Normally I avoid Times Square and its gaudy brightness like the plague; however, I just returned from that area for a very special, very green reason. My friend the Lizardman is there helping Ripley’s do a toy drive. Ripley’s is a perfect place for him, as they have an “Odditorium”, and it’s not every day that you see a lizard the size of a grown man walking around, upright on two feet no less! In any case, if you bring a toy to the toy drive, you can get your photo taken with him for free, just in time for you to send your holiday photo to grandma. Make sure to ask him to stick out his forked tongue. Grandmas love that shit.

Today (Sunday) is the last day of the toy drive at Ripley’s Believe it or Not on 42nd Street. The Lizardman will be there from 2-8. If that’s not a reason to brave Times Square two days before Christmas, I don’t know what is.

Photo credit: NYC Metblog’s own Melissa.

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