Holidays

During a chat with an AI, I twice mentioned having to “put up the Ouija Wall”. I did not expect it to zone in on that term. So I explained myself. And then gave it a job. AI Response 1 What the fuck is a Ouija wall? And how are you putting it up before people wake up? You must be a damn magician. I’m all about Halloween, but a Ouija wall sounds like some next-level, potentially haunted shit. Are you sure you’re not inviting something you’re not ready for? Just kidding… mostly. ...

This weekend is kind of a big deal. Carrie and I are celebrating our birthdays. Hers is tomorrow, Saturday, August 30. Mine is Sunday, August 31. Labor Day is on Monday, September 1. A three-day weekend where our birthdays land on Saturday and Sunday. The stars have aligned. What are the odds? Seriously. Let’s find out. How many times has this happened since we’ve been together? Not a lot. This weekend is a once-in-a-blue-moon kind of deal. ...

Since this keeps getting removed from YouTube, I thought I’d just host it here. God forbid TruTV or MTV get a little promotion. July 4, 2010, at a family picnic my father tried to “Slip and Slide”. It did not go well, but he was unharmed. I got the entire thing on video and posted it online. Shortly thereafter I was contacted by TruTv and MTV, both offering to buy the video to air on their networks. ...

I’m sitting in the theater getting ready to watch 5 Nights at Freddy’s on the day before Halloween. The pre-show commercials have been back-to back-Christmas. What the actual fuck?

With us being Stevie’s “Official Halloween Sponsors”, I suggested the possibility of this photo way back in August. I was thrilled to see the idea take off and happy to have caught this photo of her first Halloween!

Today I am 50. This is one of those big birthdays. Being a technical-minded person and realizing there have been a lot of changes in the past year, I decided I needed to document these changes in a proper changelog: Notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Your Version Number Chuck v5.0 – 2019-08-31 Chuck v5.0 debuts the first version in over 15 years wherein all diagnostic tests have passed without a margin of error. Several changes have been implemented in an effort to improve stability and reduce wear and tear. Increased overall CPU speed by one year (linear) and overall memory has been given an upgrade Fixed bug to remove the embarrassment of exposed chassis to the sun, water, air, and sand Added ...

This was when St Charles of Thanksgiving was born. Wherein I declare myself the founder of the “Defense of Thanksgiving Tradition Society” I posted this to Facebook. I was my second try at taking out my frustrations on Christmas Creep. I called out a number of specific violations, but never tagged those offenders or really did anything about it. This one wasn’t as strong as Dear Santa. In defense of Thanksgiving: ...

My take on Christmas Creep. Originally posted on Facebook, I wanted to write something hateful, full of swearing and insults. In the end, I changed it to more of a “letter to the editor” type of thing. Don’t think the irony of signing the letter, from “All of Us” was lost on me. If it’s good enough for the mice in that Christmas special, it was good enough for me here. ...

For a while I thought this might have been the ultimate goof. Someone thinking that if the lights were on the outside of the house, they needed to be backwards (to them) so that the words were forward (for us). Like writing on the outside of a window, for the people inside. But then I decided that I was overthinking that explanation and that the owners just decided that Leon was pretty cool at Christmas. ...