Made my favorite lentil soup recipe and the house smells amazing.

Good news everyone! I found my Choco Taco ornament! Also, I guess there’s lots of beauty outside, too.

Denied a job today (one that they even admitted I am qualified for) because the salary expectation I gave was outside of the salary range for the position. They didn’t even attempt to see if I’d except less. Emailed HR to try to regain candidacy.

I’m rewatching The Venture Bros and my wife just said, “This show is terrible. Not funny at all.” Me:

Oops. Forgot yesterday was December, so I’m starting “Brian's Advent Calendar of Things that Didn't Suck in 2025” a day late. I guess I’ll do a twofer. Day 1: We uprooted, downsized and moved to the country, surrounded by a wildlife refuge. We’re unbelievably happy here. Toots is a country dog now

Roasted Pumpkin & Maple Bisque in a warm bread boule.

Now watching.

Roasted chestnuts and an English Toffee Cappuccino. ❤️

Apex predator

Well. Back to watching Christmas specials. I’ll save you all the spamming of pics of what I’m watching. 🤣

Snowed in and baking homemade peanut butter cookies.

Me: “I’ve been gaining so much weight lately.” Also me: *eats a piecaken: pecan pie topped with pumpkin pie topped by spice cake, topped and bound together by cinnamon buttercream and covered with apple pie filling*

First snow of the season!

Now watching.

After a busy week, I’m catching up on wrestling. #AEWDynamite, #AEWCollision, and #WatchROH later this evening. My wife:

Me, to my kids: “One day, I’ll be gone and you’ll be the ones wearing the turkey hat and Thankskilling shirt. Please don’t fight over who gets which one.”

11/26/2025

Drag Queen Christmas!

Now watching.

After 9 interviews and multiple interviewers and a manager telling me they wanted me at the company, I did not get the job. My wife cried. Thank you, AI enablers and orange dipshit for completely ruining the tech industry and flooding the job market.

Back to it. Now watching.

I agree. Me, rr, y?

Aside from the 2019 Child’s Play, Chucky has maintained a shocking amount of continuity over the course of 37 years, 7 films, and 3 seasons of television.

Now watching.

When Grandma Arbuckle talks about Grandpa in A Garfield Christmas.

My life savings as unemployment enters its 11th month. 🤣

A film that takes place where I’m from. Steve Martin has an unusual amount of movies that are set in or have memorable scenes set in St Louis. Also, a personal favorite, The Empty Man.

Home alone, bored, and having a rough mental health day. In need of some holiday cheer, I’ve pulled some DVDs out and have been working my way through these:

“What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?” There were two absolutely perfect albums in 1993 and too many near perfect to list.

Photodumpin.

Tis the season!

Catching up on recent episodes of Ring of Honor and it’s a shame it’s filmed before/after AEW shows and behind a paywall, because the shows have been really good.

Mood today:

This little asshole hates to see me sleep. It’s her life’s mission to keep me ever awake.

*deep breath*

Had the kids over for a weenie roast. Dogs, chili, chocolate chip cookies, chips, toasted marshmallows, egg nog, and turtle pie.

Went to Gateway Outdoor Expo + Summit today. Got lots of fun freebies, pet a dog, ALMOST got my wife to get our picture taken with Santa Claus in a canoe, and picked up some treats to help take the edge off.

Our owl friend stopped by to say hello.

I love that the deer no longer run away when they see us and will actually come pretty far up the property toward us. We’re all just peacefully coexisting.

My wife had a procedure yesterday and the anesthesiologist asked her if she used cocaine. She replied “no” and I asked, “When did you stop using coke?”. The anesthesiologist did not find it amusing and shot me this look:

Pals.

Feeling down today, so I decided I need pizza flavored cheese balls, pizza, chocolate chip cookies, and peanut butter cup ice cream. Surely my mood will improve if my stomach hurts enough to distract my brain.

Watching the classics.

When I die, play “How Can I Live” by Ill Niño from the Freddy vs. Jason soundtrack at my funeral.

A container of gravy fell out of the fridge and splatted all over my legs, leading me to annoy my wife by singing 🎵I’ve got… Gravy Thighs🎵 to the tune of Hungry Eyes for a good chunk of the night.

Our downsizing includes our Christmas tree, as our old behemoth of a tree will not fit in our new house. Our daughter dubbed it “the Ozempic tree” and we love our skinny tree. We also put out some of our favorites: Snoop on the Stoop, Christmas Vacation towels, and the ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? dog.

I drank a margarita the size of my head and I am not much of a drinker these days. I am full of tacos and booze and ready for sleep at 830. Twenty-something me is looking on in disgust, while 48 year old me is so excited that I might sleep through the night.