Christmas Radio Stations

I think every major market has a radio station that changes formats in mid-late November through the New Year to “All Christmas.  All the Time.”
Hey, this isn’t a bad thing.  I love Christmas music.  I like the traditional songs, but I like the non-traditional ones much much more.
These radio stations usually tend to play the […]

Playing With Insta Snow Fake Snow Powder

Vat19 (Vat19.com) says that they are “purveyors of curiously awesome products.” They have a variety of different items available- from the useful (LightWedge LED Book Light) to the useful-yet-odd (Walking Triceratops Pencil Sharpener). This past Friday I received a package from Vat19 that contained three of these curiously awesome products with a request […]

“Ho Ho Ho” Offensive to Women Says Austrailia

Filing this under “Political Correctness Getting Out of Hand”.
If you are a Santa in Austraila, you’ve been told to no longer use “Ho! Ho! Ho!” in your greeting for it may offend someone.  The alternative?  “Ha! Ha! Ha!”  How traditional.
Santa says “Ho! Ho! Ho!”.  Yes, there have been other meanings attributed through hip-hop slang, but […]

German Serial Killer Featured on Christmas Advent Calendar

Outrage has erupted over the city of Hanover including an image of serial killer Fritz Haarmann in a children’s advent calendar. Haarmann was convicted of killing 24 young men, dissecting their bodies and disposing of them in the Leine river in 1925.
Taken out of context, this seems like it may be an artist’s in-joke […]