Because her boots aren’t made for walking but for ass kicking! This is one of my favorite covers of all time. Geri Halliwell is an ex-Spice Girl (Ginger) and in my book, that alone qualifies one for a certain level of awesome. But on her own, she continues to kick musical, proverbial, ass and this [...]

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The inestimable Cobwebs of Shadow Manor (she and I have a teeny bit of a mutual admiration society going on) started a Santa Can Suck It virtual gift exchange last year. The concept is simple: pretend to give things to someone you’re secretly given as if you cared enough to spend the time/money to actually [...]

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I’m slowly training Facebook ads that anything in the category “weight loss”, “traditionally female jobs”, or “baby anything” is “offensive”. Confused, it has now been showing me only martial arts and legal-related stuff. So I guess this falls under “legal-related stuff”…or it’s figured out that I’m a sucker for “random jewelry”. Either way, Facebook ads [...]

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I’ve actually got eight that I had intended to share, because there are many awesome Hanukkah songs out there, but I got wrapped up in school, so here, for the last day of Hanukkah, is one of the best new Hanukkah songs. I’ve heard the complaint that it’s been autotuned, which I don’t always find [...]

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In Germany, children leave their shoes out on December 5th and awaken to find them filled with candy and [chocolate] gold coins. December 6th is Niklaustag, St. Nicholas Day, and he has visited the evening before to distribute small toys and candy. This is what my mom told me every year, when she reminded me [...]

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