tis the season of larger than life balls. if not for your stately mansion, than for your office plaza.

holiday jam #3

one of my favorites ever!

flossy?

oh fergie ferg. while your shoes may be "fergaliscious," the clearance rack does not flossy make.

love this

as you may know, i am obsessed with hatch show prints down in nashville. on my last trip, i picked up this guy - and he's lovely. they told me it's a limited edition and only 200 were printed. even more special! have a honky-tonky christmas, indeed!

'tis the season

in honor of the winter officially arriving, i would like to declare that this year i shall have "the winter of soup." made my first batch last week - a meatball alphabet (tho, alphabets are hard to find these days, so i had to improvise). nevertheless - delish!

phew

yay - laptop is back in action.

new hard drive...yet again. sigh.

but, much less cost than the cost of a new computer. and mostly every thing was backed up. time machine is genius!

best. skymall. ever.

this holiday edition of skymall just might be the best ever. highlights include:

claimed as a cross between a skateboard & in-line skates, orbitwheels look like a invitation for broken legs, if you ask me.

meanwhile, a catnix partition by any other name is kitty jail.

is it just me, or is the lasagna pan (at $49.99) and the brownie pan (at $39.95) the same thing?

anyone for hoodie-footies?

or self-ordered dentures? please note that the cosmetic teeth are non-returnable.

finally, how about tex, the armadillo beverage holder? no?

can i interest you in bigfoot, the holiday yeti perhaps?

see - told you it was the best issue ever.

sounds of silence, the redux

unfortch, i dropped my laptop over the weekend. and when i say dropped, it slid off my lap, down my legs in slow motion. not really a hard fall at all. cue sad mac face like last year.

i was hoping for a christmas miracle, but alas, a new hard drive is on order. as such, i'll be off the blog for a bit. sigh.

holiday jam #2

a man undercover but you torn him (me) apart.

who approved this? (ch-ch-ch-chia edition)

i really hope santa doesn't give these out this year. terrifying. i get that shrek is green. but last time i checked he didn't have an afro. who approved this, dreamworks?

admirable, but coco loco (home makeover edition)

admirable of sullivan floor service to display their work on the back of their van. but, shirtless workmen? that seems frivolous, dangerous and likely an OSHA violation - coco loco.

jazzy!

who wouldn't be excited by the coming of "jimmy jazz"?

rag-tag

just unpacked my box labeled "christmas," to find what just might be the most random collection of ornaments ever assembled.

items include, but not limited to: a glass santa holding the word "joy," three jingle bells, a bavarian nutcracker, a fish with raindeer antlers & a bauble painted with killer whales.

must sort this out, quick stix!

holiday jam #1

now that i am back in new york, i'm totally getting into the holiday spirit (see above post).

thought i would post a few of my favorite holiday tunes, starting with christmas wrapping. this vid even includes a nifty coordinated light show:

you mean you forgot cranberries, too?

admirable, but coco loco (time zone edition)

i am all for automotive safety in school zones, but these specific increments of time are a bit coco loco, no? and what's the deal, wednesday?

who knew?

interesting trend in planes these days...sports team branding. taking off i was next to a jets plane and upon landing, the brewers. who knew?

who approved this? (vino edition)

mini scarves & hats for wine bottles? really, pottery barn? is this necessary? who approved this?