the instant win.

• Adweek reports from the front lines of the War on Christmas.  If CP+B is responsible and sales go through the roof, I tip my non-existant fedora to them. [Advertising]
• Reddit loves the most popular review of Sarah Palin's ghostwritten book. Hilarity ensues. [Politics]
• Warning: Nerd Alert!  Someone re-made Contra in Half-Life 2.  It's as good as it sounds. [Nostalgia]
• Agencyspy doles out the annual PETA Thanksgiving announcement.  Oh maaannn - Bless those turkey's little hearts.  (Then roast them.) [Thanksgiving]
• ESPN issues a two-week Twitter suspension to Bill Simmons for calling a spade a spade. [Twitter]
• Bonus: I was mad at myself for using a lazy cliche when I stumbled upon this sweet website after googling 'calling a spade a spade''. [Nerd]

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• Matt Inman's take on the Twilight saga is much like Roger Ebert's.  I love them both for it. [Movies]
• Apple officially announces their Black Friday deals.  Hmm...what is 15% off of the $4,000 laptop you're buying solely because brand loyalty? [Apple]
• CNBC verifies Tribble's accurate claims about the actual amount of unemployed people in the U.S. 10% is a rosy picture. [Economy]
  
• Allison introduces me to a potential Pandora killer, thesixtyone. [Music]
• John Stamos finally gets his Hollywood star.  Have mercy. [TV]

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I know, I know.  I'm coming a few months late to the Glee party.  But their rendition of the Queen classic is an instant win! I had the original version of 'Somebody to Love' as my ring tone for two years until it reached "friends collectively groaning every time I left it in a room" status.

Disclosure: That performance was also the genesis of my very real crush on Lea Michelle.

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• That Girl finds a piece of TV news that makes my week -- Aaron Sorkin is planning his return to television.  Apologies in advance to my DVR which is firing on all cylinders. [Apple]
  
• BoyGenius makes a valiant attempt at getting me to the Apple Store on Black Friday. [Apple]
• Mashable features a piece about Facebook's new photo uploading tool.  My tagging finger is feeling itchy, Nick Hersh. [Facebook]
• Lifehacker does its best to keep your wallet fat this Christmas season.  Still in development: An app to get me to shop before December 23rd. [Mobile Apps]
• Ron Paul's bill for a full audit of the Federal Reserve is approved by the House Financial Services Committee .  How's your day going, Mel Watt and Barney Frank?  You've failed miserably at performing basic responsibilities in your position.  Please go away.
  

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• Michael Arrington "unofficially officially" announces the launch of a Google-branded phone. Considering all the recent developer backlash directed at the app store, Apple should be very afraid. [Gphone]
• Slate decides Sarah Palin's new book needs an index.  Everyone else decides not to buy it. [Politics]
• It turns out Nicholas Cage's financial problems were due to overspending and not starring in The Rock. I'm skeptical. [Movies]
• The Oatmeal attempts to mash up Facebook and Myspace.  Needless to say, it isn't pretty. [Cartoon]
• Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC) is a fucking tool.  You can tell him so here or call his Washington office at (202) 225-1510. [Mel Watt Sucks]
• Bonus: Further coverage on Mel Watt, America's next Sarah Palin.  All's not lost though, North Carolina.  You can vote him out in 2010!  Oh, but you won't. [Mel Watt is an Embarrassment]

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You can check it out the entire review, but here's my favorite line:

Millions of copies will be sold of a book written by someone who can't write, intended for an audience that doesn't read, about the thoughts of a person who doesn't think. God is dead.

Glad someone else took that bullet.  I'm too busy reading books by actual conservatives.

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