Archive for December 15th, 2025

Christmas is coming.

Monday, December 15th, 2025

I am officially on vacation as of today.

You know what that means, right?

Yes, it’s just not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from the Nakatomi Tower.

For what it’s worth, the tree is up (but the lights are not plugged in yet) and the inflatable Christmas Corgi is going in the front yard today.

I still have to get the car inspected. Yes, Texas did away with safety inspections at the first of this year. But I’m in an area that requires emissions testing prior to renewing your registration. And the shop I used to use for inspections no longer has an inspection technician: they redirected me to a quickie inspection place located behind a drive-through liquor and daiquiri stand up the road a piece. And that place is only open during the week…

Obit watch: December 15, 2025.

Monday, December 15th, 2025

Dave Ward, legendary Houston newscaster.

My family was a KPRC/Channel 2 family when I was growing up in Houston, but everyone was familiar with Dave Ward. Of course, this was back when there were only three channels…

For those in Houston, Ward was the chronicler of some of America’s most important history, including the space walk, the Vietnam and Middle East wars, and the “Luv Ya Blue” era of the Houston Oilers. He also interviewed five U.S. presidents.

Rob Reiner. I don’t know what to say about this: it seems to be a still breaking story, and the circumstances seem awful.

THR. IMDB. Roger Ebert’s review of “North”.