Potpourri for $500

Hail all! First I want to apologize for my lack of posting. Not a lot of good geekdom across my desk of late. However, I am prepared to ...

Happy Hanukkah regardless of transliteration! To celebrate, io9 points us to this probably-still-kosher approach to lighting the menorah: ...

Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Normally this is when the first candle of the Advent wreath is lit in church, although now when I think...

No sooner has the sun set than a new contributor joins the award-disdaining* P4500 team! Please welcome the blogger known as Deadly Spoons ...

Here's a great story about the origin of A Charlie Brown Christmas , which is more or less exactly as old as I am. We finally got it ...

Let the heavens rejoice! Dave Barry's annual Holiday Gift Guide is here! Please do not get me any of the items on the list! H/t Gen...

So the kids wanted to build a gingerbread house. OK, great - fun holiday activity and keeps them busy for a few hours. However, when looking...

Monday was Patriots' Day , or rather its observed version in Massachusetts, as well as Maine and, for schools, Wisconsin. The third Mond...

Happy New Year from all of us here at Potpourri for $500 . I hope the year ahead brings more good than bad your way. Had blogging been avail...

The Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" has been one of my favorite songs for the last I-can't-believe-it's-been-eighteen...

Continuing a holiday tradition , please assume crash positions and enjoy .

Apologies for the lack of posts - nothing like serious illness and the holidays! In the meantime, please enjoy what can only be called a cla...

Inappropriately early ads for holiday stuff? Check. CVS full of lights, tinsel and cards? Check. Monks of rival denominations scuffling in t...