THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY 

GONE FISHIN

Your Catch of the Day angler is off for a couple of weeks. In the meantime, keep yourselves diverted with the following:

News of the Weird

Gratuitous irrelevant Santa photo
 

Neighborhood News

So if you're bored sitting around the house for the holidays check out the blogs in your neighborhood with a new site Outside.in. They're tracking over 3000 neighborhoods in over 50 cities. You'll see blogs, blog posts, and events. For an old site check out Craigslist. Jim Buckmaster, CEO, caused some brain-lock last week when he tried to explain to a bunch of Wall Street types why his company is not interested in "monetizing". Sounds like Craigslist won't jump the shark like YouTube or MySpace anytime soon.

Outside.in

Craigslist Meets the Capitalists

Chicago Craigslist

Jump the Shark

Santa Claus Brand Firecrackers
 

The Red Menace

Santanarchy reigns. You may have missed SantaCongo (aka SantaKONG) last weekend, but SantaCon Chicago and the Santa Cycle Rampage is this Saturday December 16. It's a rampaging mob of Santas to join or watch. You also a few days left to get a North Pole postmark for your child's reply from Santa from the Post Office. Looking for the real story? There's the Mexican movie of Santa and Merlin versus the Devil. And did you know Santa written sideways spells Satan? Why is northpole.org forbidden? Or you can just cut to the chase; download your yule log screensaver and dogs barking Jingle Bells, then sit back and watch Santa on NORAD radar.

Santarchy

SantaCongo

SantaCon Chicago

USPS Santa Postmark

Santa Claus

Santa = Satan

northpole.org

Yule Log Screensaver

Jingle Bells - Singing Dogs

NORAD Tracks Santa 2006

Win His Soul 

Win My Soul

The grand prize is Gerald Fraller's soul. Each dollar donated to him equals one entry. The lucky winner will get a lifelong contract entitling the owner to 20 benefits, including: a percentage of his taxable income (guaranteed minimum of $500 per year) and the power to choose the first name of all his children. He's nearing 75,000 hits, 3,500 entries, and eight marriage proposals. You do get a portion of his estate and control of the inscription on his tombstone, but there's nothing about post-mortem rights here. For that, and for free, there's the You Are Damned website.

Win My Soul

You Are Damned