One for all you Al Roker completists

The intro writer for the next Complete Peanuts volume has been announced – it’s Al Roker of the Today show.

Meanwhile, today’s big Amazon deal is a fairly cheap price on a 47 inch TV. I’m going to feel guilty inviting people to my Super Bowl party in a couple months with my little 30-something inch tube TV, but I’m trying to be good and not mindlessly replace working electronics with the latest shiny thing. But I can’t help but think that with a TV that big, one can put it directly facing out a window, and with the right video, make it look like the inside of your house is Santa’s workshop or some other seasonally-appropriate display. Even just running A Charlie Brown Christmas on Blu-ray in the window would probably get people stopping and staring….

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