Worst. TV Specials. Ever.
Posted: Wednesday December 23 2009 @ 8:23pm
Category: TV Shows
Topless Robot has a nice list of the 16 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time.
(Spoiler: Yes, the Star Wars special is #1.)
Seven Reasons
Posted: Tuesday December 22 2009 @ 6:05pm
Category: WTF
My favorite female, gay, atheist blogger, Greta Christina, has a nice post up listing Seven Reasons for Atheists to Celebrate the Holidays.
(By favorite female, gay, atheist blogger,
I mean she's my favorite female blogger, my favorite gay blogger, and my favorite atheist blogger. But, maybe for the sake of consistency, I should write her name as Greta Xina?
)
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Merry Squidmas
Posted: Monday December 21 2009 @ 11:24am
Category: WTF
Everyone here at Secular Xmas (meaning just I) wish you a Merry Squidmas!
[via Pharyngula]
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K'nex Xmas
Posted: Monday December 21 2009 @ 7:11am
Category: Craft
K'NEX are great construction toys that let you build big-ass structures that are surprisingly sturdy.
One benefit/limitation is that the pieces are all color coded, which makes it hard to build things that look good, color-wise.
Not so for the Knex Christmas Wreath, which uses the colors to great advantage.
Detailed instructions, including 149 photos, are included.
This is simply awesome and I think I need to dig out my big box-o-K'nex and see if I have enough of the needed pieces.
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I Want an Alien for Xmas
Posted: Monday December 21 2009 @ 7:03am
Category: Craft
No, not the Fountains of Wayne song. It's alien/Xmas papercraft!
First up is Saturn Claus, a classic green alien, complete with antennae and a Santa Suit.
Then there's a Martian Conquering Santa Claus.
After all, why should such a great holiday be limited to any one world?
[the latter via paperkraft.net]
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Felt Xmas Monster
Posted: Sunday December 20 2009 @ 6:34pm
Category: Craft
Here's a cute and easy Felt Xmas Monster.
It would be dead simple to modify the shape.
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Atheist Holiday Traditions
Posted: Sunday December 20 2009 @ 6:29pm
Category: WTF
Big Fat Whale has a wonderful graphic up illustrating atheist holiday traditions.
I could really go for some Darwin gingerbread cookies, with all that luscious beard frosting!
[via Pharyngula]
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Wise Guys 
Posted: Sunday December 20 2009 @ 6:24pm
Category: Craft
Cubeecraft blank templates form the basis of a vast variety of papercraft people.
For the 2009 Christmas season, we have the Three Wise Guys. No, wait, Men.
The Three Wise Men, or Kings, or Magi, or whatever the hell you want to call them.
[via cubeecraft and paperkraft.net]
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Illumination (Tree, That Is)
Posted: Sunday December 20 2009 @ 6:20pm
Category: Craft
Sparkle Labs has a cute little papercraft tree inside of which you're supposed to stick a light.
(They also have an LED Menorah, but this ain't Secular Hanukkah, now is it?)
[via Paper Forest and Rogoliver]
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Sledding Santa
Posted: Sunday December 20 2009 @ 6:03pm
Category: Craft
Who doesn't love sledding? And we all love Santa!
So, everyone should love a Santa on a sled!
[via paperkraft.net or cubeecraft]