Has everyone in hollwood done a Santa Claus needs to find a replacement movie? I know Whoopi Goldberg and Tim Allen have, so have Ernest and Fraiser.

When will this stop?

Santa Claus can do his job fine on his own without B-level celebrities moving in on his turf.

More nitpicking now.

What is the purpose of a cooler? I was under the impression it was a container you place food in to keep it cool outside of other refrigeration.

Why does everyone who brings coolers to work think they need to put them in the refrigerator? If it can' t keep your food cool and fresh for four hours or so, just bring a damn paper bag.

That my friends is the truth.

Keep your hands off my lunch.

Is Cloogey, or Clugy or perhaps Klugy a word?

Sumi Das on Tech TV's Fresh Gear just used it to describe the interface on a digital TV card for a computer.

"The interface is Clugy."

Did she mean something else and there was a typo on her teleprompter? Just wondering. I like precision and clarity from my television expierience.

Is there any better movie than Blind Fury, starring Rutger Hauer? I don't think so.

Here we go with some more thoughts on the WB's Charmed.

In today's episode a demon named Abraxes steals the book of shadows from the Charmed ones and (cue dramatic music) begins reading it backwards from the astral plane to turn the spells evil and undo what they have done.

Ive got a few problems with it, and here they go:

The demon is reading the book backwards right, which is bringing the demons they have vanquished back by reversing the spell. What if he reads spells they haven't cast backwards. What happens then? How do you reverse something that hasn't happened yet?

Something I thought of, why do they have a spellbook to vanquish spefic demons with spells that can only be used one time? Why wouldn't whoever wrote the book just have used the spells then to vanquish all the demons. Or, for that matter, why don't the Charmed ones just start at the beginning and vanquish everyone? Couldn't they get rid of all of the demons at once that way, make a weekend of it. Put on a pot of coffee and get rid of all the demons.

What kind of witches are they that they can't even find the Astral Plane. Not only can't they find it, but they didn't even know what it is. It's like they think all there is to using magic is reading a spell from a book and using their limited powers and there is no way to expand on that. There have been other witches in the show that haven't had any inherent powers, they just used magic through study. You would think that at least one of them would decide to, I don't know, read a book about magic or something. Hit the library. Read some books, practice a little. It's not like you can become a professional baseball player by just being good. You have to practice a bit, work at it some.

Alyssa Milano is very attractive. Not a complaint, just a compliment.

If they'd read a book, maybe they'd learn some protection spells. A ward here, a ward there, maybe then all these demons wouldn't keep wandering into their house. They don't seem to have ever heard of a pentacle.

A little divination magic wouldn't hurt them either.
Anyway, enough contemplation of Charmed, or as I like to call it, Buff Light.

That's that Mattress Man.

I was in Hastings (your entertainment superstore) today doing my holiday shopping, and they had the first Simpson's Christmas special showing over and over on the in-store televisions.

Some things I noticed:

The guy at the racetrack who throws out Santa's Little Helper has the exact same voice as Moe. Somehow I missed what he looked like the three times he was on-screen (from that you can surmise how long I spent in the store).

I think I would get a little tired of hearing the same episode over and over again, especially a first season Simpson's episode.

I cannot escape Christmas music.

Hastings sells caffeinated mints. I bought some of the Cinnamon ones. They make my tounge burn, and I feel all tingly in my brain. Those could be all in my mind, but I don't think so. Three of them = one soda. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten all 25 at once.
I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep for a while.

On a lighter note there's a local wrestler here in Middle Tennessee with the name "The Thud" he is wrestling someone called simply "the Nazi." I wonder what the Nazi's gimmick is. I thought those gimmicks were behind us. Of course there is a guy who I saw two years in a row wrestle at DragonCon in Atlanta that had the generic Russian gimmick going, complete with hammer and sickle flag. And there is the little issue of Tennessee Cowboy James Storm.

Bill's Quick Movie Review: Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" starring Dustin Hoffman is like home alone, only without Joe Pesci and with bloodier action and a disturbing rape scene. If only that loveble scamp Kevin had a large bear trap to clamp down over Marv's head, now that would have been comedy.