Spare Me 34th Street, Rudolph, and Charlie Brown Please
Well, it’s that time again; the holidays. Time for credit card bills, bulimia, annoying relatives, and yes, Christmas movies. Every year, it’s the same old stuff: Miracle on 34th Street, Bing Crosby, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Charlie Brown’s crappy little tree. Well I’m a little tired of all of that cliche, Winter Wonderland stuff.
I’ve decided to put together a list of my favorite off beat, quirky, dark, or just plain weird holiday movies. They all have to be of a Christmas theme and/or heavily related to the holidays.
I have to give credit where credit’s due. I received quite a bit of input from my wife and my 15 year old daughter, so I will also indicate each of their top picks.
So without further ado, let’s start the countdown.
The List of the 10 Greatest Off Beat Holiday Movies:
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Media, Movies
christmas, holidays, Movies, poll, top 10
Quick Painless Install and Set Up for FREE
If you have a website or do any type of web development you have probably needed a server at some point. Not everybody has a full blown commercial web server at their disposal for development, experimenting, and testing their site. You may think that it is both expensive and complicated to have your own local web server.
You may think that it is both expensive and complicated to have your own local web server. Nothing Could be further from the truth!
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Software, Tutorials
apache, diy, how-to, mysql, php, server, Software, Technology, Tutorials, xampp
World Domination is Under Way
I was just looking at some of my stats for visitors to this site and I saw some pretty amazing information. So far, I have had at least one visitor from over 70 countries around the world. That blew me away.
As a tribute to all of my visitors from across the globe, I would just like to say:
Welcome Aboard and Thanks for Stopping By!
I put together a list of all every visitor’s country. If your country is not listed, it is probably due to my web stats system. So, if you don’t see yourself on the list, send me and email at cm@vitamincm.com or leave a comment below.
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Miscellaneous Ramblings, Web Surfing
countries, map, stats
Using Graphics and Animations to Explain Things
Did you ever have a really complex concept or idea to express. Often times, words alone are not enough to convey the information in an effective way. Sometimes, I can put together a few PowerPoint bullets (ugh!), maybe a graph or chart, of if I’m feeling like exceeding expectations, I’ll throw together a Visio flowchart. These all help, but if you really want to knock people’s socks off, you need a high quality Information Graphic.
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Miscellaneous Ramblings, Web Surfing
graphics, illustration, infographics, Training
The Good, the Bad, and the Hippies
My wife and I have been a little stressed out lately and decided that we needed a weekend away to unwind. We chose a 4 day weekend in a Bed and Breakfast in Manchester, VT. Sounds lovely and peaceful, right? Think again. Run down, bug infested, ill appointed lodgings along with innkeepers with no customer service led to a craptacular disappointment.
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Miscellaneous Ramblings, Personal
travel, vacation, vermont
