Series of Tubes: Pop Culture Galore

--Now that Spatch has been rooming with a CW celebrity, perhaps he thought that another CW reality show, the mother-daughter beauty pageant extravaganza Crowned, might be as good. He was wrong. [Derspatchel]

--VickieVictoria encounters "Wookie porn," as in the Star Wars holiday special. [VickieVictoria]

--While the return of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert is like a holiday gift, not everyone is happy about it. The writers' strike is still going on, and "it's not funny to cross a picket line." [Blue Mass Group]

--Sushiesque attends a cookie-decorating bash. [Sushiesque]

--Speaking of cookies, those Northeastern students party waaay too hearty, but they are still kind enough to shovel out their neighbors. [Shamrag]

--Local blogger has it up to HERE with the entire bloody Spears family. [Third Decade]

--The Food Monkey gets the recipe for Eggs Shakshusa, served at the Beehive. A yummy option for a day-after Christmas or New Year's brunch. [Food Monkey]

--A new name for the parking lot at the Porter Square Mall--"The Anger Lot." [Metaboston]