That's pretty much how it went over Christmas around here.

First we adopted a 5-month old kitten name o' Zeek ... (mental note: never send me to the Humane Society I will return with something fluffy). He immediately climbed the Christmas tree. A lot.

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All the best Milton scenes from Office Space.

No, I'm not talking about that one time we got drunk in college in the middle of winter and went for a Polar Bear plunge... (I went to a college on a lake.)

I'm talking about the Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time.

IMAGE 1: The Iceborer cometh?

IMAGE 2: Actual "Polar Bear Club Katie" not pictured ... but this about sums it up. (Yes, I really did that. No, I don't remember much.)

So over the weekend I was making fun of TIm for making a frozen pot pie.

Seriously! He waited over an hour for this turd on a plate to cook! I'm not even kidding! (yes yes, thank you, I mean WHO EATS THOSE THINGS, right? Oh you eat them? Whoops sorry)

But that made me remember that cool "Newsradio" show from the 90s ... and the funny bit with comedian David Cross playing Donny the Pretend Retarded Guy ... and how he kept saying "chickenpotchickenpotchickenpotpieeee" to show everyone how dumb he was (if you've never seen it you must think I'm the retarded one here) - so then I went to YouTube to find a clip:

UPDATE: (Was just informed that the show in question was "Just Shoot Me" and not "Newsradio." My only defense was quite a bit of drinking in the 1990s.)

And after that I was remembering how FREAKING HILARIOUS "Newsradio" was - and decided to throw up this clip for you as well.

It's our anniversary. Twelve years. I think that's longer than my mom was ever married (both times, added together) - but definitely way under the 67 my grandparents managed.

IMAGE: Mexico last January.

YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN: We got married on the day of pheasant opener in Iowa, man were all the guys who had to come pissed off. The photographer even showed up with fresh buckshot in his cheek.

COULDN'T COMMIT HIMSELF: The night before the wedding, I told Tim, "See ya tomorrow at one!" (That was when the picture taking started.) He famously replied, "Well I'll try."