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I Assume My Co-Workers Spent Their Holiday Bonus on Something More Practical
My company handed out the annual Holiday/Christmas bonus last week, and I kind of went a little overboard with mine. I assume my co-workers were probably more responsible with the money…but not me.
Booyah!
This was why I had such a good day on Wednesday. This is the ultimate holiday splurge. I feel like a kid in a toy store…which is literally what happened.
Recently, my office has been handing out Christmas bonuses as pre-paid, universal gift cards. The responsible, adult thing to do would be to maybe spend that money on groceries or bills. But for the first time in a few years, I’m not flat broke at Christmas, so I’m not clutching at a Christmas bonus like some desperate lifesaver.
So boom, free money! Retail therapy!
I went to Toys R Us looking for a big, expansive LEGO set. I’ve never had a big, expansive LEGO set. I kind of imagine that they’re awesome. But there just weren’t many good ones available. Maybe the new Force Awakens Millennium Falcon, or the Star Destroyer, but both of those were actually more than my Christmas bonus.
When it comes to LEGOs, I prefer vehicle models over playsets. Give me the Batmobile over the Batcave any day. Vehicles are one, solid, clear object. Playsets are whatever the LEGO designers feel like designing.
So there I was, scouring the LEGO wall at Toys R Us, and two of the greatest recent models jump out at me. I don’t know when I’ll get around to building them, but it’s going to be a blast. Sometimes I love being a geek.
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One Last Bit of Holiday Cheer!
Enjoy some Marvel funsies!
The New Year begins this week, and we’ll worry about that later. For now, I wanted to wish everybody a final Happy Holidays as we say goodbye to Christmas. Lucky for me, there was no shortage of awesome Christmas videos on the Internet this year. Those things are a life saver! And the Marvel What The…?! videos are always a hoot.
As for me, I had a pretty great Christmas. Saw family, had some laughs, played some video games; all in good fun! As for presents, I had a geeky haul this year. I got Spider-Man pot-holders, a Batman decorative towel, Axe Cop action figures, a nifty Star Wars LEGO set and more! Definitely a good time was had by all. I hope you and yours had an equally enjoyable holiday!
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The 6 Silliest Spin-Off Reindeer
When was the last time we had a new Christmas special that stood the test of time? Why is it that only classics like the Rankin Bass movies or A Charlie Brown Christmas are upheld as annual traditions? Maybe because today’s modern entertainment is all substance and no soul, with crappy computer animation substituting actual effort? Nah, that can’t be it.
But it hasn’t stopped people from trying!
Their union is terrible
There is a never-ending list of treacly, worthless Christmas specials churned out in the past few years. And a startling number of them star spin-offs of Santa’s famous reindeer team. That’s right, spin-offs. Instead of awesome stories about the reindeer we already know and love, most specials give them bastard children or introduce Mary Sue reindeer to suit their own flimsy desires. And seeing as how Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is my favorite Christmas special from when I was a kid, I decided to put together a list of the silly spin-off reindeer that populate these silly Christmas specials.
Seriously, Santa’s reindeer were having lots of kids!
My Batgirl and Supergirl Christmas Tradition!
We can always count on Mike Maihack to bring the holiday spirit! I’m just going to keep posting these as long as he keeps making them, they are too adorable!
Henchman-4-Hire 