Good Riddance

Charles Manson has died at 83.

Justice League

A very good movie,  IMO, and bordering on great when it wasn't involved in cosmic fisticuffs.  Affleck is the perfect Batman,  like it or not,  and thank Poseidon we finally have an Aquaman that doesn't look and act like he enjoys the spandex a little too much.  Spoilers prevent me from saying more,  but it looks like Zach Snyder finally got it right.

Please Help

Entourage's daughter Meadow has run away. If you see her, or have any information, please contact her family or us. 

Stop Nuffliying the Horror

Enough with calling everything  "sexual assault." It seeks to nullify the horror of rape. I was watching a crime show where a victim was abducted,  tortured,  "sexually assaulted", and killed.  She was not,  I presume, merely groped on the subway.  Words have meaning,  and we are letting that power be diluted.

My Thoughts

If you objected to Bill Clinton using an intern as a humidor and felt the known accusations of forcible rape in his past precluded both his place in office and your respect,  I'm cool with you despising Trump's locker room talk.  (seriously).

By the way, in all this furor over sexual harrassment, why has no one brought up the Rolling Stone interview where Jon Stewart said that when Bill Clinton was a guest on his show he zeroed in on an attractive intern and Stewart had to order his staff to keep Bill busy and away from her? Stewart treated the anecdote as LOL, but he's no better than every other Hollywood enabler.

Thanks Sis!

Thanks to my sister Katie the youngest three and Lisa got to see a promo showing of The Man Who Invented Christmas!

Fun with Smley at the Theater

Wow. And here in Milwaukee!

1.85 million

TrainFest 2017

Sunday Smiley and I went on our annual trip to Trainfest with my friend Tracy and his son. It's not my cuppa, but it has a comforting familarity and the company is good. I'm glad it's become tradition.

A Dream

Last night I dreamt that we took possession of my paternal grandparents' home, fully furnished. When Lisa and I toured it it was huge, a product of the dream, but the whole night I was keeping quiet about the fact that the next day was a mandatory bar exam (which I went to on a few hours sleep). 

Then I was at an outdoor lumber yard and involved in something shady, and spent part of the dream in a police interview. Don't worry, I ain't no 🐀. 

Then back to a dinner party at our "new" house, where I confronted my Dad's friend Jim, absent forty years, about his long silence. In the dream he claimed to be the mayor of Mequon and we discussed a predicted demise of Toys R Us.

On Takei

You can't take a media-approved "listen and believe" approach to sexual harassment claims then decide to abandon that stance when the target doesn't suit you (George Takei.) I'm sure 80% of the complaints coming out about Hollywood are true, but it's that 20% that should worry you. At some point this hysteria must cede to the standards of a civil or criminal courtroom, or else we surrender both our rights and our conscience.

Honestly.

WTH Zuck!

Facebook put an anti-Semitic sponsored ad in my feed (alleging Jews tricked us into WWI.) Get your damn act together Zuck.

I Guess It's Snowing

Yes, Facebook friends, it is, in fact snowing. Thank you for documenting it ad nauseum.

Glow Skate

WTH

Courtney Cox and David Arquette,  his producers at the time,  admit to dealing with a non-consensual masturbation incident with Louis C. K.  *in 2005.*  Both had far more clout than he did,  so tell me this: Why did they join the teeming masses of Hollywood stars content to allow predators to roam at will? Does anyone in Hollywood have a conscience??

:(

The hip went bad an hour ago. Crazy how quickly your body gets used to NOT being in pain. #unwelcomeReturn

100 Years Ago

100 years ago today Lenin unleashed a political system that led to the murder and suppression of tens of millions.

Two Toms!

 Aargh! We found another inflatable turkey in our basement, so we switched it out with the new one I foolishly bought last night.

Yuck

 Nice of Hollywood to stop molesting and raping each other long enough to mock prayer and tell us how to vote in the wake of the Texas church shooting. #IAppreciateYourGuidance

It was only a burger

A homeless man was buying a single McDonald's burger with the only dollar he had when I stepped in and bought him another sandwich. 

Lulu:That was nice of you. 

 Me: Eh, makes up for the liquor store I robbed yesterday. Saves me the trouble of getting up early for Confession.

LuLu: You've got issues Dad.

Thanksgiving Tom!

We took Halloween Tigger down and put up a brand new Thanksgiving turkey!

Displeased

I'm a little perplexed that YaYa  didn't even place this year in a fiction contest she won in 2016 - the new story was tight, well crafted, and far superior to the winning entry last year. Frankly, I'm sure it's better than anything they chose.

Honestly

My Facebook is cluttered w/sponsored ads for Scientology, atheism, liquor, and crappy ebooks. I liked the app better when the Russians ran it.

Champions!

Congratulations to the Houston Astros for winning the World Series!