So Shines A Good Deed

**Kleenex Alert**  

Here's a great little piece about a simple act of kindness. This high school kid has a heart of gold.

A Post-Christmas Post

YouTube user Spoonito posted this video capturing 25 years of his children coming down the staircase on Christmas morning.  The Charlie Brown music really adds to the sentiment.

She Was Born To Rock!

Found this adorable video via NeatoBambino.  Behold a future rocker!

Some Spelling Suggestions

This is a fantastic, graphical representation of common misspellings and how to avoid them.  For some reason, I've always been a stickler for this kind of stuff, but never before have I had this much fun reading about it!  (Hat tip:  The Oatmeal)

This Ginger Loves Gingerbread!

Hooray for 12 days of gingerbread houses! (via Mental Floss).

A Christmas Reading

Yet another holiday-related post.  I am really feeling the Christmas spirit this year!  Anyone familiar with the German movie director, Werner Herzog, will appreciate this parody.  Listen as the classic "Twas The Night Before Christmas" is completely ruined with his baloney, existentialist interpretation.  If nothing else,  it's worthy of an arrogant, film school student chuckle.  ;)

Let It Snow

A CNN reporter recently shared these beautiful photos of snowflakes captured on her family's camera. 

It's funny, but as a kid, I primarily loved snow because it lead to getting a day or two off from school.  No books, no lessons, no teachers -- every grade school student's dream come true!  But as I've grown over the years, snow has come to mean something entirely different to me.

Some people will look at these images and remove the sense of wonder they inspire.  They'll say there is a simple mathematical, nay scientific explanation for the intricate structure of a snowflake,  that it's not something miraculous. I smile when I hear this, as I can picture these same people participating in snowball fights and sledding down hills, both as young children and now as aging adults.

Snow has a way of bringing out the bewildered, innocent side in all of us, the side of us that wants to believe in and live in the moment, void of any mathematical or scientific influence.  Perhaps this is why we refer to snow-covered scenery not as a winter land, but as a winter wonderland.  To me, it's the wonder that makes all the difference.