Chris and I are headed out soon to go Christmas Light Peeping!
So happy...I love light-looking.
Nice quiet downtime this week. As opposed to next which will be filled with family, friends, Grands...and (hopefully) the Grand-puppies.
Chris just arrived, after his scheduled monthly maintenance of my friend Barbara's computer...bringing me a gift bag containing some of her home-made Peanut-Butter Fudge (and it is amazing!!!)
Nicole and James (and all the little germ-bags...er...I mean my wonderful grandchildren) are finally getting over The Flu...and Nicole soon to fumigate the house with Lysol and alcohol gel. So glad everyone is feeling better...and yes moving our family celebration from tomorrow to Tuesday sounds like a splendid idea! I may have actually dodged it this year!
Christmas came early for Corporate America and Congress's Billionaire Donors as they rammed that abomination of a tax bill through the House and the Senate.
What he probably didn't realize was by shoving this through he gave US a very special gift for Christmas, too.
The Gift of The House and The Senate Majority after the 2018 Midterm Elections!
Yes. We WILL vote their asses out.
And if Mueller hasn't managed to beat us to it...then we are coming for YOU.
So enjoy glad-handing one another while you can.
And in a moment of INSTANT Karma and complete irony...
Kim Davis (Kentucky Clerk...who repeatedly refused a gay couple a marriage license even after the SCOTUS made it law of the land)
will be facing off in Election 2018 with
THIS GUY
The delicious irony is that David and his (now) spouse are the two guys she refused to issue the marriage license.
Yeah,I know...right???
Hell, I'm even sending a few bucks to support his campaign.
Hope he wins!
I have now seen The Last Jedi both en Espanol...and English.
Wow!!!
Several Spoilers...so if you have not seen it yet...turn away....you have been warned.
OMG!
There were amazing scenes like Luke explaining to Rey the nature of the force and why the Jedi were wrong and egotistical to believe it belonged solely to them.
And there were horribly gone wrong scenes...like when General Leia gets SUCKED out of the ship...
and missing a grand opportunity to end her character there...because Carrie Fischer is...well...actually dead, now.
No...they do some use the FORCE moonwalk shit where she drags herself back through space (without freezing or imploding) to an airlock where she is saved.
WTH?
Incredible location cinematography and special effects.
Lots of amazing critters this time...
and,of course, my personal favorite
Seriously..if some geneticist out there wants to create these in real life...I sooooooooooooooo want one!
From guilt tripping Chewbacca by the fireside roasting one of their flock...to taking over the ship Tribble style...nesting in corners and standing on the bridge trying to imitate Chewy's barbaric yalp...or being sucked into the glass pane as the ship makes a tight turn...you'll laugh out loud.
They are EVERYWHERE!
A great ghost-appearance by Yoda...who is a bit of a wise-ass this time around.
The end of Snoke by Kylo Ren's hand.
The delicate love/hate dance with Ren and Rey.
The end of Luke...who disappears like smoke (after saving the day, of course).
Return of Finn and Poe and
And a wonderful throwaway I did not notice during the first viewing...the slave child at the end who reaches for the broom..only to have it fly into his hand...clearly using The Force.
Going to see it again...just to see what I may have missed.
I enjoyed it a lot!
This Week's Book
A Collection of four short stories. I have waited in queue since this was released to read it. Hill is one of my favorite authors. I read and enjoyed his work long before it came to light he was Stephen King's other son. This book was good but not spectacular. Not what I have come to expect from Hill. The first and last stories very good...the two in between...not so much so.
Well worth a look see, though.
The first story could have been expanded and written into an entire novel by itself...and it would have been outstanding!
Off soon to look at lights!
Have a Wonderful Holiday Weekend!
Tomorrow...the Second Half of Our Virtual NYC Christmas Adventure in Central Park!
