Nothing says new golden age like a national emergency every two weeks.

Who was the dude with Big E on Hells Kitchen last night? Anyone of note?

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... Evidence of Cody’s true mother continues to mount in disturbing ways.

Connections Puzzle #943 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 This game is decidedly unserious.

WWE Vault is looking for requests on YouTube. Comment on their post there. Now is your chance. Give them some specifics! Not “Everything that was on Peacock” or “Every Raw.” Some rare stuff! youtube.com/post/UgkxfcZ...

Strands #676 “That's just reality (TV)” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 💡🔵🔵 I have no clue about what they’re referring to with this one so this was 100% contextual guessing.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... I appreciate their commitment to authenticity with the lights out gimmick! 🤼

Wordle 1,662 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one is gonna cause some anger today I bet.

YouTube recommended a “what happened to the Steve Miller Band” video to me and it was so obviously AI written and narrated. All “this, this and this” and “it wasn’t x it was y” and now I just can’t unhear it when they come up. As a writer, it pains me to get this crap served up to me.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... My fair and balanced review of the Mega Power rise and fall.

Wordle 1,661 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Honestly I’m impressed with myself for this one.

Connections Puzzle #938 🟪🟦🟩🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 The purple category is still unbeaten for pissing me off.

Did anyone notice that AEW Collision has already vanished from Crave after two weeks of being on there?

www.blogofdoom.com/2026/01/03/t... Vote now for the 2025 Doomie Awards! I can at least guarantee AEW won’t sweep these ones.

Oh man, once Congress gets back from vacation, and finishes their latest bill condemning socialism, and drafts a few motions to censure each other, there’s gonna be some LETTERS written. STRONGLY WORDED LETTERS. Wouldn’t want to be Trump’s social media team two or three weeks from now!

The Switch 2 is lovely so far but that HDR output ain’t it, chief. Had to turn it off completely so I could actually see what was happening on the screen.

Saskatoon challenge level (impossible): Finding a good NYE countdown show that matches our time zone.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... An episode so good even the AEW trolls liked it!

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... Hell of a late era Coliseum Video here, with a rare Bull Nakano appearance and a great Hart Family feud tag match.

Just checking on that new Melania movie. We sure about that spoken language?

Connections Puzzle #932 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I swear to god that whoever gets paid money to think up the purple categories should be charged with war crimes and locked up.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... A hit or miss show overall but still a strong outing.

Happy desperate husband last minute shopping day to all who celebrate! They’ve got to spend $100 on their wife and don’t care what it is and we in the retail world appreciate them for it.

Linda McMahon’s new student loan debt collectors:

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... This episode leaves open the disturbing possibility that Baby Doll might be Cody’s mom. 🤼

Where I come from, Canada, we don’t have controversy over sports teams playing in different cities than their name because all of our cities are three hours away from each other.

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the... Oh shit, we’re really cooked now.

Connections Puzzle #925 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Go to hell and die, purple.

Wordle 1,647 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was beginning to wonder if there any letters actually being used in this one.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... Night 2 of the 87 Crockett Cup and its an all timer!

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... Finally I tackle the full show courtesy of WWE Vault! Part one!

Wordle 1,644 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oh they choose VIOLENCE today with this one.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... A PPV quality show to hype up a PPV where we still don’t know a lot of matches. 🤼

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... AEW Dark returns and as a bonus I give some exposure to a little indie match that people might not have heard about. 🤼

Connections Puzzle #920 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I see you there, fake palindrome tease. Purple remains idiotic as ever.

Wait the ballroom is $400 million now? So it’s over budget and under budget at the same time?

Science should study the difference between real time and “7 minutes remaining” during an iCloud backup. We could probably create a time machine with the results.

New script for the grifters just dropped. Do they not even coordinate before they rush this shit out the door?

Oh my god what kind of a monster would want to hurt a person as wonderful as Rob Reiner? All he did was bring joy into our lives. RIP and absolutely good riddance to this hellish year.

Thanks for reviewing it, Kat!

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... Tully and Baby Doll kick off 1986 with a very public and messy breakup and the show rules.

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... How’s about that Mike Bailey fella???

Wordle 1,636 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ve been wondering when we’d get this one as an answer.

Goodbye Discovery Plus in Canada. Where do I get my trashy true crime fix from now?

Wait, so Microsoft changed the default font in Word from Calibri to Aptos a while back. Does that mean I’m woke or not? I’m so confused. www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...

www.blogofdoom.com/rant/the-sma... Still about as good as I remembered it being, for better or worse. More like a Coliseum Video than a serious PPV. 🤼

Wordle 1,635 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wooooo! Great start to my day.

Connections Puzzle #912 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Wouldn’t be a day ending in Y without homophones.

Ok but what if we HAVEN’T heard of Elf on the Shelf?

Connections Puzzle #911 🟩🟦🟦🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I swear every day the Connections people wake up and wonder to themselves how far they push the concept of a logical “connection” between words, then they push it a little farther and make it the purple category. This is not a good thing.