I have been reading all kinds of lists lately – lists on how to relieve stress over the holidays, list of things I didn’t know about my cats, lists of what gifts to buy for my favorite Geeks, even lists about lists. And don’t forget lists of things I’ve committed to do before 2012 – and the lists of blog posts I keep trying to write.

Well, here’s my list. Things that honest to goodness make my life easier. These are tools I’m using the crap out of this holiday season. I’m hoping at least one of these things will make your life easier too…

Taylor Lautner (aka the hunky 16 year old – that’s right 16 – Werewolf from Twilight) hosted SNL on Saturday night. SNL was blasé as usual, but this skit was funny. Taylor as a die-hard member of Team Edward, arguing about how lame that Jacob guy is. Enjoy!

My favorite Office scene is when they discuss the Dundler Miflin Infinity website. “I have a lot of questions. First of all, how dare you?” – @qcait
I had more or less done this, but I started over from the beginning to watch every episode of The Office. Some sweet Office resources:

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Lots of people love keyboard cat. Especially my dear friend Brandi, who is probably keyboard cat’s number 1 fan.
So this year, who better to pay homage to on all Hallow’s Eve?

The making of the keyboard cat outfit:

Blue tshirt – on sale at Kohl’s for $3.20 (for real)
Orange makeup – $4 at Halloween super store
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Last week as part of XBOX Live’s update preview program, we (and by we I mean my wonderful gamer boyfriend) got an early upgrade to the newest version of XBOX Live – which is chock full of features like social media integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Last.Fm … and streaming content from New Yorker cartoons, [...]