From the monthly archives:

December 2005

Why Have I Never Thought of This?

December 23, 2005

East of West posted a “Gift Presentation Strategies for Christmas Morning”. They are all really good ideas, but the truly life changing one for me, this year, is this little gem:

De-Package, Then Wrap – The frustrations associated with modern toy packaging are well documented, and should not be ignored when planning your Christmas morning [...]

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Indie-Yuppie

December 21, 2005

I recently discovered a fantastic source for new music, a blog called Stereogum. Definitely check it out if you like discovering music that is less Ashlee Simpson and more The Shins, but aren’t afraid to cop to liking Kelly Clarkson.

While finding Stereogum, it was revealed to me that people like myself, my husband, and [...]

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Countdown to Defcon 5: AKA The World is About to End

December 19, 2005

It has begun. Christmas break. No school for 2 weeks. Can you see my hair turning gray as we speak? As if its not bad enough that the Kid will be home this much, there’s something that makes this whole situation even worse.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO [...]

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How Bored Are You?

December 16, 2005

Completely done with Christmas shopping? Everything wrapped and under the tree? Hit all the Christmas parties and waiting for the New Year bashes? If so, you might have time to sit in the queue at this website , and wait your turn to control the Christmas lights on this guy’s house. [...]

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Pardon Our Dust

December 6, 2005

Fantastic! Watch Here.

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Gift Ideas

December 2, 2005

Only three weekends left before Christmas and I have barely begun to think about what I am going to get people. Unfortunately it won’t be much since this is the tightest Christmas we’ll ever have.

I thought I’d do my service to you, Internet, and share some ideas.

The Charlie Brown Pathetic Tree. It hold [...]

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