Watching “High Holidays,” which might be the best of the Frasier Christmas episodes, and that’s saying a lot. Hilarious how all the plot lines converge. A+ sitcom writing.

Do you think he’s live-tweeting his encounters with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future?

It used to be that I would stream movies I own because it was more convenient than digging out the DVD or Blu-Ray, but this holiday season I’ve been doing the opposite. If the option is watching a movie on HBO Max, I’d rather not. If I wanted to watch 30 minutes of commercials, I’d just watch TV.

Christmas Eve dessert was a new apple strudel recipe my mom tried out, with some vanilla ice cream. Absolutely ruled.

And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT hit her it’s not true it’s bullshit I did not hit her. I did NOT. Oh hi Mark.

On my annual viewing of Christmas Bloody Christmas, and when this came out the idea of military grade tech being used for a robot Santa Claus seemed pretty absurd. But in the year of “weapons manufacturer makes a Game Boy using drone metal” it doesn’t seem so implausible!

Gamers. It’s time

Sabres

Go, Sabres, go!

Sabres with 7 freaking wins in a row. What a crazy month for this team.

My humble opinion is that all napkins should have Donald Pleasance on them.

A.I. was literally Trump’s defense on South Park this season and now he’s just using it for real lol

Can’t believe I bought in at $8. SMDH.

As someone that owned both, I massively disagree. Game Gear was a largely bad system, with the backlit screen a lone redeeming factor for what was otherwise a really boring library. Game Boy developers on the other hand were creating console worthy experiences that are still beloved to this day.

Well, this is an absolutely wild thing to get dropped in the middle of the night, just days before Christmas. Lot of journalists that thought they were gonna have an easy week might have to think again.

Time for the yearly Trapped in Paradise rewatch!

Every day, I find myself happy that I grew up in the ‘90s, when bullies would just call me fat. Kinda quaint, in retrospect.

Oh man, I need this clothing lineup so bad. Love seeing them lean more on the original Pokémon art. There’s something about it that remains timeless. Would also kill to have some of the Toshihiro Ono manga art on some products, too.

That might be the best two daily pack openings I’ve ever had in Pokémon TCG Pocket.

I can’t believe the Sabres have won six in a row. I’m used to the opposite in December!

As a former company employee, I fully believe I could run CBS News better than Bari Weiss.

Reminder to websites that you should hire people that actually have journalistic experience covering games and know this stuff. When you hack the staff to the bone and let go of all the experienced talent to pursue nothing but hot takes, this is what happens.

This is why the Virtual Console failed for Nintendo: people would buy Super Mario World and A Link to the Past, and that’s it. Third-parties had no financial incentive to put games out, because they weren’t selling. But every time a game is added to Nintendo Switch Online, people seem to try them.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen this Metroid art, and it’s just incredible. Dang.

Bills have 11 wins this year and almost all of them have been hideous. 😆

Come on, Knox. What the hell, man.

Oh man, that sack was huge. Just got me free lunch tomorrow, too 😂

Why wouldn’t the Bills take the field goal there?!

Josh Allen:

Great interception by the Bills. Defense playing smart today.

If Josh is okay, that might be the best first half the Bills have had this season.

Yes also this is the only app not using an algorithm that shows you posts all out of order from random people you don’t follow. It is—by far—the best real-time social media app to use during live events the world is watching. The MLB playoffs proved that. NFL playoffs will probably be the same.

James Cook has nine carries for 100 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing total this season ranks third in franchise history and it's the most by a Bills player since O.J. Simpson in 1975.

Man, you just have to love James Cook.

Defense had so many chances at a turnover that drive. I’ll take holding them to 3, but bummer we couldn’t force a turnover.

Rousseau *just* missed that sack. That was a great job on the defender’s part.

The Bills should find a better *checks notes* third string kicker.

James Cook MVP

Cook is unreal, man.

After church today, my wife and I were talking to our pastor. She was telling us about making a video using AI, and before I could jump into a rant, she told us her kids (who are young teens) taught her about the environmental impact. Made my day hearing young people don’t like this crap either.

That was a hell of a way to send off Bowen Yang. I can’t recall another SNL cast member getting that kind of exit, but that was really nice.

Okay, that Home Alone alternate ending was an all-timer for SNL Christmas sketches. Holy crap. Brilliant cast choices, too. That Elf on a Shelf one before it was fantastic, too.

Sabres have five wins in a row and are above .500 in mid-December. Dare I dream?

We took the kids to see the new SpongeBob movie today. Highlight for me was the TMNT short before it which I had no idea was coming. Didn’t like that my boy Donnie was a ChatGPT user at the start, but an anti-AI moral at the end of the short? GO NINJA, GO NINJA, GO.

Trump and his team have made a lot of unforced errors when it comes to this story. But putting out a photo and then deleting it? I don’t think it’s possible to look any guiltier than that.

In Christmas Vacation, Clark tells the kids at dinner on Christmas Eve that the news said Santa’s sleigh had been spotted in the air. Eddie then replies “are you serious, Clark?” Is Eddie’s response A) because he thinks Clark believes in Santa or B) is Eddie buying into a lie meant for the kids?

Xbox has to be the most confounding company on Earth, man.

New video is UP! I reviewed the new Silent Night, Deadly Night. Went fairly light on the spoilers, but if you’re waiting until you’ve seen it first, I’ll just tell you that I had a freaking blast with it.

Translation: we weren’t supposed to say anything 😂