The Oringina Commercial

alobar pointed this one out... it's a French commercial (English language edition) that is not likely to be seen in this country. It's a bit too racy for that. Plus, it has cross-dressing peacocks (as pointed out in the comments to the French language edition).

Coraline

Yet more video, this a wee sneak peek at Coraline, pointed out by Neil hisself.

Looking forward to this one.

Daily Updatia

• Woke up early
• Mailed half a brazillion holiday cards
• Opened three kids accounts
• Picked out a monkey for Mr. B
• Took Rachel to karate
• Sat outside with Justin and Mr. B
• Went mostly insane
• Sang bits from many different tunes
• Sekrit Message for noone234: We've got the core of a Mana Mana arrangement; like The Muppets, we'll likely stick Birdland in the middle
• Mr. B sang "Shock the Monkey"
• Mr. B played peek-a-boo with the monkey
• Mr. B discovered the monkey's name is Monkey
• Having completely lost our minds, we sang silly songs
• Mr. B came up with rousing renditions of "Shock the Daddy" and "Shock the Justin"
• "Driving down the road, passed the Fed Ex creature" was the song that pushed Rachel off the edge
• She leaped from the car after I checked the mailbox and immediately before I pressed the accelerator
• The song wasn't that bad
• She even sang along later
• I lectured her on exactly how close she came to not making it to her next birthday and how jumping out of cars is generally forbidden
• Her birthday is tomorrow, so she came damn close to almost not making it
• We watched some more of the Muppet Show episodes from season 2, stopping one sketch into the John Cleese one
• Rachel's birthday restaurant of choice isn't open on Sundays, so we went tonight
• She chose Marblehead Grill and Chowder House
• Again
• Food was very good
• Mr. B and I were the only ones with doggie bags
• Yes, I could not finish my dinner; it was too much food
• That should serve as a message to those who doubt - my eating habits are changing; last year I ate my dinner, and, I think it might have been the year before that I ate my dinner, finished Rachel's and finished Mr. B's
• On the way home, we discussed stopping at the local lights display
• I wasn't up for it, but Rachel decided (after we drove past it) that she really wanted to go tonight; I was all for holding off until Wednesday
• Deb convinced me to go because she had her new boots on, and if I stopped at home she'd change into sensible shoes
• We circled around and found free member trees in the mailbox - bit late for planting this year, though!
• We drove back and went to the lights
• They had a music synched display that was much better than last year, much more in-sync than any I've seen
• Mr. B had a short discussion with Mr. Claus
• I stayed outside with Justin to watch the music display, but I'm pretty sure the conversation included a request for a lello reraser
• Someone proposed to Deidra with a panel of lights set up amidst all the other lights
• When we got home, it was just starting to rain, so we picked the perfect time to go
• We wrapped presents for Deb and put them under the tree
• I'm going to sleep now