All That's Old is New Fragments

The fall is fading behind us and winter is now upon us.

Here in South Texas that doesn't mean much, except sometimes it gets kinda cloudy for 4 days in a row and a little cold and then we're back in the 70's or 80's for four more days.

Still, it's in the air and the holidays are here too. The lights, the excitement of the children, the holiday parties and the general bustling about of everyone as you travel around town. I like its  distinctness from the rest of the year.

Here's some Fragments (some of them on the holiday season):

Ya know what my holiday promise is? I'm gonna make me some homemade Chex mix. Ya know, legit, Chex mix. I haven't had any in years.

I always liked holiday decorations. The fam and I put them out the day after Thanksgiving, I'm lazy so the whole idea is if you're gonna bother with this stuff, it might as well stay up for a good long while. It typically stays up until Ethiopian Christmas (1/07) - this year we are are set to move after 12/30, so its coming down early....but next year, we'll be back on regular schedule.

We lost our Elf on the Shelf this year. Holy Holiday Meatballs. I'm 93% sure it's my fault...it wasn't where I typically put it. The younger kids were really confused, but my sister let us borrow hers. I told the kids our Elf was had been pregnant and just had a baby. They didn't believe me, in fact my youngest already has really strong doubts about the whole Santa thing already (and did last year when he was six).

Oh yeah, looks like we're moving, just a little down the road. Good times. When I type "Good times" what I mean by that is that I hate the moving process and hope we don't move again for another 14 and a half years.

Coming soon: Our First Home Fragments.  Are you excited yet?

Old White Man Pop Culture Fragments

The new Beck album is really great. I could never get into the last few album's despite their critical acclaim...so this was a welcome surprise. Here's a track I particularly love:

Finished up Man in the High Castle....it's good. Never understood why it had such low viewership while other stuff I think is okay/boring/etc. is the bee's knees. ?

Watching The Mandolarian. It's okay. Sci-Fi Fluff. It's nice to watch instead of doing housework.

That's it, I'm done. Don't forget to reward yourself with a long hot shower every so often. Good night all.