Christmas 2017

Its here again-I have been on a lengthy hiatus deciding what to do next and how to change my business plan so I actually make some money.

I have had some pretty fine times in the last months-saw COCO (Brilliant Dia de los Muertes animatd film from Disney Pixar) had some fine dinners with friends and now will do the family thing in an abbreviated manner on the 25th.

It's a long drive and I don't like to drive after dark especially alone.

I hope each and every one of you find something to celebrate-have a safe and sane New Years eve and lets all hope for good health, happiness, PEACE and love in 2018...sanity in the world and Washington D C would be nice...

Have you caught the YouTube videos of the audio-animatronic TRUMP at the Hall of Presidents in Disney World...its pretty scary.

They managed to get his hair sort of correct and a suggestion of his arrogance and awkward mannerisms-the speech he gives is actually OK but feels funny because it's carefully canned and edited so it avoids all the jerkiness and idiosyncrasies' normally associated with the TRUMP oration.

It also lacks his signature mocking, sarcastic arrogant tone so it ends up being as plastic as the figure of him-Disney does patriotic very well-this isn't patriotic-it's like one of those auction off the bachelor events that some groups used to run until someone pointed out they were like slave auctions so I think it's no longer PC.

I personally would have had wads of money poked into all his pockets since it seems that he is one of the major beneficiaries of the new TAX bill (along with corporations and the very, very rich).

NASA is making noises like they will actually go to MARS at some point-I think Elon Musk will get there first and will have the McDonalds franchise open by the time NASA actually gets going.

LUXUARY Airline flights have become a thing especially with middle eastern and Asian airline companies-British air now looks tacky compared to the business class amenities and menus on some flights out of Qutar-first class is like flying hotels with bedrooms, fine dining and wine, high tech electronics and more-check out MANY videos on YouTube.

I am furious at YouTube who are pulling their content from Amazon;s Fire TV-I will no longer be able to watch hilarious stuff like Jimminy Glick with friends on my 42 inch flat screen-VERY annoying.

I have watched just about all my various versions of  A CHRISTMAS CAROL-Home ALONE 1 and 2, The lighting war pic with Danny De Vito and Matthew Broderick and of course Home for the Holidays-most of the holiday offerings are pretty lame-like lifetime movie holiday themed romances (yuck)-I love hulu because I can watch JUST the Christmas episodes of ALL my favorites like Family Guy, American Dad, Bob's Burgers and South Park.

I have had egg nog , a cookie or two-I just need a big hit of HAM and Turkey----against all odds we ended up doing my annual dinner at the North Woods in La Mirada for the 5th year (as an event) and many years as a December go to place-so I am actually not too grouchy (surprise!).

I avoid New Years at all cost-hate it.

Rose Parade Jan 1-hope its better than it has been-it's lost it's spectacle...

Wherever you are in the world please be careful and aware if you are in crowds-I think this is a year to avoid large public events especially in cities like Las Vegas, Paris, London, New York and LA...people tell me the terrorists have won if I feel that way but I think they have won if we blithely put ourselves and our loved ones in the line of fire...

I'll be blogging more in 2018-I would really like to get back to being a daily...

Cheers!