out with 2011

goodbye

locumgeist

caddywampus

Awry creature begat by union of British Columbian sea monster, the Cadborosaurus, and the common wampus cat.

Elsie mitt

For Christmas, I got this oven mitt

in the shape of my Aunt Elsie.

Uncle Stanley

tolerant of
and slightly bemused by
our antics

Uldin

Pre-Attila, his Huns ransacked Thrace.

starchild

strange visitor from another planet

starman

waiting in the sky

stardust

billion year old carbon

Ployer

His plan was bent.

transformation

Swenson's conversion to stalwarthyness
was something to see.

clastic caveman

It now appears our long held belief
that early man was dumber than a bag of rocks
is not true. There were, in fact, no bags.

bigger piggy

stirring up the dirt

hackles

I may appear calm, but the holidays have raised my hackles.

Oceaniac

I believe a Vanuatuvaluan, or thereabouts.

welkinist

reflecting on the space between

jack-in-the-box

Christmas gift idea #417

dingleberry

firing squad target

Stretch

laughs at his own lame jokes

Amyphisto

Marvel anti-hero who refused to be killed off

executive functionary

so few remain

clavicytheriumist

n.  player of bygone pianoforte
-Century Dictionary & Encyclopedia, 1911 ed.

Carly's doll

all they found

Duke

in the depths of an ether binge

garden loa

from Westboro Baptist courtyard

dross amasser

lifestyle or affliction?

Haatchuz

agent provocateur

grasshopper

Buster Wonklin

Pulverize him all you want,
you just can't wear him down.