{"id":2684,"date":"2013-12-20T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T17:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2013-12-20T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T17:11:56","slug":"lego-advent-calendar-day-20-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"Lego Advent Calendar: Day 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1133-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1133\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1133-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1133-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>I make a Christmas card every year and send it out to the people who are lucky. Last year\u2019s card, pictured below, looks like the poster for the new Joaquin Phoenix movie called <em>Her<\/em>. If Joaquin (which I pronounce as Jokin&#8217;) had a full beard and was sans shirt, I might take legal action. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DanAndJaquin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DanAndJaquin-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DanAndJaquin\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DanAndJaquin-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DanAndJaquin-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a picture of the card\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1145.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1145-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1145\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1145-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1145-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the inside\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1146.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1146-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1146\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1146-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1146-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s card is more of a think-piece. I&#8217;ll share it with you at another time. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s rip open day 20 of the calendar!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1134-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1134\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1134-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1134-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a thing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look at the diagram for a few hours and try to figure out what it is. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1135-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1135\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1135-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1135-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After examining the calendar\u2019s playmat, I noticed the only area of the \u201cworld\u201d that hasn\u2019t been used by a Lego item is the icy pond. As such, I believe today\u2019s thing is a <strong>toy boat<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m sure your answer was more creative. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1136-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1136\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1136-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1136-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep, I\u2019m 67% sure it\u2019s a boat. <\/p>\n<p>Donald, who has been drinking wanted to ride it. \u201cI\u2019m king of the world!\u201d he yelled. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1139-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1139\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1139-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1139-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then Mickey, who has been drinking, jumped on and sang, \u201cNear&#8230;far\u2026.whoever you are, my heart will go on\u2026like an ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1141-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1141\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1141-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1141-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated to the boat, I built a carrot cannon out of the race car thing and the carrots. Tah-dah. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1142-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1142\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1142-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1142-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 20 Rating: <\/strong>2.9 out of 5 (Points deducted for the confusion and because it might not be a boat at all.) <\/p>\n<p>See you tomorrow! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1144-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1144\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1144-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1144-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laserfarm.com%2F%3Fp%3D2684&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I make a Christmas card every year and send it out to the people who are lucky. Last year\u2019s card, pictured below, looks like the poster for the new Joaquin Phoenix movie called Her. 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