Two-thousand of anything is a pretty healthy number: dollars, pairs of mittens, shrunken heads…. But 2,000 Christmas albums is especially impressive. Who knew there were that many out there? “People grow up with these albums—it’s the soundtrack to their childhood Christmas,” says Sean Passmore, referencing his mammoth, 24-year-old assemblage of holiday tunage— and counting. “People […]
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Share the bacon…
A Dan! I can’t believe you wrote that response to Hawt And Royally Depressed! He wrote because his wife of 10 years had “let herself go.” Men and women were hitting on him and he had to resort to stoning before he could be with her. And you told this asshole to “be honest with […]
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Alternative astrology
Spend quality time in your personal hell, Cancer, says Rob Brezsny.
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Life free and DIY hard
Kyla Francis Picture Kyla Francis wandering in and out of secondhand stores “like a junkie looking for a fix,” she says. “I love looking for treasure and then finding a fun way to add my own inspiration to it.” She took excess stackable white cups from the Delta Barrington (found on the Agricola Army Navy […]
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Eat, drink and be eco-friendly
Ah, Christmas: “tis the season for conspicuous consumption. Environmental principals begone—let’s go shopping! But baby Jesus wasn’t born so you could make a mess of the planet! From bird-strangling tinsel to garbage bags filled with shiny paper and plastic bows, does waste really need to be a prerequisite for the holidays? Your annual holiday party […]
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No purchase necessary
The fictional day that the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes is one of the most unforgettable fictional days of all—right up there with the day Doc and Marty hopped in the DeLorean, and the day that mayor Peter Kelly sent us all home-baked pie in the mail. After all, that day, our curmudgeonly buddy Mr. […]
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Indoor delights
Top 10 Books by Sue Carter Flinn 28: Stories of AIDS in Africaby Stephanie Nolen (Knopf)If that John Lennon/Yoko Ono Christmas song—”…And what have you done?”—speaks to you, read Stephen Nolen’s book, and buy one for everybody on your list. Comprised of 28 stories—one for every million Africans living with the virus—of ordinary people doing […]
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Shrunken junk?
Q I’m a single gay male in my late 20s. I’ve met a guy I really like. We chat all the time and we’re attracted to each other. We haven’t yet had sex, but we’re planning to get naked and sweaty (and break out the ropes and blindfolds) over Christmas break. We “scheduled” this because […]
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Alternative Astrology
Undertake a massive display of fertility, Leo, says Rob Brezsny.
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The Xtube video
Q I love my wife. We’ve been married 10 years: Young punk-rock love turned into adult debt-ridden love. She’s been there for me, helps me achieve my goals, all that. But she’s let herself go, while I’ve gotten myself into better shape. I pride myself on being100 percent faithful, I clean, I tell her I […]
