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Wait, no one is choosing Mrs. Howell?

The Year in Photos https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/year-in-pictures.html

RIP Pierre Cardin "one step ahead of tomorrow" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44294296

If you want to stroll down memory lane... 20 important Macs. https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/12/20-macs-for-2020-1-imac-g3/ Video version:

Understanding Apple’s ProRAW https://blog.halide.cam/understanding-proraw-4eed556d4c54

Annual Timbuk2 bag sale going on. Those messenger bags are pretty solid. https://www.timbuk2.com/collections/sale

Hey, that may mean I have a copy of the film around here! SoundCloud to the soundtrack rescue! https://m.soundcloud.com/mariaguadalupe-aguirre/sets/2046-soundtrack

Many thanks everyone. It's great every year to see this. Good day here so far. For lunch - sous vide Fred’s Steak/tri-tip, mashed potatoes, and cheesecake. For dinner planning sous vide Fred’s Steak/tri-tip, mashed potatoes, and cheesecake. Hope everyone is having a good (by 2020 standards) Xmas.

AXBXCX 3D Animal Neck Gaiter Warmer Windproof Full Face Mask Scarf for Ski Halloween Costume https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3W9LKM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_zeN5FbVA1FMV6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 “Ears maintain a 3D shape, looks more real, more interesting, more lovely.”

“Artemis” is back to wish everyone a very, merry xmas #coronamask

Merry 2020 Xmas!

Another year where this is my favorite modern holiday song.

2046, which takes place almost entirely on future Xmases, a film and soundtrack already nearly lost/out of distribution. Play this time of the year as I have the CD. Edit: Looks like some streaming services, like Spotify and Deezer, have recreated the soundtrack, though not always the right versions of songs or all tracks.

^ This

Hope it’s a great one.

Artemis, tree climber and destroyer of wrapping paper, wishes everyone Happy Holidays.

A fun playlist on Spotify

They’ve posted the Drag Out the Holly replay for a few days. If you need some holiday music...

Harrison Ford wins the most legs contest

The US in 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2020/dec/22/the-us-in-pictures-2020-coronavirus-blm-presidential-election

^ Where do they fit the coconuts?

Well, we're probably playing semantics. When one struggles with one's gayness, gives it the old college try in the opposite direction, finds a domineering woman, probably focuses too much on Spock, and then goes, and encourages others to go, hard-core celibate (ending with castration), you decide if sex is absent or everywhere. See also Shakers. I probably should have said "sexuality."

Maybe the opposite of Angels in America, watching Heaven's Gate: Cults of Cults (HBO). "Cult" is obviously a loaded term applied often fuzzily (and/or from another questionable groups own biases), but have always been interested in this one, as I may have mentioned before, a Heaven's Gate ad is what I saw a few months after moving to California three decades ago, and sent 6-7 copies of it back to my friends in Ohio to say "I've arrived in California!". One of them was to a girl I previously dated in a different international "techno-focused California cult" (sorry, WCG), which seemed normal-ish in comparison (and I stupidly only made the connection after both dissolved). Anyway, cult docs almost never hit the mark when it comes to understanding the attraction of of their followers, instead demonizing its leads, and this suffers the same, but still fascinating. And as always sex is a big part of it. Who says Star Trek never hurt anyone?

Posting this as it’s free, but feel to make donation if you’d like. Is now live with show starting in 10 minutes. American Pops Orchestra’s Drag Out the Holly. Edit: And it’s over.