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It’s nearly Christmas and the holiday commercials are still coming on strong! Some feature holiday themes very obviously (family togetherness, etc) like this Publix commercial and then some include different elements of winter. Recently I saw this OREO commercial on TV featuring Santa, a Yeti, and OREO cookies. Take a look…
I don’t think the commercial makes much sense which would be fine if it was cute or funny. The Yeti rushes over with OREO cookies for Santa, which is the final piece of Santa’s preparation for Christmas. The Yeti reminded me of another commercial featuring the furry monster. It’s from Amazon last year. Remember this one?
Which commercial do you like better? Either way, it’s cold outside and Christmas is right around the corner!
In my defense, she had already tried to body slam me three times. I guess I should blame dreams like this on my childhood. Isn’t that what we do as adults? I watched WWF before it was WCW or WWE and the most ultimate power move was the body slam. Second most was the suplex. Or maybe it was the long top rope jump from Superfly Snuka? Or Jake the Snake gently laying the python across his defeated opponent?
I have no idea why I dreamed this bizarre dream about body slamming a former First Lady. But boy was I in trouble afterwards! She laid on the ground, a group of concerned people gathering around her to help her recover. I knew there would be grave consequences for me, but eventually I was able to kneel with her and genuinely apologize. I remember her forgiving me for delivering such an epic wrestling move (if I may say so myself) and then the dream ended.
Weird, huh? I thought I would’ve skipped the body slam and went straight to the clothesline.
Hello there! Have you watched “Leave the World Behind” yet? I watched it a few days ago, because it gets dark at 4pm so what else am I supposed to do? The premise hooked me right from the trailer. Something extraordinary is happening, chaos, a mystery to be solved. The main characters are searching for clues and soon they’ll put together a plan to overcome the setbacks they’re facing. You know, movies with a beginning, a middle, and an end. In other words: the setup, the setback, and the payoff. Warning: Spoilers ahead.
The End of the Beginning. The setup and the setback for this movie were fine. Characters were established even if not one of this was likable. The mystery was there. Then boom, credits roll. No payoff. It felt like they ended the movie at the beginning of the story. I was very disappointed to realize I’d spent a couple of hours watching something where nothing actually happened. What is this, a Seinfeld episode!? Also, the Rotten Tomatoes ratings should be enough for you to avoid this movie.
Fish or Cut Bait. I should’ve cut bait (as they say here in the south) when the huge tanker ship crashed into the beach. As I watched this scene unfold, I kept thinking, “That ship would run aground hundreds of feet before reaching the beach.” Someone commented on social media that even with the technology blackout (which allegedly caused the ship to come ashore), wouldn’t the captain see the beach and steer clear? It doesn’t take radar to not be an idiot. Honestly, the movie lost me a little bit during that scene.
If you’re looking for a thrilling action movie, this isn’t it. If you’re looking for a satisfying ending, this isn’t it. It’s a mystery without the resolution. A question without an answer. A movie without a good reason to watch.
It’s that time of year again when I wake up to 32° weather, it warms to the 50s, then back down to the 30s by nightfall. Today I was going to run. Then I was going to ride my bicycle. Then changed my mind back to running. “Not too cold to run,” I thought. But that was an easy decision. As I walked around the pool on the property where I park my travel trailer, I had another thought. Someone should get the leaves out of this pool. I thought, “I’ll show off my toughness by doing a swim cleaning” (that’s where I bring the net with a snorkel mask and get all the leaves out). It’s so much more effective than scooping up from the side of the pool with the long pole.
I can officially say we’re at the point of the year when your face hurts if you go swimming. The water was frigid. All I could think about was the people on the Titanic. It’s no wonder most of them died quick. Just in a backyard Florida pool, my breathing was shortened, my face hurt, and after I got out I shook for about 20 minutes.
Kudos to the guy who shaved his chest to do the polar plunge in this Amazon commercial. He’s a real man.
Out of the Wilderness 