Stupid Internet Tricks

Good Riddance Day meets WatchItShred.com

At the end of 2006, the Times Square Alliance invited the public to discard their bad memories - everything from photos of old lovers to bad tax returns. Dec 28, 2008 was the third annual Good Riddance Day. Here's some footage from GRD 2007.

You don't have to go to NYC to join in the fun of shredding the drek of 2008. Just get one of these.

Go to WatchItShred.com to see videos of a shredder that can take on anything, including bowling balls, shopping catrs, lawn mowers, cars, hot tubs, refrigerators and even another shredder. Hmm, seems like there's something wrong with that, doesn't it? -Head Trickster

A Chute Commute

Clever commercial.

Spoof of the clever commercial

Making of clever commercial.

And, apropos of nothing, we had a Water Wiggle when I was a kid. Seems like half the toys back then were just lawsuits waiting to happen. Like, whoever thought Jarts was a good idea? (Banned in the US in 1988 after thousands of injuries and 3 deaths). -Head Trickster

Beer Bottle Xmas Tree

If you want something this awesome for Christmas, you can't do it at the last minute. You have to plan ahead. start now,

Only 361 drinking days left till next Christmas. That's 2.9 bottles per day. But it's for a good cause! -Head Trickster

Merry Christmas

The Christmas Story in art

The Christmas story from RealLivePreacher.com

The other Christmas Story (and the wiki)

A bunch of Christmas Stories

The story behind various Christmas traditions

Scared of Santa's Blog

Did you know Santa Claus had a blog? Yep.

And the ever popular newspaper item, the Scared of Santa photo gallery.

• Chicago Trib
• Austin American Statesman
• Orlando Sentinal
• LA Times
• Sun-Sentinal

YouTube slideshow of the South Florida pics with an annoying laughing version of Carol of the Bells soundtrack.

Maybe this is why they're scared of Santa. [Note: That's a shoplifter Santa's taking down. Moral of this story - don't mess with Santa. Better not steal, better not run, for all you know Santa's packing a gun.]

Bonus: Goodies from last Christmas.

Christmas Carols

Fleming and John's version of Winter Wonderland to the tune of Misty Mountain Hop. [Brilliant!]

Oh Holy Night as it always should be sung. Start the season in tears. Of pain or laughter. Or both.

A Silent "Silent Night"

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12 Days of Christmas from India

Evil Christmas Carols

Christmas carols in a minor key, as performed by Sean Wesche. MP3s available to PandaSmash subscribers. (Don't know anything about PandaSmash. You'll have to figure that part out yourself.)

The All-Rudolph All-the-Time Station

Bonus: Roomba Christmas Carols

Breathing Places

A Saturday holiday bonus. Animals singing a song. We really dig how some of them look with a human mouth. -Head Trickster

A Gzillion Christmas Videos Online

All your Christmas favorites (and many you've never heard of) available online. How did we ever have Christmas before the internet? Now you can spend the next 7 days watching Christmas videos online instead of all that pesky familial interaction.

Also, a good time to get your RealLivePreacher.com Christmas story CDs.

Bonus: SnowmanConstructionKit.com

Because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a Japanese guy playing "Angels We Have Heard on High" on a stalk of broccoli

800Notes.com

Do you get phone calls from numbers you don't recognize? Let them go to voicemail and then check out the number at 800Notes.com.  -Head Trickster