The Heist is On!

MacHeist is an online adventure that takes place once a year. It brings together mac fans in one place to solve puzzles on a giant goose chase leading to free mac software and the Mac Bundle at the end. This is a great way to get some swank new software and BIG discounts on some good macness in the Mac Bundle. Check it out if you get a chance and join up to get some killer new apps for that spankin new mac.

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e-cards that don’t suck!

I don’t know about you but if you send e-cards then you know that a lot of them bite the big one most of the time. I mean I have all the love in the world for Hoops and Yo-Yo over at Hallmark but they leave so much to be desired! Where are the cards with an edge? Where are the cards that I want to send to my friends rather than my niece? Well…some nice people over at Rattlebox realized there was something missing in our little e-world and have been so nice to create a site full of cards that don’t suck. Plus they have also allowed for user-generated content so if you don’t see an e-card you don’t like then create your own and share it for the world to use! So now that you know where to go for some decent e-cards why don’t you send out a little e-christmas-cheer this year? Enjoy!

Rattlebox

warning: there is some…how shall we say…not so clean content on some of the cards so heed the warnings on the site and use your wisdom.

XMAS10

After some time away, I have decided to renew the site with a Christmas Top Ten. These are my ten favorite things about the Christmas Season in no real particular order…

1. Egg Nog – I can’t lay off the stuff some years!
2. Day-After-Thanksgiving Shopping: What says, “Merry Christmas” more than sleeping out on Best Buy’s cold concrete in 20 degree weather… simply the best way to start the Christmas Season
3. Cutting Down A Christmas Tree: Seriously if you don’t have the tradition of hunting for and cutting down your own family tree then you need to start this year if you don’t have one, and if you do maybe you should take down that fake monstrosity of imitation Christmas and go cut yourself a real tree!
4. Starbuck’s Chai Latte’s: They taste like Christmas
5. Singing/Humming Christmas Carol’s: Fa-la-la-la-laaaaa-la-la-la-la!
6. Decorating The Tree: I really enjoy the moment of nostalgia that hits when you first pull your old ornaments out of that stuffy old box.
7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest running Christmas TV special. And as long as you don’t get freaked out by puppets who move like The Terminator then everything is cool.
8. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas: Hearing Gail Peevey’s shrill voice begging Santa for a hippo is all a part of the perfect Christmas season.
9. Christmas Eve: The anticipation, the church service, the quiet…
10. Watching Ralphie Shoot His Eye Out: Simply my favorite moment of the Christmas Season

So there it is. What are your favorite Christmas traditions/moments?