open up her gifts or send them back

So much Christmas shopping not done, so little time, so just a few musings for today:

1. Melissa shares this gem of "real estate advertising." Oh. My.

2. Anybody want to watch Michigan crush Nebraska next week? The Alamo Bowl is next Wednesday, December 28 and I've got extra tickets (definitely one, maybe three). No box this year, but parking, dinner, and endzone club passes. It should be more interesting than last year's game ... we hope. Let me know.

3. Ryan Adams' third album in six months, 29, arrives today. To buy or not to buy? To iTunes or not to iTunes? Have you heard "Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play that Part" yet? Or "Voices"? (Listen here.) Wow. Inconsistent, yes. Overkill for an already prolific year, yes. Pitchfork-approved or no, it'll be a keeper.