Total states visited: 12
New states visited: 2 (Arizona, New Mexico)
Total countries visited: 2

Albuquerque, New Mexico*
Astoria, Oregon
Birmingham, Alabama
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon*
Flagstaff, Arizona*
Forks, Washington*
Fort Smith, Arkansas
George, Washington*
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Las Vegas, Nevada
Memphis, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York, New York
Olive Branch, Mississippi
Orange Beach, Alabama
Palm Springs, California
Pearlington, Mississippi
Port Angeles, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Sacramento, California*
Tupelo, Mississippi
Vancouver, British Columbia
Whitefish, Montana*

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Some blogs produce long, detailed, drawn-out posts at the end of the year. They link to multiple blog posts and photos, highlighting their favorite moments in what certainly becomes a digital public record. And you know what? Nobody reads them.

Here’s my year in review:

I love Brand New, and their collection and cataloging of reader reviews is one of the main reasons why.

+ Enlarge to see the most obvious fumble ever captured on television. I’m not bitter.

In life, three things are certain: death, taxes, and Southern Miss football implosion. Only Southern Miss would jump to a 14-0 in the first 7 minutes, only to wind up losing on the wings of a fake punt, a trick play touchdown, and special teams kick-off snafu.

A week later and I’m no longer dwelling minute-by-minute on the missed blow-out that was the Southern Miss-Louisville bowl game. It was a fumble, and while recovering the ball would not have guaranteed a Southern Miss touchdown or win, it definitely would’ve helped their cause.

The saving grace from the bowl: if the casual fan still remembers who actually won this bowl, they’ll soon forget and the only moment they will be able to recall is the trick play/beautiful catch that ESPN will gladly run over and over through the end of time.

1. It’s A Wonderful Life
2. Christmas Vacation
3. Elf
4. Home Alone
5. A Charlie Brown Christmas
6. Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas
7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Christmas Eve
9:00am CARTOON - Garfield Show: Home For The Holidays
9:00am NIK - Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure
9:15am TCM - Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
10:00am AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
10:30am TCM - Holiday Affair (1950) Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh
12:15pm AMC - White Christmas Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye
1:00pm ABCFAM - Twas the Night Before Christmas
1:30pm ABCFAM - Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
10:30am TCM - Holiday Affair (1950) Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh
12:00pm TCM - It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
3:00pm AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
3:30pm ABCFAM - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
5:00pm ABCFam - Mickey’s Christmas Special
5:15pm AMC - White Christmas Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye
5:30pm ABCFam - WINNIE THE POOH AND CHRISTMAS TOO
5:30pm CARTOON - Garfield Show: Home For The Holidays
6:00pm ABCFam - Jack Frost
6:00pm TCM - Scrooge (1970) Albert Finney
7:00pm ABCFam - Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
7:00pm HGTV - Behind the Magic: Disney Holidays
7:30pm ABCFAM - Twas the Night Before Christmas
8:00pm ABC - Disney’s Prep and Landing
8:00pm ABCFam - Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
8:00pm TBS - A Christmas Story (Marathon)
8:00pm NBC - It’s A Wonderful Life
8:00pm AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
8:00pm LIFE - A Boyfriend for Christmas
8:00pm TVLAND - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
8:00pm TCM - The Bishop’s Wife (Cary Grant, Loretta Young)
9:00pm ABC - The Santa Clause 2
9:00pm ABCFam KIDS The Year Without a Santa Claus
9:45pm CMT - A Smoky Mountain Christmas Dolly Parton,
10:00pm Hallmark - Eloise At Christmastime
10:15pm AMC - White Christmas Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye
11:35pm CBS - Christmas Eve Service at NYC St. Paul & St. Andrew
11:35pm NBC - Christmas Eve at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

Christmas Day
2:00am TCM - Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) Judy Garland
6:00am Hallmark - Eloise At Christmastime
6:00am HBO2E - Home Alone
6:00am TBS - A Christmas Story (Marathon)
7:00am ABCFam - A Flintstones Christmas
8:00am TCM - The Shop Around The Corner (1940) Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart
8:00am ABCFam - Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
8:00am LIFEMN - A Town Without Christmas
8:00am TVLAND - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
9:00am ABCFam - The Year Without a Santa Claus
10:00am ABCFam - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
10:00am AMC - Scrooged
10:30am CARTOON - Garfield Show: Home For The Holidays
11:00am CTOON - Olive the Other Reindeer
11:30am DISNEY - Nightmare Before Christmas
11:45am TCM - A Christmas Carol (1938) Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart
12:00pm ABC - Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
12:00pm AMC - Scrooged
12:00pm HBO2E - Jingle All the Way
12:00pm TBS - A Christmas Story
1:00pm CARTOON - Garfield Show: Home For The Holidays
2:00pm LIFEMN - If You Believe
2:30pm ABCFam - The Santa Clause
3:00pm LIFE - Christmas Blessing
3:24pm CMT - A Smoky Mountain Christmas Dolly Parton,
4:00pm AMC - Scrooged
4:00pm Hallmark - Silver Bells
4:00pm TBS - A Christmas Story (Marathon)
4:30pm ABCFam - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
5:00pm TCM - King of Kings
6:30pm CMAX - Four Christmases
7:00pm ABCFam - Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
8:00pm USA - Elf
8:00pm AMC - Scrooged
8:00pm FMC - A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott)
9:00pm TVLand - Everybody Loves Raymond (The Toaster)
9:30pm ABCFam - Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
9:30pm USA - Elf
10:00pm AMC - Scrooged
10:00pm FoxMC - Trapped in Paradise Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey
10:00pm Hallmark - Moonlight & Mistletoe
10:00pm LIFEMN - Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage
12:00am ABCFam - Ernest Saves Christmas

12:00am LIFEMN - Holiday In Your Heart
9:15am AMC - Holiday Inn
6:00pm Hallmark - Call Me Claus
6:30pm ABCFam - The Santa Clause
8:00pm ABC - Dr. Seuss – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)
8:30pm ABCFam - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
10:00pm AMC MOVIE Prancer

Bold denotes my personal favorites.

If you are headed to or hosting a Christmas party, print this sucker and divide up into teams. Might also make a good workplace activity for you today… because we checked with your boss and he says you’re not doing anything.

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It’s always smart to text and drive, even though it’s stupid. What’s even more stupid is trying to read, decipher, and record the greatest and/or most confusing license plates through 11 states.

Here are the ones I managed to record into my iPhone while swerving through lanes.

ANGUSBF

AP REAL

O VICKI

TIKE

DRPEPPR

GO-BYE

AP REAL

SKISHING

CJORUN

SWOLE

IM POWER

UWNABME

7WATER7

3BLONDS

NOMOTAX

IQPD4ME

GRLYGLS

…and, last but not least, though certainly the most depressing…

RIPGENE

12:00am LIFEMN - Diva’s Christmas Carol
3:00pm Hallmark - Little House on the Prairie – Christmas at Plum Creek
4:30pm CARTOON - Dr. Seuss – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)
6:00pm ABCFam - Santa Buddies
8:00pm CBS - Home For The Holidays
8:00pm LIFEMN - Holiday In Your Heart
8:00pm ABCFam - The Santa Clause
8:00pm ABCFam - The Polar Express
9:30pm ABC - CMA Country Christmas
10:00pm ABCFam - The Santa Clause 3 – The Escape Clause*
10:00pm HIST SPECIAL The Real Story of Christmas

*Denotes the worst Christmas movies I’ve ever seen.
Bold denotes my personal favorites.

This is how I felt after the first 7 minutes of last night’s game.

The positives:
- 17-straight winning seasons
- 9-straight bowl games
- Bowl games in 13 of the last 14 seasons

255 days until football season. Southern Miss… to the top.

2:00pm ABCFam – Christmas Cupid
2:00pm FX - The Family Stone
6:00pm Hallmark - A Season For Miracles
6:30pm ABCFam - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
7:00pm CINMAX - Four Christmases
8:00pm FX - Christmas With the Kranks*
9:00pm LIFEMN - Diva’s Christmas Carol (Vanessa Williams)
9:00pm ABCFam - The Polar Express
9:00pm NBC - SNL Christmas Special
9:00pm TNT - A Christmas Carol
10:00pm FX - Deck the Halls*
10:00pm Hallmark - A Grandpa for Christmas

*Denotes the worst Christmas movies I’ve ever seen.
Bold denotes my personal favorites.

Many of your followed our cross-country trek on Facebook and Twitter, so I’ll just post the highlights.

If you want to view these and the rest, head over to Flickr.

Needless to say, I got lots and lots of stares as I stood in the parking lot of Oregon’s athletic department in my bright orange Auburn shirt. It was well worth it. War Eagle.

Chelsea’s car was broken into on night one. We found this out quite literally as the words “Sacramento seems like a really safe city” left my mouth. Thankfully, nothing of significant importance was taken.

In-N-Out is one of those burgers that, upon initial consumption I was never blown away by. My last few experiences have made me nothing but an obsessed devourer and blind loyalist.

So scarred by the break in, we felt the need to drive through Palm Springs for an evening at the Rancho Las Palmas.

The bartender at Rancho Las Palmas inquired if she could use us as guinea pigs for new drinks. We did could, could never be able to, consume them all.

Meteor Crater, AZ. Self explanatory and mind-blowing.

Like The Eagles, I’ve stood on a corner in Winslow, Arizona. That’s a flatbed Ford. Evidently the ‘girl in the flatbed Ford’ was on her lunch break.

Love you PDX. This video is funny and true for too many reasons.

12:15am TCM - The King of Kings (1927)
7:00am ABCFam - Christmas Do-Over
12:00pm ABCFam – A Carol Christmas
2:00pm AMC - Santa Claus – The Movie
1:00pm ABCFam - Snow
3:15pm AMC – Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
4:00pm ABCFam – Snow 2: Brain Freeze
5:45pm AMC - Holiday Inn
6:30pm ABCFam - Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
7:00pm ABCFam - Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation
7:30pm ABCFam – Disney’s Prep and Landing
8:00pm ABCFam - Santa Buddies
8:00pm AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
10:00pm ABCFam - Santa Buddies – ABC Family Premiere Event
10:00pm TCM - The Shop Around The Corner (1940)

My personal favorites are bold.