Beer...tree?

I know we're all pretty much over Christmas and moving on to New Year's and/or dealing with excruciating boredom, but this is too ridiculous and I wanted to give you time to get started for next year. Behold the ultimate DIY Christmas tree:

That's via lifehacker. It's a pretty good website, but I'm more into Instructables. You can pretty much figure out how to do anything using that website. Projects range from ultra-complicated to ridiculously easy to just ridiculous. There are also lots of instructables that reveal otherwise obvious truths that many of us haven't quite gotten yet.

The best example, and one that's relevant to the beer bottle Christmas tree project, is "How to open a bottle of beer without a bottle opener." Don't tell me you've never opened a beer using your desk at school, because you have. Well, avoid the risk of ingesting shards of glass and use other objects...such as a water bottle (good to keep hydrated while imbibing, right?)

EuroChristmas

Merry Christmas, Wesleyan!

WesCF Christmas Party

It's fun, it's traditional, it's Christmas! WesCF is hosting their annual Christmas party with tree decorating, a puppet show, musical pieces, gingerbread house-making competition, Christmas caroling, and yummy desserts.

Date: Saturday, December 6th
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: 200 Church

This Christmas, give a gift with meaning!

Disgusted by the rampant consumerism of the holiday season? Don't buy into the story that Jesus lavished PS3s and iPods on his disciples? Want to, maybe, do something good for humanity in general? Well, hey, me too!
This year, in lieu of the traditional Christmas presents, I'm taking what little money I make from my work-study jobs, and making donations to various charities in the names of family members and friends. And you can, too!

To help you find a charity that's both reputable and responsible with your money, I recommend you do some research first. A great place to start is Charity Navigator:

Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities.

Oh, and for those who don't celebrate Christmas, word on the street is that charitable donations make excellent gifts for Chanukah, Ramadan (though I think it was in September this year), Kwanzaa, and maybe even your more esoteric holidays!

It's a Wonderful Life

I found the full-length version of It's a Wonderful Life on google video. I *adore* this movie and I hope you all do, too.