Reader Survey: Here Come the Holidays

We asked our readers: How do you make holiday entertaining easy and fun?
75% Serve lots of liquor
40% Leave town
38% For Pete’s sake, Halloween isn’t even over yet, and you’re already pushing Christmas!
22% Convert to Judaism
17% Is that pie chart apple or pumpkin?
Responses exceed 100% due to surveyors’ poor grasp of arithmetic.

Fun with Flu Shots

Haven’t gotten your flu shot yet? Why not?! What the heck is wrong with you???????

Oops, sorry. We meant to say that these days it’s so easy and convenient to get your annual flu vaccination, since Walgreens, Target and other chains offer them on a walk-in basis. But here are some other providers you may not have heard of.

Ace Hardware provides flu shots in its power tools department in conjunction with Stihl Tools. You can specify drill speed, from excruciatingly slow to exceedingly fast.

At Wild Birds Unlimited, your shot is administered by a real live woodpecker. Just make sure that the clerk cleans the bird’s bill between customers.

Sherwin Williams Paint offers shots in 459 colors from pastel to designer shades. If you’ve never had a flu shot before, ask to be primed first.