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Want to hear something disgusting? When I ship one more box tomorrow I'm done for the holidays. Done. D.O.N.E. My cards are all out, everything here is neatly wrapped and ready to be handed to recipients. I even have a box set aside for ravenmb's gifts so we can ship them back home for her after she opens them here.

I am so fucking organized it's sickening!

As a reward for myself, I gave me last night off. As I got home only a little later than normal I was able to do laundry then surf the web for a bit, watch TDS (best line: "America is now less progressive than South Africa.") and Colbert Report (the "Formidable Opponent" skit just about killed me), and then do some work on an epic plotbunny that leapt upon me and gnawed on my brain until I gave in to its demands. I had some decently good ideas last night, then this morning a killer line popped into my head so I think this is going to work. I'll consider it a post Xmas gift to ravenmb if I actually manage to finish it. We shall see.

I have also been lured into a Super Secret Project, of which I cannot speak until early summer. I will only say that it may require giving up some precious, precious sleep time, but it's so totally worth it. Hee.

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In an effort to support the troops in the War on Christmas, FOX has posted an email address that I felt should be shared:

waronchristmas@johngibson.com

So if you have any information on the commie bastards trying to spread their "Happy Holidays" propaganda, feel free to contact Mr. Gibson. If, on the other hand, you should wish to send a brief, "Please get a hobby" or "Jesus, don't you have anything better to do with your life?" message, I'd encourage that too. Of course I'm not recommending that this address be added into any SPAM lists, or say distributed to an organization like NAMBLA for use in its mailing list...because that would be wrong. Of course, shit does happen.

via Rising Hegemon

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Sadly today's news is not quite so good as yesterday:

Global warming killing polar bears:

It may be the latest evidence of global warming: Polar bears are drowning.

Scientists for the first time have documented multiple deaths of polar bears off Alaska, where they likely drowned after swimming long distances in the ocean amid the melting of the Arctic ice shelf. The bears spend most of their time hunting and raising their young on ice floes.

In a quarter-century of aerial surveys of the Alaskan coastline before 2004, researchers from the U.S. Minerals Management Service said they typically spotted a lone polar bear swimming in the ocean far from ice about once every two years. Polar-bear drownings were so rare that they have never been documented in the surveys.

While the government researchers won't speculate on why a climate change is taking place in the Arctic, environmentalists unconnected to the survey say U.S. policies emphasizing oil and gas development are exacerbating global warming, which is accelerating the melting of the ice. "For anyone who has wondered how global warming and reduced sea ice will affect polar bears, the answer is simple -- they die," said Richard Steiner, a marine-biology professor at the University of Alaska.

And So much for no child left behind. Perhaps they should change it to "No rich child left behind", 'cause all you poor kids are up shit creek, bitches. Hey, who needs education anyway? More tax cuts to the wealthy, I say! More pointless military spending! Throw more cash at Iraq! Party! Party! Party!