Readable version of the scrolling credits from the "The Way-Too-Early Christmas Song" video.

Photos in order of appearance. All are Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licensed except for those marked with an asterisk, which are CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Licensed. In most cases the actual name of the photo is different from the titles below, to make it easier for folks to find their faves so that they can learn about These Great Photographers:

December
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billhd/311667638/sizes/l/

Turkey 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johncabell/66600957/sizes/o/

Turkey 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2091638550/sizes/l/

Tofurkey
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/eszter/2055391109/sizes/l/

Sno Cones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waytoocrowded/2539163757/sizes/o/

Candy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/427/2526120541/sizes/l/

Snow Globe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7875788@N03/465582991/sizes/l/

Mini Mall
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidaarctique/1534559011/sizes/l/

Red Mall Ornament
http://www.flickr.com/photos/essjay/74384491/sizes/l/

Snowy Mall Display
http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/2072416382/sizes/l/

Fast Food Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drhenkenstein/2158132008/sizes/o/

“Understand” guy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisdaniel/2113673820/sizes/l/

Flying Christmas Family*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshunter/2129589072/

Mistletoe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawbleu/2145472050/

Veterans Day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jglagowski/354280683/sizes/l/

“Wrong”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pickledshark/314413354/

Headless Display
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aricee/77576049/sizes/l/

Toy Band
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/davepatten/313018592/sizes/l/

Billy Bass
http://www.flickr.com/photos/feastoffools/2691280859/sizes/o/

Billy Bass Adoption Center
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennharper/332225870/sizes/o/

St Pat
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torugatoru/2343391398/sizes/o/

St Pat Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7447470@N06/2070212447/sizes/l/

Tree Color 01
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keith1999/302243388/sizes/l/

Musk Display
http://www.flickr.com/photos/von_roeder/78167032/sizes/l/

Display Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/316823851/sizes/l/

LOLcat
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnbutts/2191283544/sizes/o/

Elf Dude
http://www.flickr.com/photos/randycox/305433651/sizes/l/

Plastic Trees
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmueller/2149029551/sizes/l/

Manger Scene
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels/2144082647/

Heat Miser/Cold Miser
http://www.flickr.com/photos/akiste/330168460/

Dreidel 01
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oschene/72151761/sizes/o/

Cinnabon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/absentbabinski/2918746874/sizes/l/

Cinnajesus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freestone/135556525/sizes/l/

Wise Men
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trommetter/2131332651/

Snowman Murray
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennor/257483306/sizes/l/

Groundhog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisirmo/234379899/sizes/l/

Video clip from “The Big Board” (public domain)

Preggers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactusbones/76928089/sizes/l/

Mastercuts
http://www.splotchy.com/images/blog/negspace/3/mastercuts.jpg

Big Scary Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbo31/331673079/sizes/l/

Fat Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mottram/2102944405/sizes/l/

Ho 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gwen/2081403787/sizes/o/

Ho 2
Sa

Santa Segway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberj/2154387365/sizes/o/

Claus Clones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macwagen/2466431/sizes/o/

Snapped Hat Girl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emotionaltoothpaste/2151708667/sizes/l/

Kick Ball*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seraphimc/86240728/sizes/l/

Pole Tongue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nplove/265559667/sizes/o/

CSI Dolls*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpocali/2158143137/sizes/l/

Balls Guys
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krizsa/2075625139/sizes/l/

North Pole bling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shinyredtype/2104129289/

Prison Cell
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flooznyc/2902871182/sizes/l/

Prison Wreath
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77/1748642/sizes/l/

Prison Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luanacreativa/178998540/

Prison Gifts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/royshearer/934196255/sizes/o/

Rude Ornaments
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frosted_peppercorn/2304342659/sizes/l/

Claus Kiss*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pensacolawinterfest/332440831/

Santa Hug Haley*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7914635@N03/2135647787/

Candle Table Family*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/77665788/

Santa Canine*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingcat/2720919135/

Mistletoe Thong
http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/2008/10/cracked-me-up.html

Stick Up Santa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/2145017466/sizes/l/

Xmas Tree Clipart
http://openclipart.org/people/BenBois/BenBois_Christmas_tree.png

Holly Leaf Clipart
http://openclipart.org/media/files/nicubunu/7798

Snowman Clipart

http://openclipart.org/media/files/yeKcim/3365

Xmas Lights Clipart
http://designcreatology.com/b/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/christmas_lights.png

Stocking
http://valerywarren.com/

Christmas Tag

http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=1&q=christmas+design&m=text

- Panties!!!! Some of the most inventive and sexy undergarments hurled at us to date.
- The level of participatory enthusiasm, including lusty singing-along, great pirate-y fervor, and the occasional clever quip
- Jonathan’s now nearly-famous "turn to the left" during "Nugget Man" (you had to be there)
- The exhilarating/terriftying stuffed animal torrent during the encore with JoCo
- And, of course, the incredible treatment we always get at the Birchmere from the entire staff. We’ve said it before, but from an artist’s point of view there is no better venue in the country.

COMING UP: Peoria, IL this weekend at the Jukebox Comedy Club, another P&S favorite. We’re packing lots of new material since our last visit, and are looking forward to spraying it all over the room like a cat marking its territory.

ALSO…a song of ours will be debuting as part of a new documentary about the Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station. Seriously. It’s not a comedy song, nor is it performed by us (in fact, WE haven’t even heard it yet!), but you can hear "Gracie at the Tastee" sometime during ‘‘Next Stop: Silver Spring,”  airing on WETA-TV (Washington, DC PBS station) channel 26 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

1. "You have a partially torn tendon."
2. "It does not require surgery, nor is it recommended."
3. "It will be right as rain in 6-8 weeks. Use it as normally as able."
4. "Do not lift any more pianos."
5. "Enjoy the drugs."

Okay, the doc didn’t say those words exactly (and didn’t say some of them at all), but that’s the gist of it. Thanks to everyone whose counsel and comments helped keep me from completely freaking out.

And now back to the regularly scheduled rocking and mocking.

"S"

Let’s say you injured your arm on Thanksgiving doing something stupid like, I dunno, lifting a piano up with one arm (never you mind why.) And let’s say that that arm was your weaker (left) arm, which is also the arm attached to the hand that you use to form chords with on a guitar (possibly a Martin DC-AURA guitar with a black Fender strap and medium stings. Slight scuffing on the pick guard but otherwise well-kept.)

Now suppose you were told that you had two options:

1. Get surgery that may or may not succeed, as too much scar tissue may have built up given the length of time since the actual injury. The procedure is likely to be painful, and will involve a lengthy recovery period, but if successful will put things back pretty much as they were. Low chance of complications and/or re-injury, but it is surgery under general anesthesia. Yes, there will probably be powerful prescription pain relievers involved afterwards. No, recovery does not include eating a lot of iced cream.

2. Rehab the arm as-is, with no surgery. Arm (and hand) will function perfectly well, with no loss of coordination or hand strength, and little to no loss of mobility. HOWEVER, that arm will only have 30% of its original strength. For the rest of your life. THE… REST… OF… YOUR………. LIFE.

You don’t have to make this choice quite yet, but you have a doctor’s appointment in the morning at which time you expect to be presented with the two scenarios (though it’s equally likely you will be sent to a specialist first, and it will be that physician who will lay out the options.) But having found an injury description that matches your symptoms exactly, and not being given to hypochondria, you may as well be gazing into a crystal frickin’ ball.

It begs a few intellectually-stimulating questions, doesn’t it? Posers like "do I really need that much left-arm strength?" Maybe. I dunno. Sure, opening pickle jars might require more planning. And you might have to fight a bear some day. Or society could fall apart completely, and then that lost 70% of left-arm strength would sure come in handy, wouldn’t it?

I dunno. But even if there are tons of people out there with far worse situations and choices, I’m still glad it’s just a hypothetical question.