Lots of controversy over the new Mike Huckabee Xmas ad:

It is a pretty clear bit of pandering to the Evangelicals, and he is taking criticism for it. And though I personally don’t agree with his politics or his message, I award him full points for his response to the critics:

I will confess this: If you play the spot backwards it says, ‘Paul is dead. Paul is dead.’

That’s a good line.

Scans of old Christmas Catalogs!

Man, o man, my grandparents would get the Sears Wishbook every year and I would spend HOURS looking at it. I pawed through it again and again to meticulously compose my Christmas List. Here is a sample of the splendor contained within:

Yes, that is a 7 1/2 foot GI Joe aircraft carrier. I have no words.