January 05, 2010   Draw the curtains! Turn on the limelight! Cue
dancing showgirls coming down a massive staircase clad in
maribou feathers and swirling batons while trying not to
decapitate the male lead with their waving legs!  Cue elephants
balancing on brightly coloured balls with monkeys juggling
torches on their trunks!  Cue clowns on a mini-bike that freak
the children out with their sweat-smeared make-up and general
trauma-inducing demeanor!  Why all that jazz, you may wonder?
It's my first post of the year! To celebrate, I'm giving you a
double post today: one for the lucky bastards that get to go on
a cruise in this grim weather, and one for the poor sods like me
that get to not go on a cruise and remain in the cold. I tried
making one for the ones that go skiing as well, but I'm not
really that educated in ski-wear, just put on a Moncler vest and
some not-heinous ski pants and glide down that hill time and
time again if you wonder how the drill goes.  1. Figuring out
what to wear when someone - oh,