Finally got back to the newest era of Doctor Who after inexplicably waiting 18 months. "73 Yards" is really good and unsettling!

My daughter and her best friend (both 5th graders) are sitting downstairs watching A Hard Day's Night, cackling away and swooning over Ringo of all people.

I decided last Christmas to replace most of my doomscrolling time with falling back into DC Comics. My goal was to read 1000 DC issues in 2025, and I finished at 1,030. A fun way to distract myself! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

As soon as the ball dropped, my kids asked if we could switch to PBS Kids, so now we're watching Odd Squad. What a joy!

We watched Holiday (1938), as we usually do on New Year's Eve. Here's what our 7-year-old son had to say after his first viewing: "It's not as silly as A Night at the Opera, and A Night at the Opera isn't as silly as Duck Soup." A man after my own heart.

All of this.

New Year's Eve is one of my favorite days of the year, because it's the day I make a big pot of stock out of all the frozen chicken and turkey bones we've saved throughout the year. About halfway there!

Just you wait until I’ve composed the opera based upon the novelisation based upon the play based upon the TV series. I shall send you a ticket!

It's my birthday, and my wife got me the new novelization of Chimes of Midnight, an 8th Doctor audio adventure that we listen to every single year. Yes, friends, we're far enough down the rabbit hole that I'm delighted to get a prose adaptation of an audio play based on a TV show.

Tomorrow is my birthday. For my birthday, please tell me the name of your favorite bookstore or comics shop in your area! That way I'll know everyone's favorite bookstore and/or comics shop, and that will make me quite happy on my birthday.

Yeah well my buddy already lost his job to artificial intelligence. He was an art thief.

My brother got me Parks & Rec Monopoly for Christmas. That's a fun gift, but the fact that it has the regular "Go to Jail" guy instead of Fred Armisen is a real missed opportunity. Inexcusable!

Stick to Shorts, an incredible* podcast about Golden Age animated shorts, is gearing up to release its second season. Catch up on the first season if you enjoy thoughtful discussion and also silliness! (*Full disclosure, I'm on it sometimes)

My wife and I have been watching every Abbott & Costello movie in order, and oh no, these are the next two

I had this idea camped out in the back of my mind for a while. #theymightbegiants #tmbg #drworm #thegooddoctor #procreate #illustration

Look, the Pioneer Press isn't perfect, but I've never been prouder to be a St. Paul diehard than I am after reading this.

I've been thinking a lot about this meme, so that's my 2026 plan. I took social media apps off of my phone and I'm going to try to treat the internet like a place that I visit at my desk.

Here we go, like it's 2005

Do you think Jim Henson and Sprocket got together for Christmas every year?

I just finished The Color of Magic, and I can see why people call it a rough start to Discworld. It's barely a comedy!

Oh. Also. Roz got me the novelization of Waterworld for Christmas because she loves me!!!!

My mom and Roz both got me the same thing for Christmas!

Just got another 3-month free trial of Apple TV. Is Severance fun? Is Pluribus fun? Is The Studio fun?

When we next see Gonzo and Rizzo together, they'll be played by two guys with an astounding 52-year age difference Dave Goelz (born 1946) Bradley Freeman Jr. (born 1998) I love that so much!

This was supposed to be these two pictures!

Repping my main guy (and his main guy) in honor of his return

My brother gave me a Turbo Man shirt for Christmas!

Dr. Leonard McCoy just wants his kids back

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

I choose to believe that Ella McCay is governor of the same state Jefferson Smith represented in the Senate.

Now spinning

In 1986, Saturday Night Live aired their famous "It’s a Wonderful Life Alternate Ending" sketch. That 1946 film was 40 years old at the time. Last night, SNL aired a "Home Alone Alternate Ending" sketch. That 1990 film is 35 years old, which is pretty close to 40.

My kids are watching the Despicable Me Grinch movie again, and I still can't figure out why they hired Benedict Cumberbatch to do a Bill Hader impression.

Catch me talking about Buzzsaw Louie on today's Advent Calendar House!

My wife and daughter are watching The Christmas Chronicles, and it's distracting how much Santa’s hair is styled like MacReady's from The Thing.

I'm excited for the Pandora Heads that they get a new Avatar movie for Christmas, and I'm also relieved that no one is forcing me to ever see it.

What a delight to join the Muppeturgy crew for some talk about Itchy, Lumpy, Mala, and Bea Arthur!

Dick Van Dyke too

I just don't even know how to process the Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer news as it's unfolding. It just keeps getting worse.

This is what I always think of with him. Just a master of crowd-pleasing entertainment for that early stretch of his career.

Every year, during the week before Winter Break, I show the same Reading Rainbow episode to all of my classes. Should I stick with the classic series this year, or should I do one of the new ones?

Editing Home Alone's IMDb page to add "This movie shows a Millennial buying fabric softener" as a goof.

The fellas

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas . . .

I just found out that The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-1974) was added to Tubi this month, so I'm watching their Christmas episode. It's good! I'll definitely watch more!

Honestly, I'm going with Una O'Connor

Somehow, Wayne and Lanny returned.

I just finished Louis Sachar's newest book (and first in five years), The Magician of Tiger Castle. It's billed as his first novel for adults, although it still basically feels like YA. The biggest departure is that it's a medieval fantasy, which is a genre he's never worked in before.

Everyone else in my family loved tonight's screening of Wicked: For Good.