the naughty list

Via Macleans

Nice list: Richard Colvin, Progressive Bloggers, the usual suspects from the blogroll

Naughty list: Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada, Joe Lieberman, Kate McVillain and commenters at Small Dead Animals, Blogging Tories

Christmas at The Woodshed

Looking for a way to get into the spirit of the season? Move on over to The Woodshed where, starting 4:00 pm PST (Midnight GMT) on the 23rd of December, our very own Rev. Paperboy kicks off a 3 holiday special on Radio Woodshed.

Remember, in the past, The Rev has been willing to take himself hostage to gain your cooperation.

Christmas 2011

THE LA TIMES has a cheerful report: according to Steven Zeitchik, come Christmas 2011, Marvin the Martian will try to destroy things here on Earth.

The Looney Tunes character is getting his own movie -- and now that movie has a director and writers, and could soon even have a star to lend Marvin his voice. And the producers are talking to a number of stars. One name that's come up is Mike Myers, no stranger to voice roles given his work on the Shrek franchise.

The plot for "Marvin" will remain what it was when it was first announced in the summer of 2008: Marvin comes to Earth to try to destroy Christmas, but his plans are foiled when he gets trapped inside a gift box.

My favorite Christmas song and story

In all the list making the other day about best and worst Christmas songs, I completely forgot about my real favorite.



Excuse me, I seem to have something in my eye.

Radio Woodshed is on the air!

At least for Xmas day anyways. Tune your browser to 

http://janefinch.serverroom.us:4930/listen.pls

or try

http://janefinch.serverroom.us.4930/index.html

and click "listen" in the bar at the top of the page and enjoy the best of seasonal podcasts and music -seasonal and otherwise- from a dramatization of "A Christmas Carol" from 9 in morning on the East Coast of North America straight through to holiday storytime starting around 7 pm EST featuring stories from Dylan Thomas, Stuart Mclean's Vinyl Cafe, Paul Auster, Tom Waits, Dr. Seuss, Steve Martin, David Sedaris and others and lots of music. And no cursing or punk/heavy metal/free jazz during prime time, I promise.

Stay tuned for more in the new year, there could be a weekly show/podcast coming.

My Favorite Christmas Story

and it has the added benefit of being true.

This song always brings a tear to my eye.

Merry Christmas - peace on earth and goodwill toward all mankind, even conservatives.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Plenty more where this came from over at the Woodshed with more being added daily by the international Santa conspiracy elves straight through to the 25th