A Star is Born

I saw this today with Lisa at Mayfair and loved everything about it. Lisa was less enthusiastic but still enjoyed it.

Smiley got into MHSA!

Smiley is now enrolled at Milwaukee H.S. of the Arts as a visual art major. Proud he's attending his first choice school, and my alma mater. - Lisa

Peppermint

This was a great action flick. And you know what? It was a woman out whupping a$$, and no one, not even the bad guys, gave her gender a second thought. I'd call that progress.

Christmas Downtown

Downtown is so pretty! - Junie

The Equalizer 2

I liked the first one, but this? Yawn.

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Lisa and the kids saw this in the theater last year but I missed out - and boy do I regret it.  This was a joyous,  charming movie that made me smile from beginning to end.  Well done!

I'll pass

Welp. That sounds awful.

Jigsaw

I'm no fan of the Saw movies, which I view as torture porn.  Jigsaw was better than most in the series,  in that it wasn't completely awful.

Operation Finale

A film about the hunt for Eichmann after the war. It was a good solid movie but lacked a real sense of urgency. Worth a watch all the same.

You Reap What You Sow

Walker froze tuition for years. In return, students overwhelmingly voted for Evers, who promptly raises tuition. Nice job kids.

Yup

Amen.

Meat!

An accurate but perhaps not comprehensive list of land animals I've eaten in my lifetime. 

Cow 

Pig 

Chicken 

Duck

Turkey 

Bison 

Goat 

Rattlesnake 

Deer

Bear 

Lamb 

Rabbit

#NotAVegan

Oh FFS

2018 just needs to stop 2018ing.

St Nick's Breakfast

My St Nick's haul!

St Nick's breakfast

Just. Stop.

Does anybody know when the next Ark is boarding? #PrayForRain

A Sweet Gift from Poland

YaYas friend in Poland surprised her with a package that included oplatki, Polish candy, a CD of Polish carols,  and this wonderful flag. #Polska #Poland

Netflix pays the big bucks to keep Friends!

Well deserved.  

Good on the Bush Family

In contrast to the McCain family, the Bushes have stated they want no political/anti-Trump rhetoric at the funeral.  As it should be!

The Tax Bill

RE: the tax bill. In truth, I'd rather cut the bloated budget of our Nanny State, keeping revenue pat, and work down our deficit for a bit. But I don't subscribe to the hysteria about it; in fact that hysteria instinctively leads me to dismiss the charges, an impulse I force myself to ignore.

Three semesters of tax law gives me no special insight, other than I see positives and negatives in the plan (good riddance to the estate tax tho). The bill certainly isn't the end of the world or an "act of evil". That's drivel not worth acknowledging.

My Boy

Smiley, at Southridge Mall 

Give this Holiday Season

I hope we made her Christmas extra special.  If you have a few bucks to spare,  pick up a wish list at a local church or store and do the same for a child in need.