Why don’t people who live in big mansions put out crazy Christmas lights? My girlfriend and I went driving around last night looking at the lights and I assumed if I drove to the richy-rich neighborhood, we’d see at least some decent, traditional lights. But we got nothing. A few houses put candles in the window, but that’s like adding craisins to a salad and calling it dessert.

When I become a millionaire (thanks to my burgeoning Power Pencil business!) I hereby promise to decorate like a man who just discovered electricity.

As for today’s Lego item? It’s a confusing collection of bricks that may be crap or may be a masterpiece of future-art.

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I’ve seen the Star Wars Holiday Special. If you’ve never heard of it, search the internet. Better yet, don’t.

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a terrible 2-hour(!) Christmas show about Wookiees celebrating Life Day. I watched it in college. Or at least I tried to watch it. My friends and I gathered around to have a good laugh at the awfulness of this 1980s relic. But it’s tough to sit through the whole thing…even in college.

It’s boring. There are long, ten-minute stretches of time in which NOTHING HAPPENS! Wookiees just walk around their tree house making dinner. It’s like watching The Nutcracker, but without the dancing or music.

At one point, Bea Arthur shows up and the grandad Wookiee (if my memory is correct) has cyber sex. That’s not a joke.

Anyway, don’t watch it. Read about it, watch a few clips online if you so desire, but never watch the entire thing. If you do watch the whole show, on your death bed, moments before you die, you will look up at the universe and whisper, “I wasted two hours of precious life watching Wookiees… .”

The Star Wars Holiday Special is bad.

The Star Wars Lego Calendar is good.

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First, have you seen the trailer for the new Mad Max movie? I’m as tired of sequels and reboots as you are, but this looks crazy-great-weird-good.

If you haven’t seen any of the Mad Max movies, finish reading this article, buy some Power Pencils, and then go see The Road Warrior. It’s one of the best action movies, and laughs in the face of crap like The Fast and the Furious 8: Beep Beep.

And now let’s find out what’s hiding in the Lego calendar today…
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Last year I wrote a short story about Santa Claus and the joy of worrying. You can read the entire thing by clicking here!

Now let’s journey to a galaxy far, far away… (Bring snacks. It’s a long trip.)

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This will be quick because I need to print, cut, and make 70 instruction booklets for Power Pencils.

Every Power Pencil comes with an instruction book that explains the rules, history, etc. of that particular pencil. I love writing/drawing them. I hate putting them together. I’m a one-man operation right now, because my intern vanished in a mystical portal he created via Power Pencils. Let this be a lesson: If you give your intern magic pencils, they will use them to vanish via portals.

Isn’t “via” a weird word? Seems like an unfinished word, as if there’s more to it but we all got lazy. Maybe it’s short for viavavooom! I hope it is.

The point beings: I do all the Power Pencil work myself. For the next 8 hours, I’ll be printing, cutting, stapling, packing, shipping, and listening to awful Christmas music on iTunes Radio, because I’m the only person beside Taylor Swift who doesn’t use Spotify.

And if you still haven’t ordered your set of Power Pencils, or your forgot what Power Pencils are, here’s a rundown of our holiday deals and sets.

Now let’s focus on Star Wars and Christmas!

Today’s item is great. It is…
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It happens rarely, but there are those occasion when I open the Lego Calendar’s door only to be mildly disappointed, and then my opinion spins 180-degrees after I build the object. Today is one of those days. What appears to be just another regular thing, actually is made of many things, and without question, is the most dangerous Lego item I’ve opened, which explains the warning on the inside of today’s door.

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s Lego item is…
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