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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Segue Seque Sputnik

The big holiday bash that I mentioned in a previous post involves a White Elephant/Dirty Santa gift exchange. Unfortunately, some of these attendees decide to save up all of their passive-aggressive lashing out and bring the seriously worst possible crap imaginable. The rule used to be to bring something that might be some use to [...]

The Christmas that Wasn’t

Jane whined about how no one was updating their blogs and also, she had cancer, so yeah. Christmas was kind of ridiculous, both laid back and oddly stressful. I got walloped with some kind of crazy mega cold mid-morning on Christmas Day. I made it to my mother’s house, where I sat on the couch, [...]

Super easy (and super not easy) ways to impress your relatives this weekend

We have one big holiday affair in my local social group: a heady bacchanal in a distant McMansion community where our friend stuffs us with meats and liquors until we beg for mercy. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he wanted to harvest our livers. Imagine a party where the frenched lamb chops appetizers [...]

Wendy Bix Photo Giveaway!

You guys, Christmas is next week. Seriously. When did that even HAPPEN? Do I have my holiday cards finished? No (mostly due to a failed CD burner, which has definitely put a huge delay here at the Haus of Bix). Do I have a wrapping plan? No. Do I have a present for my husband? [...]

Absolutely Fabulous

My imaginary friend Peter said that there’s a point of Wisconsin cold where all fashion stops. He calls it Fabsolute Zero. It is so cold this week that I’ve basically just thrown up my hands and given up. I took back the Ikea sheepskin from the cat and put it beneath my desk, as the [...]

Flash Sob

I think I’m turning into Mighty Kymm, as I have noticed that watching flash mob videos tends to make me get choked up a little. I don’t know why. At first I thought it was because I just love the musical numbers in The Sound of Music, but then it happened again and again, even [...]

We’re a couple of misfits

You guys already know that I’m a dope about Christmas specials (hey, is this an old Elastic Waist post? How did that get on here?), but can I just say right now that I’m super duper excited about the special stop action animated episode of NBC’s Community this Thursday? Ok, if NBC hadn’t asked me [...]

Moments I’d like to not have played back in the movie of my life

A few weeks ago, while I was in Everwood demanding that Jake drive me around and find things that would delight and amuse me, he pointed us at a bakery that was apparently founded by Joseph Smith or something. I tried half of a piece and demanded the box be taken away before I eat [...]

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