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Entry #2202: A Very Dylan Christmas

Buy your bacon christmas ornaments here.

Someone in Boise’s been watching Christmas Story.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Christmas.

Mug shots of Santa Claus.

Bob Dylan, in a top hat and wig, sings “Must Be Santa”.

Entry #2201: Crab Invasion

Animal of the week: Christmas tree worms. I wrote this last year.

Meet the Christmas truck.

D. Sidhe got yesterday's trivia close enough. It's a closeup of the sunset moth's wing scales.

Outdoor trees lit up for the holidays.

Bonus animal of the week: Christmas Island red crabs.

Entry #2200: Bad Role Models

Trivia (10 Biomes points): What’s this?

Crazy menorahs.

Is Santa a bad role model for kids?

Carrot Jesus has the church’s blessing.

Hump Day musical interlude: Roy Zimmerman’s “Christmas is Pain”, a parody of Robert Zimmerman. Via Velvet Blog.

Entry #2199: Snow Hound

How to keep your christmas gift a secret.

The New York City health department has an anti-soda ad up, and you might need a strong stomach to get through it.

Stuff you should know: Why women cry more than men.

Now we’re cookin’: Perfect boiled eggs.

Tuesday coonhound blogging: Click to embiggen Creole confused by snow. Minutes later she couldn't get enough of being buried shoulder-deep.

Entry #2198: Via

Hans, who is now apparently taking over albino mondays, finds a story about a white blackbird.

Did you know you could be arrested for not leaving a tip in a restaurant, even if the service is terrible (granted, the tip was part of the bill in this case, but still)? Via Waiter Rant.

Lion and tiger and bear, living together (via Hans).

Salar De Uyuni in Bolivia is the largest salt flat in the world.

Impove Everywhere has another episode of their actors suddenly breaking out in song in public places. This one’s called Grocery Store Musical, and the expressions on the faces of the non-actors are great (via Sideshow).

Entry #2197: Jimmy

This week’s Green Thing is a tremendously huge pickle.

Bet you didn’t know that a male crab is called a “jimmy”.

Here are some really weird cars.

Top ten new species of organisms discovered in the past couple years.

Morford: New Coke mini: Now with 36% less death!

Entry #2196: Talking on Bananas

Check out the winners of the 2008 Oops Design Awards, given to the world’s ugliest products. This one’s a very ugly lamp that looks like a clump of salamander eggs.

Pet Corner: Dogs are as smart as two-year-old kids. (via Velvet Blog)

The bike stunts these two girls do are incredible.

Presents for the godless: The 13 days of atheist christmas.

People Talking on Bananas is another niche blog that features photos of people talking on bananas.

Entry #2195: Cook's Endeavor

Worth 1000 has a photoshop contest about animals dressed as pirates.

Geek Stuff: Scar Wars. It’s a Han Solo/Tony Montana mashup.

You can watch the entire Bill Murray film “Scrooged” online here. I didn’t know this co-starred Karen Allen.

Cool Site of the Week: Wanderlust maps out some of the greatest journeys in history.

iPod Shuffle:

1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan, live)
2. Nino (Jackson Browne)
3. Not Enough Love in the World (Don Henley)
4. Belle Isle (Bob Dylan)
5. Down the Road Tonight (Bruce Hornsby)

Entry #2194: The One with the Snaefell

Animal of the Week: Once endangered, the ocelot is making a strong comeback.

December's architectural eyesore of the month.

I’ve always wondered how The Boy can figure out pretty much any computer problem I throw at him. xkcd has a flowchart that explains how he does it.

Meet the Snaefell. It’s been completed.

Squirrel recipes.

Entry #2193: Sudokubomber

The ten coolest places to swim.

Send a talking cat card to someone special.

I think this graph can also apply to a docked iPod. I’m trying to google what this kind of graph is called and I can’t find it. Little help?

They finally caught the sudokubomber.

Hump Day musical interlude: A piano that talks.