Company is-a-coming!

Or why, why, why, do we do this to ourselves every year?!

We're in the home stretch of "getting ready for the holidays" which is a probably good thing since it already IS the frickin' holidays. Merry ho ho ho and a bottle of rum. We've waited until the last minute to whip things into shape around here. And by whip, I'm not talking about throwing tinsel around and trimming the tree (we just plugged ours in). No, I mean scrubbing floors, washing windows, fixing the broken fence and having the furniture cleaned kind of whipping into shape. As I am writing this, the list still has 12 items as yet to be completed by tomorrow, but I am confident that I will neither strangle a small animal or gardener before St. Nick arrives, though it really was touch and go yesterday.

Here then are some good daily distractions. Kill some time while I go pressure wash the house okay?

Unclear on the concept. Or.. What's wrong with this picture?

Kerstpel - You have 60 seconds to get as many ornaments on the tree as you can without tipping it over.

How do you rank on Santa's List?

Friday Fishwrap
Nice, but with a few naughty marks. Neatness needs improvement. Behavior has been good sometimes, not so good other times. Manners could still use some attention. Was very nice last Monday.

Slingshot Tobby the puppy up to the top using platforms. Takes a little finesse but you'll get the hang of it.

The other day the missus and I were trying to determine the diameter of a circle knowing only the circumference (it had to do with wreaths, okay?). We weren't doing too well. Funny thing is, geometry was the only math I ever enjoyed. You'd think I would have retained a wee bit of it. We called up Itchyrae who, after consulting one of his 20 year old employees, came back with the equation. And I still can't remember the damn thing. All I can come up with is the formula for the area A = pr²... Mmm infinite pie or, er Pi

Cool idea of the week: Turn your iPod into a Universal Remote.

Learn how to play the spoons
via presurfer

Scared of Santa Gallery More like "Scarred by Santa" - that's years of therapy right there. Some of these Santa's are downright evil looking, but this guy just looks like he's been into too much of the old KnobNog®

That's it, you may take your leave.