Rounding Into Form

[Editor's Note: updated at 1:40pm]

After a slow start to the month of December, the holiday season is finally rounding into form for the folks here at GameTime, TBD©. Over the course of the next eight days, there are multiple holiday parties for the staff to attend and at least two separate birthday celebrations for the man in charge of this little show (don't make us out to be saints just yet . . . we do turn a small profit . . . after all, someone has to pay for the, uh, lap dancers for the big guy here). There is no wonder people call this the most wonderful time of the year.

It is also around this time of year that other blogs start to get a little lazy. I could have made this week's Link Dump a collection of the various "Top __" lists that everyone puts out this time of year. I could have called it something catchy like the "Top 12 Top __ Lists of This Holiday Season", but what fun would that be? I refuse to get lazy; that would not be fair to you, my avid readers, who turn out every week to provide your insights and support. It does make it a little more difficult to find those not-so-obvious news stories you have come to expect from the GameTime, TBD© Link Dump, but that will not stop me. This is, after all, the season of giving. Which reminds me, anyone have any thoughts on what you give your wife of four months on your first Christmas as a married couple?

While I spend the rest of my afternoon searching for the perfect present, here are some things you might have missed to help get you through the rest of your Friday:

• If only there was some place on this whole world wide web thing that had a complete collection of Marisa Miller photos . . .
• There are some crimes that are so heinous, so unforgivable, that even I believe the death penalty is called for. Murdering a cheerleader? Check.
• The Professional Cheerleader Blog (wow, the Internet really does have everything these days) would like you to know that the Chicago Luvabulls have been dominating the Miss Illinois USA pageant for the last couple of years.
• With a name like Starr Spangler, I would have expected a different career path after her Dallas Cowboys cheerleading days came to an end (clearly I'm talking about singing our national anthem at sporting events . . . get your mind out of the gutter).
• Gisele claims that size does not matter. Tom, is there something you would like to tell us?
  
• Speaking of the Cowboys, T.O. is upset he did not get invited to the Romo-Witten slumber party.
• Your team is 0-13 and you are tired of losing. Do you (1) suck it up and actually win a game, or (b) flick off the fans?
• With the economy failing, the Big 3 about to go bankrupt, and increased tension in the Middle East, it is good to see Congressman Barton's head is in the right place.
• Urban Meyer, tired of staring at Florida co-eds cheering on his team, admits his preference for catholic schoolgirls. Welcome to the club.
  
• I do not know what "chutzpah" but means, but I am sure Senator Bunning is excited about being elected into its hall of fame.
  
• Daly confuses fan's camera with one of his empty beer cans.
• Barry Melrose, whose mullet was fired after only 16 games as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightening, has moved on . . . clearly.
• If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that an NHLer's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not break multiple fingers in a freak snow blower accident.
• Referee to Ryan Miller: you will RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!

Wow, three television/movie references in one Link Dump, that must be some new kind of record. Anyways, I have put together another excellent set of videos for your weekly viewing pleasure. I even intentionally went into the vault for a previously unused clip that goes well with Saturday Night Live's most recent gem of a digital short:

• Of course, the old "draw a name out of the hat" trick. It all makes sense now.
• Just go ahead and let me know when we are back on the air. [warning: includes some strong language]
• I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of NFL defenders cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced by the realization that there is a second Barry Sanders. [That makes four!]
  
• When I first saw this, I thought someone had videotaped my first year of law school with my buddy DJ.
• Stepped outside, into the rain, looked at my phone, saw you rang . . .

Have a great weekend everyone!