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So get a load of this — I’m driving behind this dude last night, who comes to a complete stop about 50 ft before an intersection, bringing me to a stop — he parks in the middle of the road, gets out of his car and approaches my driver side in a somewhat threatening way [...]

The iTunes store got slammed by millions of gift-card and iPod recipients over the holiday. A victim of it’s own success, that iPod store. I noticed it myself as C was messing around with trying to preview some tunage.

This is what Amazon’s UK major warehouse looked like over the holidays. I’m sure there’s some kind [...]

After leaving the “Austin Grill” for a pre-Xmas brunch this weekend with C, Mike A., Diedre and Courtney J. we happened to walk behind a gentleman who A) forgot to put his pants on or B) feels that boxer shorts are an adequate substitute for shorts — in 45 degree weather [...]

For you Nintendo Wii owners, you lucky bastards, the Opera browser just became active today — meaning you can browse the web in addition to playing those awesome motion-sensing games like bowling, driving, tennis, zelda, etc. i want it.i want it.i want it. When the Wiis are back on the shelves in January, I’m [...]

From Chuckles:
That little round robot from SpaceCamp is making a small boy’s dream come true. And by “small boy”, I mean shuttle and by “dream come true” I mean the “space shuttle land in New Mexico”. Oh and by “little round robot from SpaceCamp”, I mean “bad weather”.

Here in VA, these wacky n’er’do-wells got some [...]

Part-ay.
Today is holiday party day and for the occasion I made a stop last night at my new neighborhood’s Wonka-like bakery, the Gold Crust Bakery in Alexandria. The poor design of their website does not appropriately reflect the magnitude of this place (I dropped off my card while I was there, so you may see [...]

A 24 Hour high-definition yule log will air on INHD and another, broadcast every Xmas since 1970 will air on New York’s WPIX.

Merry Xmas from CTU — the Christmas Toys Unit:

I’m sure GB would prefer this one swept under the rug, but former Phish-leader Trey Anastasio (real name “Ernest Anastasio” — ‘Hey Vern’) was arrested [...]

From Mike A:
One of the great things about living in NYC is getting to witness the crazy mob-projects ….like SantaCon where thousands of NY-hipsters twist Father Christmas into some freaky Mardi-Gras-like orgy of debauchery spilling into the streets and bars… go SantaCon go!… Stay tuned next year for SantaConCon where all cities [...]

This is the kind of headline you’d see illustrated into a children’s story. But it’s fuhreal.

Last night was “The Office” holiday Xmas special.. s’funny — – hi-lites included: Michael Scott listening to a depressing post-breakup song… but only the 30-second preview of it…
and Kelly Kapoor singing karaoke of Pat Benatar’s — “We Belong Together….. [...]

I just got the “Amy Winehouse” album yesterday called ‘Back to Black’ from my unnamed source Montgomery Dulcimer Appleton — i implore you to buy/download/find it promptly. It. is. so. great.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
Take a a young UK girl in her early 20’s — toss her around the backrooms of nightclubs, throw booze and pills [...]