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A Couple of Cuckoos, Season 2. It picks up seamlessly from the first season and remains just as entertaining. Lots of good characters and fun to watch.

Felix the Cat (the Wonderful, Wonderful Cat), Aslan, Jiji (Kiki’s Delivery Service), Shere Khan, Cheshire Cat, Hobbs, Tigger, Penelope, Fuli, (Lion Guard) Danny (Cats Don’t Dance), Felicia (Great Mouse Detective), Yzma (transformed into a nasty little cat), Jonesy (Alien).

The original Tweety (in his early days when he was still pink, featherless and absolutely crazy), Sweetie (the Tiny Toons version, which brought back Tweety’s original wackiness), Woody Woodpecker (early versions, when he too was still crazy), Plucky Duck, Donald and Daisy, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Roadrunner, Scuttle (Little Mermaid), Iago (Aladdin), Orville (The Rescuers), Wilbur (The Rescuers Down Under), Jeremy (Secret of NIMH), The Great Owl (Secret of NIMH), Prince Azul Vasu Morantha IV (Barbie as the Island Princess).

Zombieland (2009) My favorite zombie movie because it has a sense of humor to bring the absurdity into perspective. Inspired and adroitly written and directed. 9/10 Young Frankenstein (1974) A classic, and probably my favorite Mel Brooks movie. Written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, and directed by the latter. It always delivers the laughs, no matter how many time I see it. 8.5/10 Orphan (2009) Just creepy, messed up fun. I love the idea of a little girl being the antagonist, even though there's a twist involved. The idea is good. The execution was okay. 7/10 Goosebumps (2015) Not bad for a Goosebumps story. The Goosebumps franchise isn’t exactly brilliant or original, but this movie has good characters and just enough of a twist to make it worthwhile. 7.5/10 Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) Less inspired, but nonetheless an entertaining sequel. Much goes unexplained in terms of the abilities of the main villain, but I can live with it. 7/10 R. L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead (2025) Yeah, a lot of overkill here with the Goosebumps universe, and this one doesn’t really deliver. It has a minor twist at the end to give it a whisper of originality but I’m not sure that’s enough to put it over the top. 5.5/10

My last viewing was The Little Flower with Fr. Jaques Daley. It’s a 14-part series on the life of St. Therese of Lisieux, my patron saint.

Sure, it’s good to live in the moment and savor everything as much as possible, as long as one doesn’t obsess over it, thinking ‘this will be the last time for this or that.’ Getting too tightly focused on anything, especially the mundane, can cause bad things (in my case radical OCD). I don’t want to make a mountain out of a molehill here and I’m not trying to be all gloom and doom, but life is full of comings and goings, both miniscule and monumental, so enjoy them while you have them but don’t waste one moment trying to savor another. Otherwise, each passing thing is just another cue to grieve something that may never happen again. Life may not always seem eventful, but keep in mind that many things are fleeting by nature, and don’t have to mean a lot in the long run. In terms of goals and achievements, our hopes, dreams and plans aren’t always up to us, so live, hope and don’t worry about the small stuff. We’re here on this earth to learn because knowledge is all we can take with us when we die. So make plans and enjoy them if you can, but don’t lament what does or doesn’t pan out because it’s not necessarily about our own chosen path but a bigger picture we can’t even imagine yet. When I was younger I had certain dreams, then I forgot them until later in my life when they came back and found me, so to speak. Life will course-correct if need be, so don’t worry; let life do its work and be content in what it teaches, no matter what that may be. Most of all don’t get lost trying to live every moment to the hilt; that leads to a slippery slope and you’ll never be satisfied. Only time will show true perspective.

Not struggling lately. I’ve been sleeping pretty hard thanks to my good friend Melatonin, or in some cases one third of an Advil PM (never more than two nights in a row). That puts me in another world.

To be honest I still don’t know what I’ll be dressing up as. I’ll be going out with my non-sister, who’ll be going as M3GAN (I’m jealous) but I need to come up with something that compliments that theme.

I mowed my parents’ lawn, took the trash out, went shopping and did some Christmas projects. So far that’s about it. But I have all night to catch up…with some nice non-constructive down time.

If I’m done posting here on the forums in ten minutes I intend to resume wrapping Christmas presents. I’m getting a late start as it is so I need to get moving. But since it's unlikely I'll be done here in ten minutes, I'll get an even later start.

A black t-shirt with the classic Star Wars logo in white outline, and jeans with pink socks.

Upper 50s and clear here in Anaheim. It's getting just a tad cooler by the day. A hopeful concept.

I wish I’d taken a photo or video of a UFO I saw from on a flight from Seattle to Hawaii. I’m not saying it was full of little green dudes from Mars, but it wasn’t a conventional flying vehicle, hence unidentified. There was also a pure moment I witnessed last winter after picking up a pizza at a local restaurant. It was late and the place closed as I walked out the door. Through the window I saw the girl who made the pizza, sweeping up and dancing around the room, just happy to be done for the day. t was so spontaneous and cool, I just loved it. Not a bad dancer either. I wish I had a little video of that quiet happy moment. I would have also liked to have taken more pics and vids at Star Wars Celebration 2. The staff was pointlessly obsessive about preventing attendees from using cameras so I missed a lot of opportunities. I should have taken more on the sly. For the money I paid, I should have been given a freaking press pass.

Dang, @TheRockARockster. Now I have to update this post cuz you just made me all misty. You're seeing this LIVE, folks! As it happens!

A couple of weeks ago, I think. I was at the tail end of long medical ordeal with lots of complications. I had lasting physical and emotional pain from some of it, and I had to let it vent.

I got stung by a Yellowjacket. It didn’t feel great but I was more angry than anything else. I’ve destroyed their nest so many times over the years but they still keep coming back and stinging me. I was doing my last lawn mowing of the year and they just had to make sure they sent me off with a memento of the experience. As soon as it gets cooler I’m going to go nuke the little bastards…again.

I bought a Far Side day-to-day calendar for next year.

I had a simple dinner tonight; Hamburger Helper with some jalapenos and extra cheese tossed in. Tasty.

Cold coffee; black, bleak, unsweetened. No love there at all.

I spend a couple hours, tops. Less if I can get away sooner. I'd rather pretend the internet doesn't exist at all.

My favorite comics and comic strips: Uncle Scrooge (Carl Barks classics), Pogo, Calvin and Hobbs, Star Wars (various, but I like a lot of the older Dark Horse ones), MLP.

What? No mention of C-3PO and R2-D2??

Same here. That would be great as a Halloween ep. I'm glad you mentioned it because I'm running low on suitable MLP eps that fit. Another good call!

Cool shades, Travs. I have a pair just like 'em cuz they match my blue car. We're twins!

Aww, but those are some of the nicest sound effects in the whole park. I could be lulled to sleep by such peace-inducing tones.