Boxing day. I don’t know what it’s supposed to be about but in our house it usually means a movie marathon. We have a dearth of superhero movies in the theaters right now, and no Star Wars, and we are saving Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse for New Year’s Eve. So I decided to get caught …
Month: December 2018
Uncle Josh Ranks the Grinch
Not individual Grinches, but covers of the classic song “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch”. #4 Straight No Chaser This ranking is most likely because of my general distaste for SNC. It’s nothing to have the bass vocal growl through the very bottom of the range without a whole lot of personality. #3 Moosebutter It’s …
Uncle Josh Run the Gauntlet (2/?)
I stayed home from work for a couple of days last week trying to not get my co-workers sick. While I worked from home I finished the Gauntlet: the latest Mystery Science Theater 3000 run. These were just awful. I had to spend some time to recover from watching these. Stephanie, being the wiser partner …
Uncle Josh watches The Maltese Falcon
It’s a sick day, which means I’m working at home and working is really about checking my email and handling emergencies and trying to think about solving problems that are much easier on three screens than the single laptop screen I have today. This means I am finally watching the Netflix DVD of Casablanca, only …
Uncle Josh Tries to Find that Advent Spirit
Maybe it’s the head cold I’m fighting. Maybe it’s the seasonal depression. Maybe it’s the damned world. Maybe I’m just too tired. Christmas isn’t happening for me. I’m being selfish and struggling to get out of my own head. I am turning to desperate measures to try to get me out of this rainy-day funk. …
Uncle Josh Pokes 2018 with a Stick (3/3): Words, Words, Words
According to Goodreads I read 62 out of 50 books I had challenged myself with this year and that’s probably not-quite fair. There are several graphic novels that may or may not be counted as one for the series or not at all. For example, I finally finished collecting Akira and read the whole thing, …
Uncle Josh Pokes 2018 with a Stick (1/3)
The big thing this year was my internet provider, web host provider, and personal website were crushed when John Ogden shuttered SpiritOne. I started with SpiritOne back in the 90’s on dial up when I was on a Mac and a few other local ISPs told me they didn’t support Macintosh connections. I had stopped …