Patrick Says

I had this great idea for a Christmas card picture this year, which I floated on Facebook. And really, if I had any money, it would have been totally kick-ass. I was going to replicate the famous gun-shooting scene (see above) from ‘Pulp Fiction’ using The Oldest and Steak as Travolta and Jackson. Not sure who was going to play who, but the whole thing never got past the idea stage to be honest.

Which led me to an even cooler idea using the same concept. But there might actually be some money to be made in the next progression, so I can’t say much. Oh, who are we kidding…it’ll probably go nowhere. No need to look for ach check processing for all those deposits. :sigh:

So, it’s that time of year again.

I didn’t even attempt to do any end-of-year lists this year. Just don’t have the energy. Plus, everything I’ve been listening to and watching is three years old or worse, so I’d just look like an idiot who can’t look up release dates.

I do have to do the annual housecleaning of Google Reader. Throughout the year, I star articles from my blogroll that I want to read later or come back to and then I never actually do. So, once a year, I go through and un-star all that junk. If I wasn’t going to act on it within three days, I’m never going to act on it. There were articles in there from April!

Got any of your own annual rituals? Share them in the comments.

In an effort to get me to write more posts, I’m composing them in Microsoft Word using my own handwriting font. The thought is that looking at my own words in my own script will inspire me to write more. Then I’ll just copy and paste it into WordPress before publishing.

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I was watching ‘Good Luck Charlie‘ on the streaming Netflix the other day. The kids like the show and it’s family-friendly, so you know, win-win. Anyway, the mom on the show is, well…in the two seasons I’ve watched, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her mother anything. No nurturing talks or life lessons for her kids. Just a big giant bowl of psychotic neuroses. I realize the show is tailored for laughs, but she is just so over-the-top, it’s ridiculous.

Which just goes to support my longstanding theory that Disney hates moms. Seriously, the most endangered species on the planet is a Disney mom. If hunters aren’t shooting them, then predator fish are eating them. Disney loves devising new and inventive ways to kill moms. If you need some ideas, Disney, how about mother-eating sharks, laser spine destruction or maybe hot lava? Just trying to help.

Really, if Ensign Jones is going down to the planet’s surface with Kirk, Spock and McCoy, he should bring along a Disney mom. His chances of survival will increase threefold or more. You’re going to be okay, Ensign Jones!

Somebody’s going to have to pay for that mirror, missy!