In the middle ages, the most people could expect to socialize would be at church, beheadings for Atheism or what chatting they could manage while waiting for your turn at the leeches during the most recent plague. What a dark time it was, because not only were you looking at a lifespan of only about 28 years, but during that short time you'd never be able to let everybody know through a convenient website that you're totally into "Laguna Beach!"

Luckily technology has turned, and...

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I work in broadcasting. I primarily exist behind the camera, writing and editing and other such nonsense. But sometimes I end up in a suit, caked with makeup and trying to stand so that I don't look like I have three chins.

For your viewing pleasure, some recent airchecks:

Aircheck 11-28

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I recently discovered a new way to make yourself go completely batshit insane. Start by watching - from the beginning, mind you! - a classic Holiday movie or special. Watch as whatever conflict or problem the characters initially have is steadily resolved through:

-Christmas Spirit
-Family Togetherness
-The Kindness of Others
-An Overwhelming Feeling Of Goodness

...and then, just before the resolution, flip over to FOX News, any financial channel or even the nightly...

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In the vein of the last post, let's keep going on the same topic: Christmas Specials. For instance, which are my favorites? I know you care, because otherwise I wouldn't spend so much time typing meandering, self-serving nonsense onto the internet as though my opinion meant more than a random hunk of dog shit that even the most crack-addled hobo wouldn't eat.

So, here are a list of my favorites. This changes each and every year, since my preferences alter depending on the year...

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As the years drag on and you realize that there is no Santa, that the holiday season is primarily about commerce and drinking and that each Christmas becomes a sad death-march through time, watching yourself and your loved ones become older, flabbier and inexorably more obsolete with each passing day, you gotta find the fun parts.

For me, it's the specials. I love Christmas specials. I'm not talking about a Very Special Episode of "According to Jim" in which the show has 44 minutes...

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