MAVAV
December 30

I love it when I stumble on hoaxes after they're proven to be fraudulent.  It gives me an entirely undeserved feeling of superiority, like I figured the thing out on my own.  Thank you Penny Arcade for unnecessarily boosting my ego.

Still, I really hope that some major news source picks up on this and requests an interview or something.

For real this time
December 28

After consulting with the helpful man who inspired me to use mouse-overs, I have learned how to format text in a less distracting manner and still be able to point out asides.  From now on, you'll see a dotted line below anything that needs further explanation.

I got to do something that's quite uncommon I would imagine: off- road in an SUV.  The car is my uncle's, so I was spared the guilt of actually owning such a vehicle.  Afterwards I ate at one of the best Chinese restaurants I've ever been to.  It's name is "Full Ho", which brings the number of establishments in Las Vegas whose name's contain the word "Ho" to an epidemic level. 

Mouse-over
December 27

Yeah, so Christmas...

All items in yon Christmas list were ¤received¤.  In addition, I got a signed copy of Tony Horwitz's Blue Latitudes as well as a heat rate monitor/watch.  Everyone in my family received one of the latter in an effort by my mother to get more of us out with her on her multiple jogging excursions. I don't know how successful she'll be.  I also received another present, but I want to keep it a secret to those at my school who also read this site.

We actually had Christmas dinner this evening where puddings from corn to Yorkshire to bread were sampled, though Figgie Pudding was not present as the season might suggest.

And just so it doesn't get past anyone, I'm taking a page from this fellow's book and using ¤mouse-over¤ asides.  Whenever you see words between two of this little do-dad "¤" it means you can place your mouse over the text in between them and read a little aside.  Hopefully this will cause the entries to not include any distracting parenthetical asides and make the site a little more succinct.    

I've been relatively good this year
December 24

For no other reason than to increase posts, I present you with my Christmas list so you can wait in anticipation along with me for the next few hours.  The list was already html encoded to allow easier access to the products themselves, so I just uploaded them here.

This is actually one of my bigger lists.  Last year my list consisted of the single, nonexistent word "Pikmin," but the forces that be insisted that too many cool things be brought to my attention. 

The Library
December 23

Here in Las Vegas we have a strip club called "The Library."  I mention this because there's a billboard that advertises this establishment on the way to my dad's work, and sometimes when going to my sister's. At first I thought the name was simply a method to appeal to someone's librarian fetish, but as it turns out, the name is surprisingly apt.  The place is an actual library. With books.  Real books.  Books that you can check out.  Eeirie. 

And don't worry, I only know this from reading a Weekly's "Best Of" feature, not from actually going there.

And happy Festivus.

CBL
December 14

I just learned about the existence of the Canadian Baseball League this evening. This is generally a positive development, as baseball and Canada are two great tastes that (presumably) taste great together.  Baseball in general is actually a nice thing to expand.  There should be some sort of statue that guarantees a town a minor league baseball team once it reaches a certain size. 

My interest in Canadian sports was dampened some time ago when I discovered that the Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL had folded, leaving the Saskatchewan Roughriders all by their lonesome.  A new Ottawa team did resurface this year, but decided to name themselves the Renegades instead.  I mean, what's the point of having the CFL if you're not going to have two teams named the Rough Riders?

Go Outlaws!

Lobster Shirt
December 12

I did end up seeing the Peanut's Christmas special, which was complemented by several new vignettes featuring the Peanuts characters.  They were not only good, but matched the quality of the original (and were better in the sound and animation department, since, you know, the original was made in the early sixties.) 

And Link, I know you've pretty much got your wardrobe in order, so can I borrow your old shirt?

Ba-Ba-Ba-Bir-Bir-Bird
December 2

I downloaded a song during the World Series and seemed to have forgotten to listen to it until today.  Still, bird continues to be the word. 

Decorated the tannenbaum today, which basically meant we saturated the tree's branches with ornaments.  We sort of collect the things.  My personal favorite is the Walrus from Alice in Wonderland.  Fun stuff all around really, though the lighting part took a while.

I've really got to find out when The Peanuts Christmas Special comes on...