Logos in the sky with diamonds. Behold, the Floating Logos Project.

Scared of Santa -- enjoy a little holiday cheer in the form of this photo gallery of kids freaking out on Santa's lap. Note that some of the Santas are truly scary and/or unconvincing. More Xmas fun from SouthFlorida.com here -- including Photoshopped Celebrity Santas...uh, for some reason.

Armadillo Cookies! Presumably, you know, not made from armadillo...but very cute nonetheless. Captured by the hilarious Cardhouse at this year's Arizona State Fair -- see his "Pig Parts" photo essay for more strange edibles, 4-H bunnies, and weird art. He's also been to a Japanese toystore and San Fran's Musee Mecanique. Enjoy!

Miss Kim has revived the Friday Five today, with a roundup of year-end questions. Hmmm, glancing at the calendar, I note that there are only 2 more Fridays in 2004...Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Oh my.

What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Ate a Scotch Egg, and watched Ben Affleck make a fool of himself in person, at the DNC. In the remaining 14 days of '04, I hope to learn a little stick-shiftin', if ya know what I mean.
What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? A fabulous new job, a book contract....ummm, and maybe one of these?
Did anyone close to you give birth? Like it's going out of style: Aden and Isaac, plus the Henry twins, and next year brings Romeo/Beatrice, Baby Chapman, Baby Tran #2, Baby Matteo, and so forth. Fertile times...
Did anyone close to you die? No. Wow.
What countries did you visit? Just the good old US of A...unless Austin counts as another country? ;-)

"The curse of the Christmas Single." -- This one's for the Natster, the King of Christmas Music. The UK tradition of a one-hit Yuletide wonder is charted here by The Guardian, with their Bottom Ten picks of all time, from Bing Crosby to Run-DMC. Ho ho ho!