Spreading some Christmas cheer via the internet

Here, for you festive pleasure, is a nice online time-waster for the holidays.

http://www.vml.com/handbellhero

My only question is: where is Carol of the Bells, on expert?

Santa's Using Zebras Now

For all of those who read Clark's blog, but don't want to go to the trouble of googling up the lyrics yourself:

Santa's using zebras now
to pull his Christmas sleigh
'cause a boy in Africa
wrote to him one day.
"Santa please stop by," he said,
"and bring some toys with you."
Santa's using zebras now
south of Timbuktu.

Donner, Blitzen, all the reindeer
put him on the spot -
they were used to ice and snow
but Africa was hot!
Then some zebras came along
and they pulled Santa through.
Santa's using zebras now
south of Timbuktu.

See the pyramids to by
and there's the Nile below.
Watch out for that tall giraffe;
mustn't fly too low.
Hello hippopotamus
the season's joy to you!
Hello Mr. Crocodile
merry Christmas too!

As they gallop over jungles
lions stop and stare,
wonderin' what those zebras could be
doing way up there.
While the reindeer wait for him
back home in their igloo,
Santa's using zebras now
south of Timbuktu.

Meep! Meep mee mee mee moo.

I am going through a Muppet's Christmas Carol renaissance here, thanks to Carrie giving me the soundtrack last Christmas and Clark and Shannon giving me the DVD this Christmas. (They gave it to me early - very thoughtful of them - so I can watch it before Christmas is over.)

This movie is a big part of Christmas in the Blockburger household. Big part. Very important. ("Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, NOT THE RAT!")

Anyway, on the soundtrack there are two songs included which didn't make it into the movie. One is by Sam the Eagle, and isn't that great. But the other is a duet by Bunsen and Beaker, and it cracks me up every time. It's not the best song in the whole world, but the mere fact that it is Beaker singing it just slays me. Particularly on the high parts.

I really recommend listening to it if you have the chance.

I bought a Beaker doll at the science nerd convention, too. It's been a Beaker-filled holiday season thus far. In a good way.

Bad Idea

Don't order the garlic burger at Skybox. Trust me on this one.

Not worth it.

... or maybe not

Turns out I wasn't on Fox13 this morning. Which is just as well. (Darn you and your long-windedness, President Bush!)