Let's Hope It's A Good One

This might seem late for Christmas but I always like to hear this song on New Years' Eve. I think this version is almost as good as the original and the video that is with it is very powerful.

2009 you kinda sucked so kiss my ass. Two Kay Ten I welcome you with open arms, please be a better year than the last one.

The Fat Man Cometh

I think just about everyone knows this modern day classic but may have never actually watched the video.

Twas a couple nights before the night before, ah you know the drill

Once again I was lax in getting a video up yesterday night so you will get a couple tonight day.





This next one goes out to Cerpts as it is one of his favorite Christmas songs (at least I think it is) but it is certainly one of mine. Josh Groban does a very nice job with it as well:

Song of the Year Nominees

Here are the songs that are in the running for song of the year in no particular order unless I did them alphabetically, which I think I will:






I Got A Feelin' - Black Eyed Peas






I'm Yours - Jason Mraz






People are Crazy - Billy Currington






Please Don't Leave Me - Pink






Poker Face - Lady Gaga






Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon






Viva La Vida - Coldplay (sorry but this was the best video I could get that was able to be embedded onto the blog)







You Found Me - The Fray



Give me your votes I would be interested to know how the visitors to the blog feel about the songs.

Winner will be declared sometime before New Years Day.

A Winter Wonderfrigginland

Since I missed yesterdays update due to weather conditions over here at the monitoring station (we got two feet of snow yesterday), I will give you a double shot of holiday cheer.

Starting off with this classic that is not the original but this is the best video that I could find of it.




This is a cover version of Kevin "Bloody" Wilson's original that is complete without the sound effects over the dirty parts. So as not to offend I put this one up instead but you are welcome to go see the original. That is you are a filthy smog bottom.

It's a Nice Day for a White Christmas

Some videos I plop up here for your approval because the song is so well done or so groundbreaking or the video is awesome. Some I put up here because they are shockingly bad. This next video fits into the later category and I apologize up front about it. Now go suffer through some awfulness.

A Triple Shot Of Christmas Cheer

Here are some scenes from the classic Rudolph cartoon. First we have the Burl Ives classic:




Then we have the ending credits of the cartoon and here is where I have a problem. View it first and then we will discuss:



OK, I have watched this cartoon at least once almost every year for as long as I can remember. So that means I have seen this cartoon nearly forty times. Never once have I realized until this year that in the ending credits the elf in the back seat of the sleigh is a murderer! That's right, a murderer. I will explain. Call upon your knowledge of the cartoon and you may remember the island of misfit toys, on that island there is a bird that can't fly. The same bird that the elf removes from the bag and unlike the rest of the toys, he doesn't give it an umbrella before he tosses it away. Yes, he tosses it so that it plunges to it's death! You will never watch this cartoon the same way again.

But wait, there's more:







Did you also notice that at the beginning of the cartoon the Roman numerals claim the cartoon was made in 1164. Soooo festive! And I wonder why children are so scarred!

Thurl!!!

While the live action movie was OK and they did their best, I would imagine, nothing beats the original animated version of The Grinch!

More Old School Merry Making

I'm going really old school on your ass this week

This was, of course, before she left him for a skier who she later shot. The children in the scene was also their real children.

Santa's Got a Brand New (Mail)Bag

The winter weather I was counting on sort of fizzled out. Instead of snow we got a little freezing rain (that I nearly busted my ass walking across unawares, as I left the monitoring station on the way to WAWA to grab meself a cup of coffee) and as it is now nearly noon here at the DAG project it has changed over to just rain. Blah. But one thing the weather does not change is the fact that I have pulled out my mail bag, and have opened said mail bag. Upon doing so I will now answer some reader mail.


First up I have a question from Yensid The Magnificent and he wants to know when I am planning on going back to the Magic Kingdom and the rest of the World of the Mouse. Well, Yensid, I can tell you that the misses and I are planning a trip down south in about a month. We will be taking our yearly January hiatus to get some warmth (hopefully, last year it went down into the 20's and 30's the first couple nights there) and fun. We are getting so excited to go again and to hold us over, here is a picture from our last trip:







Oh, wait, sorry, never mind that's not the pic I thought it was. Moving on.

LostGuy23 asks if we have any pics of the Frozen Donkey Wheel and what it has been doing since it was last turned by Locke early last season. Well LG, as luck would have it I actually do have a picture of the wheel and it appears that the FDW has been doubling as a huge paper weight lately since it has not been seen recently doing much of anything. Thanks to PF108 over at DarkUFO for this photo.

Moving on to other LOST mail. Instead of a question, our mailbox was loaded with some set pics from a couple fellow LOST fans. Here is the report and pics we got from CoupleOfLostFreaks. We send our thanks along with a huge jar of ranch dressing to them. Here are some pics of The Temple set that looks to have been expanded.

Looks to be in better shape than it was when Ben and Locke went inside in fact it seems to be better than when Richard took a wounded Ben inside after Sayid shot Ben.

A google and a wikipedia drive by tells me that this is definitely a reference to Hinduism and Trimurti (here's a link if you wanna go check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti

Looks like there is some water in front of the Temple, this may or may not be edited out later so don't put too much onus on that. Hahaha I said onus.

This door looks old and what is it attached to? I will go with that it is another entry to the Temple but it would be cool if it was an ancient "station" that DHARMA later used, wouldn't it?

Another statue in the foundation of the Temple. Supporting the "three Gods" theory that the Trimurti could reference, this statue has a different face than the other one. It is reported that there was a third as well. And yes, like last year I will again be in Disney for the season premier this year on February 2.

I got another request from Smooch2DaBooch asking (or perhaps daring) me to post a picture of an Easter decoration being used as a Christmas decoration. Either way, your wish is my command:

I received a very odd request from Amy over at JulietsBookClub. Amy asked if I had ever seen two giant lit up penises used as Christmas decorations. Unfortunately Amy, I have:

and now, since you had to go and drag up those old memories, you have as well!

We have time for one more letter and this one is from SulietFansHateJaters and he or she (but I kinda think it is a she) writes:

"I gotta admit I love going to your blog reading about LOST especially during the seasons when the sho wis (sic.) on tv. I know it gets difficult to keep the blog active when the show is in its downtime but I believe someone asked before (maybe your friend crepts) what you would be doing when the show ends. I do enjoy what you are doing for the holidays this year and I like getting to see the Xmas videos. I am having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. Maybe you could do something to get me more in the mood to "make with the merry" as you put it."



Here inside of the security office, cookies are baking and filling the air with their mouth watering scent, presents are being wrapped, the lights are blinking away outside and making the compound look very festive. The doggies even have their holiday bandannas on. The DAG Project Christmas tree is about to be cut down and dragged into the monitoring station so we can give it a grand trimming but yet something still feels a bit off. What did we forget? Oh, wait I know:

Now it really feels like Christmas!

Sure feels like Christmas

As you make your way around this planet of ours during the holiday season, you can't help but notice all of the houses getting decked out in their holiday best. Or in some cases, not so good. Here are some decorations that have definitely made a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

ZZ Top if they were one of those inflatable lawn ornaments.

"You're my bitch now, Santa!", is what witnessess claim the polar bear kept repeating over and over again.

Ok , yeah this one is fake but it sure would be awesome if it were real.

This one goes on the list of "decorations we would like to see".

This one was taken outside of "the balloon boys" house.

But anyway -

Not only does the calendar say it is two weeks before Christmas but the temperature outside seems to agree. Wind chills are in the teens and temperatures only getting into the low thirties. Expecting more winter weather tomorrow. In the mean time enjoy The Pretenders and their Christmas song 2000 Miles. And no I didn't forget about the mail bag. I plan on getting to that tomorrow.

Friday Festivites

The Boss says it best!

The King wishes you a Merry Christmas

New promo pics for new season

Here is a little Christmas present for all of my fellow LOST fans. ABC has posted the first official promo shots of what they are calling the "Core Characters" for the sixth and final season. "Core" meaning "the ones that haven't died yet" apparently.

First up we have Kate, in what may be one of the loveliest pictures I have ever seen of Ms. Lilly. That's as close to a Kate compliment as I get folks.

Apparently Sawyer has a flannel clause in his contract since that is all I ever seem to see him wearing lately.

Here we have our first concrete evidence from ABC themselves that Claire is indeed back for season six and she is one of the feature characters to boot.

Sayid will begin the season among the living, will he end the season the same way?

When Miles first came onto the show did anybody lay heavy odds on him making it to the final season? I didn't but I am glad he is still around.

As much as I said what I said about Miles, the same could go for Ben Linus. He's come a long way from being Henry Gale and getting beaten up by Sayid, eh?

I still don't know what to think about John Locke. I hope there is some way that he will end the show as John Locke and not someone else who is using his corpse like a macabre puppet master. Hey, it is LOST after all!

Illana makes it to the core group of the show for season six. Does that mean Brahm (her partner) is not long for this world?

What can you say about Hurley? Who doesn't like him?

Jack looking introspective and shit.

Frank makes it to the main character list for season 6? I like this move also.

Richard has been an unofficial "main" character for two seasons now. Good to see he will be in the final season officially as a core character.

Sun just gets hotter as the years go by and my Asian fetish isn't even kicking in right now. Imagine how bad it would be if it was!

Jin also makes it through to the series final season. He is my second choice for "most likely to die this season" with Sayid being the leader in the club house.

Kiss Santa ain't the only thing Mommy did that night!

I feel a little angst building up today so what better way to rid myself of it than with a Christmas Song..... trust me, just play the friggin' video.

My Dad used to hit me with your Dad's records!

Here's one of those moments that when you hear about it you think: "Huh? How's that gonna work?" But it does. I took out the two minutes of dialogue (read: uncomfortable banter between two guys that have nothing in common) that took place before they sing. Your welcome!

Snowman Poop

Well, we got the Christmas decorations out and the Halloween decorations all packed up for the year (finally). Yep, the DAG Project is officially getting into the Christmas spirit. How about you? Or should I say how about U2? Ha ha, see what I did there? Ahh, yeah I suck. Enjoy the video.

Nogging My Egg

Those of you old enough to remember when the "M" in MTV stood for music will recognize some of the people in this video including VJ's Martha Quinn and Nina Blackwell.

Christmas Comes To The DAG Project

As I check the monitors here in the security office, I can see that we are enjoying our first snow fall of the year! The snow is making this an even more festive time of year, so I felt I would get in on the action and start making with the merry myself! Here then is a song to get your holidays started and the fact that it is now over 25 years old has me feeling ancient! Please to enjoy~

Weird/Ugly Christmas Ornaments

While we wait for more info to filter it's way through the wormhole that is the island and find us here on the main land, I felt it was a perfect time to get into the holiday swing of things. Here are some of the top ugly and or weird Christmas tree ornaments I found on the inter webs.

Not really sure what this is. Kinda looks like a real cheap Santa balloon that might be found in a really cheap parade.

It's a flamingo with really hot legs. What? That's what it is!








An octopus wrapped around a blue ball. Release the Kraken!







What we have here (at least what I think it is supposed to be) is a Santa ornament disguised as a banana. The peel being pulled half way down makes it look like Santa is sticking his tongue out. Weird, ugly, and disturbing!

Seriously, wtf?

Ummm, this is an ornament to celebrate babies first Christmas. That is if you are one of those pro-lifers that believes life begins at conception. It would be cool if they were chocolate and you could eat them. I see an advent calendar in there somewhere.

This is supposed to be a Dracula tree ornament. I don't see it but, OK.

Now this one I can see. Frankenstein comes to town as a Christmas tree ornament.

Dog crap tree ornament. Why?

Bigfoot tree ornament FTW!

Holiday Hiatus

As is the norm, action on the island has slowed a bit as everyone takes a short hiatus to enjoy the holiday season. The DAG Project will not be taking a break, however, as we will continue to dig for more information on the sixth and final season of our favorite show! We also just might have some holiday themed stuff as well. I have gotten quite a bit of email recently so I just might have to break down and answer some of your emails. Believe it or not so of it doesn't even have anything to do with LOST. How did that happen? Now go start making with the merry!

LOST: The Musical

This week our musical interlude comes from The Steve Miller Band, please to enjoy some Jungle Love!