This is an excellent combination

The gift that keeps on giving

Miyuki got me a Captain Harlock patch for my fencing uniform and made a little Lego fencer of me.

Pictures, before I just started eating...

Merry Christmas, everyone! Stepping out for the traditional Christmas Eve date with Miyuki. We gonna stuff ourselves on sushi!

Santa and Captain Marvel - Fred Hembeck

Heian Shrine in Winter - Tokuriki Tomikichiro

Katsuragi Shrine - Kinokawa, Wakayama

MAGA thinks this is an actual photo of Washington.

I love that anime is readily available on Netflix, Prime, etc... I much prefer that than a dedicated anime-only service like Crunchyroll.

One of my teachers in college said in Renaissance Italy there were people paid to attend parties, because they were witty and charismatic and could be counted on to keep the flow of conversation and excitement going. They had a title I can't remember She said I would have been amazing at that job.

Nine years ago! Look at how happy these kids are with a white Christmas!!! Sigh....

A fuckton of problems would be solved if Americans travelled more.

I didn't know was based on a comic, either! We watched this one this year and it was a delight. One of precious few narratives that I've seen address how devastating losing the extended family of an ex with a breakup can be.

Just so you know, this is my snow porn. I fucking love snow. Since weather patterns have shifted, we now only get snow in February; when I don't want it. I wonder if I have seen my last white Christmas.

Katsuragi Shrine - Kinokawa, Wakayama

Heian Shrine in Winter - Tokuriki Tomikichiro

Enjoyed this movie a lot!

Show me how your 2025 went

Now playing. This is quite good. Didn't realize it was based on a comic.

He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

I had this. It was absolutely amazing.

Something they do all the time in movies is walk up to someone sitting alone at a bar and buy them a drink. I am 53 years old. I have never once in my life done that.

Stocking are hung by the chimney with care.

Snow on the Sacred Bridge of Nikko - Kawase Hasui

Winter Scene - Takeji Asano

Aquaman is also trying to surreptitiously check out Wonder Woman's ass.

One of my favs by Alex Ross. Justice League is having a Christmas Party but didn't invite Batman because he is such a joyless fuck. Everyone is having a good laugh at Batman's expense. Superman is going "Whoops! The jig is up!" (There are other interpretations, but they are wrong. Don't even try.)

At the top of this tower in Osaka is one of Japan's more interesting gods--Billiken, the God of Things As They Ought to Be. Rubbing his feet is said to bring good luck. I love the omnipresent THINGS AS THEY. Miyuki and I made a pilgrimage there once. I still carry Billiken's omamori with me.

We make okonomiyaki at home all the time--it is silly easy to make. And I insist on my favorite topping; natto. This addition modifies it into the Nara local specialty, Daibutsuyaki

Also known as "Best Okonomiyaki"

I love that a weird mascot originating from Missouri has a home and tradition waaaaaay over there. The world is SMALL.

I have found the god I've been searching for...

"You need to explain this part." No. I don't. The fact that it is unexplained is exactly what gives it power.

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

Happy Holidays from @designjunket.bsky.social and me.

Oh god. How could I have forgotten this Christmas classic? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV-S...

Anyone who has not actually been in a drunk tank sounds stupid singing Fairytale of New York. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnst...

enamel pins work as ornaments too😁

It is amazing to me, yet also true, that the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is really fucking good.

At the top of this tower in Osaka is one of Japan's more interesting gods--Billiken, the God of Things As They Ought to Be. Rubbing his feet is said to bring good luck. I love the omnipresent THINGS AS THEY. Miyuki and I made a pilgrimage there once. I still carry Billiken's omamori with me.

Miyuki and I have a tradition of buying a Christmas ornament when we travel. That way our tree is a record of our life together. New this year are Holland, Belize, the Grand Canyon, Arizona, and Belgium.

Sheesh. They just keep sinking my already low hopes for this film...

Ginzan Onsen in Winter

Snow on the Sacred Bridge of Nikko - Kawase Hasui

When Dr Who is good, it is REALLY good.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Just a reminder that the only “AI” involved in the making of Medieval, an original Arthurian/baseball comic, has been “Alex and I”