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By Crabby McSlacker photo: U.S. Air Force So it's Holiday Season! But wait, where's Santa Claus? No Menorah? No sugar cooki...

By Crabby McSlacker So the holiday season has arrived, and traditionally this is a time for joy and togetherness. Yet for many of u...

Portable music players: always a classic! photo: xray delta one By Crabby McSlacker Holy guacamole, it's been a long time ...

photo via James Vaughan By Crabby McSlacker Whatever winter holiday you celebrate, and whatever your favorite traditions are, ...

Photo found here: Lack of Gratitude By Crabby McSlacker Seriously, a blog post dissing  Gratitude ? Have I gone completely bonkers? ...

According to  MessyMimi who is a great source kooky calendar events (and adorable cats): Today is also St. Ulrich's Day! This is g...

image found at EastTwin WestTwin I'm not a mother myself, which is probably for the best.

Photo: byron chin So, we're a month away from that most amusing time of year, New Years Resolution Season! Hope springs eternal, ...

Just a quick post to wish all a Happy New Year!  And to warn you there will probably some sort of resolution-related post Jan 2nd, as wel...

Not everyone celebrates Christmas, but at least for some of us, December 25th is a lovely time to give and get presents.  Hooray for pres...

So yeah, while this is actually a handy weight loss tip if you can take advantage of it, the post could be more accurately be titled: Warnin...

Image: Plan 59 Got gifts let to buy? Or perhaps you'd like to pass on ideas to well-meaning loved ones who will otherwise bestow yo...

  Gosh, Isn't This FUN??? Image: Plan 59 Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Something Else, or Nothing At Al...

It's a couple days before Christmas, and for those who celebrate it (or any other winter-time holiday), there's a lot of pressure ri...

So today's main post is just below, but I also wanted to let you know I've got a post up at Blogher on Healthy Holiday Gift Ideas . ...

Photo: Neiman Marcus Bdaiss of Prairie Trails just sent me this nifty idea for a Christmas present. C'mon guys, it's only $25,000!

image: riptheskull ( Wait, this image is courtesy of "Rip the Skull?" How festive! ) So have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow, i...

Photo: Lincolnian (Brian) So I've got a short guest post up over at Blogher on exercising over the holidays . Nothing you health & ...

Photo: Failblog Crabby and Merry are both taking a day off to celebrate Labor Day in the traditional way--by not laboring. But don't wo...

Are you currently working on some freshly-minted, sweet-smelling, sparkly, shiny, still-unbroken New Years Resolutions? Or have you instead...