Christmas Eve Awesomeness Round-Up

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Dec 24, 2007 8:40PM

You shouldn't need tooooo many awesome things today--most people are off work, gift giving is on the horizon and such--but that doesn't mean your day couldn't use at least a little perking up. Seek and ye shall receive, readers.

If you're going to post a self-indulgent shot of yourself every day, at least have the courtesy to fashion bizarre masks and headdresses for yourself to keep it interesting. (Our favorite: July 18. Not sure why.) Cheers, Russel Higgs. You've renewed our faith in the creative powers of the internet.

Lots of people are planning on starting diets in the new year, which is why we're so charmed by these animal icon scales. Rather than giving a numeric value for your poundage, the scales shows a silhouette of an animal. Heh.

Neil Steinberg visited a dominatrix. Yes, after you read this, you'll need to flush your eyes with boiling holy water, but it is worth it to read about Steinberg getting spanked, laying a coffin, and feeling pity for people who get off on sub/dom play. Those...poor souls? This is the lucky lady who showed Neil who's boss.

The South Side church that was burglarized now has more toys than ever to give away. Soulless assholes stole 300 toys the church intended to give to poor children, but once the story became public, the donations poured in. Now the Sanctuary Family Worship Center has more than 2,000 gifts to give out.

Next year, that ornament is on the Chicagoist tree, Minneapolis Red Sox