On ham radio bet with other hand and had fun.

..and did a crossword puzzle, where words still have meanings...

I had forgotten it was supposed to give a speech last night, and quite frankly, really didn't care.

Glad I did so.

Breath of the Wild

I attended our church’s Blue Christmas. A moment of reflection and peace for those who are lonely or troubled during the holiday season. Oh, and there was soup too.

And fajitas.

Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. At least they have Morgan Freeman in them.

Infinitely more productive and therapeutic than watching that bloated sack of protoplasm.

It was less painful than trying to watch that hooting gibbon.

I switched on Netflix and continued watching the Q Dept series. Despite the gruesome nature of the show (murder, mayhem, vengeance kidnapping), anything is better than watching Agent Orange lie to the American public and humiliate the country for the umpteenth time.

Btw, a movie to calm the heart and soul is Train Dreams with Joel Edgerton. It's a beautiful film with superb performances. Highly recommended for the crazy times we are a-living. Available on Netflix,

Thanks for the rec!

I was blown away and wondered how I'd missed the film. The narrative is based on a Denis Johnson novella which I don't recall reading but plan on downloading to my Kindle.

Enjoy.

The characters are wonderfully interesting and quirky.

The characterization is a definite strong point. I like the balance of Detective Morck's instability with his clear-eyed and very decent assistant, Akram. I'm only two episodes in but there's definitely lots swirling around in the background. Acting is very good and the story thus far has kept my interest. I'm one of these movie streamers who quits early on if the story or characters fail to grab me. Life is too short.

So far, so good.

Now I wanna watch it all again. Such a good series!

Hubs insisted on listening, thinking krasnov would break some news - nope! Just lies, lies, lies, lies, etc. is what I heard during the 1 minute I watched before walking out. Hubs even tuned out, despite his desire to watch, it was just so unwatchable and every word was a self serving lie.

Awww…

Something comparatively fun or less invasive.

We both listened to our books on Amazon Audible.

of Arrested Development.

A task infinitely more edifying.

A devastatingly funny film, but I found myself crying at a few points in the movie. Some of them, because of the magic of a film you know inside and out, and love to quote; and some out of sorrow for the murdered director.

it was on. Did watch something I recorded earlier in the week.

And watched the last episode of an Italian murder mystery.
It kinda sucked but was far better than listening
(and looking at) that narcissistic sadist ranting and lying his kankles off.
Fuck that lunatic with a ball of rusty fishhooks.

Watched too many disaster stories, could figger out the plot without a second thought.

with my daughter and cats.

We like to do it late in the month so it will still be around for NYE (because we don't go out on amateur night).

I went to sleep on the couch while my wife dozed in her recliner.

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Infinately better than listening to deranged idiot who has finally noticed the nation hates his guts and thinks he can win people back with more lies and deeper shit shoveling.

It’s a Wonderful Life,

Save the planet. Vote Dem.

Watched an old episode of "Death In Paradise" on BritBox. The wife did it. Just remember, it's never the evil SOB you see/meet at the start of the show but somebody else

Not as scary as watching the crazed lunatic.

I'm interested in watching it.

I think I saw it on AMC. Its filmed in Ontario, Canada and loosely based on a true story of an event that happened there. I've always been told that black bears don't attack people, but I guess that is not always the case.

I don't know why its called a horror movie when an animal behaves according to its nature.

I'll watch any movie at least once.

There's a magazine called The Week, it's published each week.

There's an article for this week called "When The Bears Come Back" (December 19th, 2025) issue about a woman being attacked by a black bear.

I found the same article on Longreads.com if you wanted to read it. It's a little graphic but I believe an important read.


https://southlandsmag.com/p/3c9941b4-afe4-4cbf-a4c0-26f1a2a9e382/?src=longreads

I'm up to season 3.

to some tasty classic rock jams.

I watched, Bad Santa, for the millioneth time because I love that movie!

Can't beat John Ritter's description of Billy Bob Thornton's kink.

Then ate the garbage I'd been accumulating for the last 6 months.

What did you do?

Well, I took a shower. Washing my nether regions was part of that.