Iraq-nids I hate reading stories about the men and women who serve in our country's military receiving shoddy treatment at the hands of the Federal bureaucracy. So I really hope the Navy was right when they expressed confidence that a ship yard was cleared of ALL THE DEADLY SPIDERS. [CBS Connecticut]

Cinemix Did you become a parent in 2011? Here's what you missed this year: [BroBible]

Happy Life Day Thanks to the community at Metafilter, here's the entire Star Wars Holiday Special, with original commercials intact. Before you say thank you, I'll let you know, if you haven't seen it, it's TREMENDOUSLY stupid. That's the whole reason it's famous. [YouTube]

Historical fiction Wow. Steven Spielberg's been around FOREVER. [Daily Wh.at]

A boy and his dog  Seriously? The Huffington Post is showing clips of dogfighting now?  [Huff Post Urlesque]

We are the one percentsonTime Magazine's person of the year is "The Protester." That's great,but also not, well, a person. Minor slip up? Nope, here's 10 other times they did the same dumb thing. [Mental Floss]

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