I went after work to pick up the new Sufjan Stevens "Songs for Christmas" set. He's got one with Jack White and it's called, "Get Behind Me, Santa". Tee hee. The box is definitely a keeper. Speaking of egg nog, I will now partake.

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Kelly Ripa is a homophobe. Naw, she doesn't like being muzzled like a 3-year old. I'm with her on this, regardless of where Clay Aiken's fist has been.

You can never have too much of "Arrested Development". "They were not making fun of Andy Griffith. This cannot be stressed enough."

Robert Altman died. Probably the last of the old mavericks that were still making movies. As I said previously, watch "California Split" if you can. It's one of his overlooked best.

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Baseball has been busy with INSANE contracts. They are spending cash as if it's 1999. Justin Speier got 4 years and $18 million from the Angels. For a setup guy. Good grief.

And who would have though Pujols and Jeter were not MVPs? Travis Hafner was 8th in the A.L. vote. Idiots.

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