Monkey Puzzle - Another Snood-like game in which you try to knock the monkeys out of a tree with coconuts. A little slow moving, but a happy diversion this Saturday morning.

[link courtesy usr/bin/girl]

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Buffalo hogs all the snow. We've had nary a flake and they're choking on the stuff. I just can't believe it's still snowing there.

How cool would it be to be a kid, though, having the holiday week off and all that snow?

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Invisibles, etc.

Filmwise has its latest quizzes up:

Invisibles #55 - 5 out of 8.
Answers to Invisibles #54 - Snow Job - "Fight Club" was the one I didn't know.
Cut it Out #3
Sandy Claws

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How about some good news? Sixteen-month-old Jasmine Anderson, abducted on Christmas Eve in Chicago, was found safe and unharmed in West Virginia.

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Commenting on the men's brush with with death, Gresham said they should hurry up and buy some lottery tickets while their luck holds out.

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Another year-end list, this time it's Nothing Personal Readers' Choice Awards from Salon. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but I liked this

The celebrity most likely to suffer a Mariah-esque meltdown in the coming year:

Donald Rumsfeld: "His popular, flashy press briefings have created huge expectations by his fans -- and he'll crash and burn next year, showing up at a press conference in an aloha shirt and boxers, bottle of ouzo in one hand and a floozy on his arm, spewing obscenities, ranting about the 'good old days' of the Cold War, and defacing and trashing the situation map in a demonstration of 'grade A guvernmint-issue whoop-ass.'"

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Die, pop-ups, Die!!

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Holy Christmas!

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I never did see the original Chrysler Concorde ad that everyone was talking about. I wish I did - I think I would have liked it better.

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I actually saw one of this guy's fake appraisals on The Antiques Roadshow, the one with the Civil War sword that they guy said he used to cut watermelons with. They should not only throw the book at him, they should make him eat it, one page at a time.

And yes, I do watch The Antiques Roadshow, on occasion. Wanna make somethin' of it?

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The Smoking Gun Documents of the Year. The end-of-the-year lists are coming out, and The Smoking Gun website has their list of the top ten documents of 2001, including the Jennifer Lopez contract rider, an OSS Hitler report and creepy jail memos about Timothy McVeigh.

[link courtesy usr/bin/girl

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So, did we all survive the insanity that is Christmas? As much as I do love the holiday, I am glad to be on the other side of it now, especially this year. There's just too much stress in my life right now for me to fully enjoy anything. Sucks to be a grownup, huh?

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Happy Holidays to those who are far away from their loved ones this year. And thank you.

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Merry Christmas, everyone. God Bless.

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Pretty kitty.

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Traffic Jam From Hell. If you get stuck in holiday traffic over the next few days and start stressing out, just think of those poor people.

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As you can see from my lack of posts, real life has gotten the better of me the past few days. I've spent many hours working on my browsing problem and the remainder of the time was dedicated to all things holiday and sleeping. The browsing issue is still not resolved, but the gifts are finished and wrapped. It's still difficult for me to believe that tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Amazing how it sneaks up on me every year. I still have to bake 2 pumpkin pies tonight and then pack for the trip to Rhode Island tomorrow. But why do that now when I can procrastinate further by posting some more Christmas goodies for you?

1. Still have some last-minute shopping to do? Do you need something for a teacher, the paperboy, the mailman? The Etiquette Queen's Guide to Holiday Gift Giving should come in handy then.

2. Need a little extra help getting through those family gatherings? My salvation is Bailey's on the rocks. Some recipes for holiday cheer:

Martha Stewart's Southern Comfort Punch
Bailey's Comet (make sure you wear your flame-retardant jammies for this one)
Yummy Christmas Martini
This one looks like it's got some kick - Emeril's Frozen Milk Punch

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