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Merry Christmas Everybody!

I think I’ve mentioned it before, and I meant to get this video up a while back (remember how I was done decorating about a month ago and I’d finished my Christmas shopping before the end of Thanksgiving weekend? Yeah, I know ya’ll hate me and you’d THINK in that month that I’d get around to posting a video before the actual Christmas Day, but you’d think wrong).

Anyway. Hubs and I went a little nuts decorating this year. Fresh garland on the tree, put our pre-lit garland on the stair railing, the old garland absolutely everywhere, new Santa and snowmen lamps, the Christmas village, our Nutcrackers, our humongous How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Night Before Christmas books, our Christmas stuffed animals under the tree, and a bunch of knick-knacks. I think it looks pretty sweet, so I video’d it (including my hippopotamus that sing “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas”) and had intended to actually dub in an MP3 from one of my many Christmas cds, but found out too late that just because I rip a song off a cd that does not turn it into an MP3. Bummer. So, the vid is mostly silent. Hope you enjoy it anyway, because there will be a quiz later.

And, since I’m a “settle for second best” kind of girl, I thought I’d show you exactly hard it is to achieve even second best for me!

Two more things. In the first video, at the end, you’ll see the lights on my stair rails in the shape of stars, snow flakes, and snow men. This is because I found these awesome glasses at Lowe’s or Home Depot or something that look like 3d glasses, but which actually make little lights look awesome. I have a Santa one too, but it doesn’t work as well. And the second thing is my earring ARE blinking. Love ‘em!

So, in the past few days, I’ve come across some really cute/funny videos. The longest one is about 5 minutes, and the other two are only a few seconds- technically, all three can be watched with the sound off. Your choice.

#1- Surprised Kitty

You’ll probably think that I found this video through DoshDosh’s tweet- you’d be wrong. I actually saw it on Yahoo yesterday, but DoshDosh tweeted the link today at a really good time for me to copy it out saving me time. Soooooo cuuuuuute.

#2- Which Way Did It Go, George?

This cracked me up. Also from Yahoo, I saw my husband watching this vid of a football player (Florida State Lineman), who didn’t move. I don’t know anything about football, so I can’t explain it, but it’s pretty durn funny in my opinion.

#3- What Do Red Foxes Eat?

Yesterday (or maybe it was the day before?) I posted a link to this video. My favorite Make Money Online blogger filmed his 7 year old daughter hand feeding a red fox. Apparently, foxes eat hamburger patties. Pretty, pretty fox.

Recently, I’ve had a few friends put up posts that I think should be among the first results seen when people search for similar information.

In one case, my favorite MMO blogger posted his first video ever- and it so happens to be his 7 year old daughter (cute) hand feeding a red fox. Apparently they made the mistake of feeding a wolf once, and ended up with one as a pet for 15 years, and still haven’t learned their lesson. And since my married name ends in “Fox”, I’ve been a little obsessive about them for the past few years. And this one is beautiful- fluffy, gorgeous fur, and barely even skittish! The video is a bit long, but if you like foxes as much as I do, it’s worth watching. And if you don’t like foxes as much as I do, it’s still pretty cool to see a fox eat right out of a little girl’s hand! So, if you’ve ever wondered what do foxes eat, follow the link to watch the video. It looks like a hamburger patty to me.

Secondly, a good friend of mine who lives in Toronto (I just realized that 2 of the 3 people I’m posting about here are Canadians… Hm… maybe I should consider moving up north?) just had a horrific time with a local business (Crystal Bath at 2839 Kingston Road, Toronto) over her order for a bathroom vanity (Toronto). This is downright horrible customer service, and apparently the company did a lousy job on the remodel as well. Follow either link for more information on this story.

And lastly, Allyn Hanes’ beer review blog is live! He talks about beer in an entertaining way, doesn’t get all snooty about it (in fact, the regular joke is about people who sniff beer before drinking it- he’ll often sniff his and then say “smells like beer!”), and really describes the beer in a way that someone who isn’t already a connoisseur can understand. I don’t even drink beer, but I love watching his review videos, because not only is he fun to watch, but his background in landscaping gives him tons of info to pull from when describing a flavor. For example, in his review of Moylander’s India Pale Ale (he reviews several IPA beers), he mentions how people refer to a “piney” flavor. Since he’s a landscaper by trade, he was able to explain that what people were tasting was actually kind of a cedar mulch and arborvitae in the beer.

Since I’m no fan of hops, IPA’s are definitely not down my alley, but I was fascinated to find out that flavors in beer can be as complex as they are in a good wine. And Allyn presents it all as the next door neighbor chatting over the fence and offering you a cold one. (BTW, a good friend of mine modified Allyn’s theme- so if you love it and want to hire him, he comments there as “Forest” or you can ask me for his info).