Well, I made it to 45 orbits around the sun. 🍻 🎉

@DJNoneYa Little Kim does like to wave his shrimp-sized dong around every few years, doesn't he. 😂

New Year isn't generally my thing; I don't usually see good years or bad years or hope for better years than the last; just the ongoing cycle of life, the universe, good, evil, and impunity for the rich and powerful.

BUT! These digits, '2024', will see elections in the US and UK. We'll get to show the world what values we stand for by majority.

I hope for all our sakes we go into '25 with far less republican / conservative scum holding positions of power than we did in '24.

But we can't be free, until we learn to laugh at ourselves. Once you look in the mirror and see just how foolish we can be, laughter is inevitable. And from laughter comes wisdom.
-- G'Kar, Babylon 5

Lost my Grandfather today.

I'm okay; it wasn't unexpected, he was in his eighties. He was recently put in a home, had dementia caused by brain tumour and caught a urinary and chest infection over Xmas with only one inevitable outcome.

Partially relieved: he was suffering; now his suffering is over. He'd became a shadow of himself this year, completely away with the fairies. What was left was an empty vessel occupied by another personality. We were complete strangers to him in the end.

❤️‍🔥🫠🤘

RAMENSTEIN - KPOP Goes Metal (Mia Asano, Tina Guo, Kiki Wong, Grace Kelly) #cosomusic

https://youtu.be/bt9aO0C8Sk4

@sfleetucker That smile, too.

"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

@timtrudell My birthday is 1st week of Jan and the tree bloody-well stays up until after then. 🎄😁

@Loffreni I'm on the 4th. You?

I'm 45 years old next week, also: tee-hee-hee! 😁

@Keysalagain Watched it Xmas day and loved it. 🎄👍

#DoctorWho Christmas episode was good; I prefer space-based stories but traditionally the female companion is from modern day earth.

Season seeds nicely planted. Good 'buddy' chemistry between the two orphans.

Mrs Flood is interesting. Got me wondering about the choice of name: flood, water, pond, river... missysippi? 🤔 😄

Anita Dobson is married to Brian May of Queen, played Angie Watts, landlady of the Queen Vic; Rani is Queen in English. 🤔

Likely none of the tinfoil theories above. 😂

@Keysalagain There's a screenplay right there. 😄

Old Fashioned. 🥃

Two Ronnies Christmas special is on; it must be Christmas Day! 😉

Have a good one everyone. 🎄

'Love Actually'. Got to be done! 🎄🤘

So a few months ago I added some Xmas movies to my watchlist, that were avaliable to stream on Prime Video. Now it's Xmas Eve they are suddenly rent or buy only; good christian capitalists that they are...

This is why some have no moral conundrum with piracy.