With just 4 weeks left in the NFL regular season and only 14 days until Christmas I figured its a good time to spread some Holiday cheer with some links to help get you through your Friday.  Here are some things I’ve seen on the web recently and enjoyed.

We’ll start with a Christmas link:  We’ve all had a getting our picture taken at the mall Santa experience in our lifetime and thanks to these geniuses over at SketchySantas.com we now get to look back on some of the creepiest and most hilarious Santa pictures from the good old days.

And since it is the season of giving we should celebrate the gift that keeps on giving: MTV’s Jersey Shore.  This first link is comedian Nick Kroll of “The League” auditioning as Bobby Bottleservice for next year’s summer of debauchery.  Also here’s a insightful interview with Mike “The Situation” on his new found reality fame and how him and DJ Pauly D are now best friends.  Even in print this guy comes off as a complete tool.  I really can’t quantify how much joy this show has brought into my life–this morning four office mates and I had a lengthy discussion on last night’s episode.  To put that into perspective, between the five of us we collectively watch hours of good, Emmy winning television each week and have never discussed a show at such length as we did the Jersey Shore.

Switching gears we had big news coming out of New England this week: there is a new Brady son in the world.  My guess is in 20 years the Dreamboat’s two sons are going to be that generation’s version of the Manning brothers only more successful.  But in the meantime we all know Tom Brady’s wife Gisele used to make bank as a Victoria’s Secret model.  Here is a complete break down this year’s VS fashion show that I enjoyed over at bottlesandmodelsandsports.com.

Finally, what’s a better way to cheer up a Friday than funny email chains?  This first one about the merits of a spider photo it is a bit dated but always hilarious.  This second one I came across recently–needless to say this guy is not only handy with pie charts but hilarious as well.

Onto the Week 14 Picks.  Winners are in bold.  For a complete breakdown of all the games and ranting on the idiot Falcon fans that cheered for Vick last weekend and Vinny Del Negro click here for the Week 14 Podcast.

McGinn:

Pittsburgh at Cleveland
New Orleans at Atlanta
Seattle at Houston
Buffalo at Kansas City
Green Bay at Chicago
New York Jets at Tampa Bay
Miami at Jacksonville
Cincinnati at Minnesota
Detroit at Baltimore
Carolina at New England
Denver at Indianapolis
Washington at Oakland
St. Louis at Tennessee
San Diego at Dallas
Philadelphia at New York Giants
Arizona at San Francisco

Last Week: 13-3
Overall: 113-65*

*Didn’t Pick Week 5

Hugh:

Pittsburgh at Cleveland
New Orleans at Atlanta
Seattle at Houston
Buffalo at Kansas City
Green Bay at Chicago
New York Jets at Tampa Bay
Miami at Jacksonville
Cincinnati at Minnesota
Detroit at Baltimore
Carolina at New England
Denver at Indianapolis
Washington at Oakland
St. Louis at Tennessee
San Diego at Dallas
Philadelphia at New York Giants
Arizona at San Francisco

Last Week: 10-6
Overall: 130-62

Hugh’s Picks vs the Spread: Browns (+9.5), Saints (-9.5), Seahawks (+6.5), Chiefs (-.5), Packers (-3.5), Jets (-3.5), Dolphins (+2.5), Vikings (-6.5), Lions (+13.5), Panthers (+13.5), Broncos (+7.5), Radiers (+1.5), Titans (-12.5), Chargers (+3.5), Giants (-.5), Cardinals (-3.5)

Last Week vs Spread: 6-10 (ouch)