Baby, it's cold outside.

Even though you sometimes feel like it's your duty to go out after a long week, you might not always feel like braving the lines and the frigid winds just to get into that too-cool bar that just opened downtown.

Instead, have your friends bring their board games, some wine or beer and some snacks to your place. Cozy around that warm fire or if you don't have a chimney, heat up some hot cocoa for those cold hands.

When you get tired of Monopoly, the Great Museum Caper, and Sorry, here are a few other games to lighten up your evening ...

Celebrity is an easy game to play. All you need is a pen, a paper, a hat, a watch and a backlog of useless trivia, somewhere in the furthest reaches of your brain, unless you watch too much TMZ or AOL news and have instant recall for these kinds of things (guilty).

I can't resist recommending the Kids Party Cabin Web site, because it has directions for Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board. If you're a guy, you've probably never heard of this game because it was mainly popular at girl's sleepovers. It's hokey, it's hilarious, and I would love to see grown people play.

Feel like getting clever. Check out findingDulcinea's blog Geography Games that Make You smarter than a Fifth Grader. This can be good, clean fun or you can make it into a drinking game. Either way you'll need an Internet connection. Most of these games have the option of letting two or three players compete, so if you have a good size group just divide into teams and prepare your brain for a geography joyride. Whoo hooo...