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So This is Christmas…

If anything, Christmas is all about love, family and a family’s love of beating each other into the ground in games of friendly competition. So when someone gets a Wii for Christmas, and that Wii package includes Just Dance 3, it’s only a matter of time until all hell breaks loose. I ate a lot yesterday, but it didn’t matter because I sweated most of it off through my Ugly Sweater/Turtleneck set. It wasn’t a cute look.

Also not a cute look? Get a load of the video above. We’re white Irishmen. This is how we dance.

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Merry Christmas from NoMad Blog!

The Eve of the Eve is over. Nana’s first birthday in heaven has passed. I just sat down and watched Love Actually start to finish. The Pogues are playing throughout the house, cookies are being baked in the oven, my Ugly Christmas Sweater (with matching turtleneck) is laid out for tomorrow’s festivities. It’s officially Christmas.

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Ancestry.com Hands Me My First Christmas Present

I’m a journalist by nature, so sometimes during the work day I have to take the time researching the internet for things that I’m curious about. This could be anything from the dynamics of the military demarcation zone between North and South Korea to divorce proceedings between Kelsey and Camille Grammer. My mind is never at rest and my curiosity knows no bounds.

So a few weeks ago I got to thinking about family trees. There was a good point in time where I was an Ancestry.com fanatic, because I go through stages and most of them are weird. Have you ever been on Ancestry.com? There’s so much information! And all you have to do is put in people’s names! Ok, settle down. I’m getting ahead of myself.

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