The holidays are upon us once again. (How's that for a big ol' honkin' statement of the obvious?)
Considering that the next couple of weeks will be a blur of holidays, time with my daughter and a bit of travel -- not to mention the fact that I have a crushing amount of work to complete between now and my trip to CES -- I figure my blogging schedule will be a bit sporadic between now and the end of the year.
I hope that everyone has the opportunity to reflect on the year that was, plan for the year ahead and spend a bit of time with the important people in your lives.
For the rest of you, I offer up a smorgasbord of holiday weirdness post-YouTube style. Please feel free to while away your holiday time off watching a few weird animated shorts. This ain't your daddy's "A Year Without a Santa Clause."
[Feed and email readers: you know the drill. Be sure to click through to the blog to watch the embedded clips.]
The first two have been highlighted by a brand spankin' new site called eGuiders that went into public beta yesterday and aims to curate the best-of-the-best web video content so you don't have to slog through millions of pieces of web junk to find the few worth watching. (Disclosure: I've been serving as an unofficial advisor to eGuiders. Check 'em out.)
Snowy the Frostman puts a twisted spin on the animated holiday classic.
Happy Tree Friends offers up Japanimation-style holiday shorts that are not for the sensitive or squeamish.
Next up: thanks to the Firehouse agency in Texas we have a new holiday classic based on an old world tradition - the Christmas Pickle. (Tip o' the Santa hat to Chris Wilson.)
And finally -- how can a guy who throws the devil horns every chance he gets resist a mash-up that combines A Charlie Brown Christmas with some killer metal. Have a head banging Christmas and a rocking New Year.