It's Christmas...!

I love Annie Lennox's voice. She put a Christmas album out last month. It's good but I love this version of Winter Wonderland by the Eurythmics. The video is good too.



I love Doris Day too. Always have; always will. And I'm not being ironic. Here's her version of Sleigh Bells. For some reason, she's just skating around rather than singing in the video. I guess that's an old school thing.



Billy Idol's version of Jingle Bell Rock is a little more upbeat with an element of goofy.



And finally, a little light show for Santa:

Still shopping for Christmas?

Boing Boing, a hard-to-describe website that is worth checking every day, has a great list of books recommended by the BB staff. Some of the highlights:

Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century ~ Volume One

Mark Thomas Presents The People's Manifesto

Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design

And on and on. It's impossible to keep track of books new to the market and not so new to the market ~ seeing someone else's recommendations always uncovers a couple of gems.