Odds & Ends, Random Bits & Whatnot

We were totally lovin’ on the post-Thanksgiving sales… online, of course, though we did make a mad dash out on Black Friday to pick up one gift we’d already bought for someone at a considerably lower price. The parking lot wasn’t even half full and we got in and out of the checkout line in…

So, we just booked our Toronto hotel for Friday night’s Laura concert and are seriously considering buying tickets for Connecticut on Sunday. Oh, Laura, you costly goddess of song. Speaking of costly, we spent nearly twenty dollars in tolls on the way to and from Atlantic City. While I know that there will always be…

Well, kinda, but kinda was good enough this week. First up, we finally got a marathon of the last few episodes of Hot in Cleveland that we missed while being homeless during the summer. During this catch-up, we saw that Joy and Victoria got hitched in Canada. Yes, it’s done for comedic purposes and, no,…

Okay, okay, so it’s totally obvious, but I simply can’t help it. I have much love for prematurely bald and depressed protagonists with wildly creative pet beagles. Riley’s Fave Christmas Special #1 A Charlie Brown Christmas – Charlie Brown ranting about commercialism… the little tree that could… the dancing… Linus’ speech about the meaning of…

Snark and snappy tunes make this next special a totally must-love event. A major character arc makes it gripping. The cheesy warmth makes it Christmas. Riley’s Fave Christmas Special #3 A Garfield Christmas – Starting out with Garfield ‘tude in spades, as Garfield fantasizes about a Christmas in which he is obscenely spoiled, A Garfield…