One Percent Inspiration, Zero Percent Perspiration

Before the O.C. came up with "Chrismukkah," my girlfriend and I were celebrating the far-superiorly-named Christmanukkah.

(Notice how the word has better rhythm, a nicer mix of vowel sounds, and the implication within it of two people in a relationship.)

Anyway, it just wouldn't do to have a Christmas tree and a Menorah. Like the name of the holiday, you need something that's a little of both.

Note: Sorry for this post's glaring use of color. The sketch just needed it.

My friend just got a new flatscreen TV. (Me, no.) It looks great in his apartment.

But guess what? It only kinda saves space, because the cabinet he needs to hold his cable box and DVD player is just as deep as his old TV.

Why don't they make components skinny, so they don't stick out from the wall any further than the flatscreens that everyone (but me) is getting these days?

My first New York apartment had several large windows. They all looked at a wall approximately ten feet away.

I didn't even have a view of other windows, which would at least have let me watch naked neighbors.

These vinyls (you can imagine the different design variations) would have helped.