My 2025 Christmas Gift to Myself (It Ain't a Stocking) My wife bought me a Christmas stocking with my name embroidered on it this year. She ordered it from Land's End and chose the one with a pile of penguins in the needlepoint design. I like to think that she chose this design because I'm a
Margaret Atwood What I'm Reading in December 2025 Updated 11 December 2025. Books * A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols - Thanks again for letting me borrow this book, Grant! This is a super slow burn of a read for me, mostly because I know jack about sailing and can 't make it through a single chapter
Stephen King I've Just Read The Shining This is not a review of Stephen King's The Shining. It's 2025. The Shining was originally published in 1977. It's been adapted to film and to a television miniseries. It's seen a sequel and a film adaptation of that sequel. No one
Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood's Memoir (Of Sorts) Came Today Having watched–and been delighted by–Margaret Atwood's MasterClass, I'm excited to dig into her memoir (of sorts). But I refuse to start reading the new Atwood book until I can read it steadily, so I have to finish reading Stephen King's The Shining
What I'm Reading What I'm Reading in November 2025 Updated 28 November 2025. Books * The Shining by Stephen King - alternating between e-book and audio book. As I read and/or listen, I'm picturing Steven Weber as Jack Torrance–except for those brief moments when Brent Spiner creeps into narrator Campbell Scott's voice. * A Voyage
horror Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House I started listening to the audio book for Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House on the 11th of August. I finished it yesterday: the 19th. Eight days may sound like a long time to finish an audio book, but: 1. 1. I (usually) only listen to audio books
movies New Blu-Ray Release for Joe Bob Briggs' The Last Drive-in Due in October According to Blu-Ray.com, horror streamer Shudder has plans for a Blu-ray release of Joe Bob Briggs' The Last Drive-in on October 14th of this year (2025). But that post is remarkably thin on details. I mean, I enjoy listening to Joe Bob go on about whatever film he&
Major League Rugby 2031 Men's and 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup Championships to Be Held in the United States Assuming that the United States still exists at that point. Los Angeles and San Diego have both been shortlisted for the 2031 men's championship and have expressed interest in hosting the 2033 women's championship. Either city would be a fortunate placement for Linda and me, since
Mazda Tariff Toll Predicted at Mazda Reuters: Mazda forecasts nearly $1 billion profit hit from U.S. tariffs The number quoted in the article is 145.2 billion yen, or (at the time of the article, I guess) $987.02 million, a number predicted to grow to 233.5 billion yen if the company takes no
