Movie Time

By Jamie44, a Trail Mix Contributor

We are getting to the end of the year. What movies have you actually gone to a theater or on line to see? So far, because we are a movie family, this is the list:

  • Logan
  • Dunkirk
  • The Greatest Showman
  • Darkest Hour
  • Mudbound
  • Florida Project

Of those likely to get Academy nominations I still haven’t seen:

  • Three Billboards
  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Shape of Water
  • Get Out
  • Lady Bird

Anybody care to put in their two cents worth on what they have seen and loved or not?

[Craig — We saw Darkest Hour over the holiday, great for history buffs. Always good to remember that without Churchill, Hitler might have won. Also, All The Money In The World — You would never know Christopher Plummer was a last minute replacement. He stole the show!]

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Quixotic minds are asking quizzical questions 

By PatD, a Trail Mix Contributor

Latest @isikoff makes one wonder: Is Trump’s “witch hunt” crusade really about protecting Russians from his own FBI?

Wonder why @FoxNews seems so eager to protect Russians from the FBI? #FoxNews

Wonder why Rep @Jim_Jordan seems so eager to protect the Russians from the FBI?

Why wonder about the obvious?

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It’s That Special Time of the Year Again

By PatD, a Trail Mix Contributor

If it’s December 23rd you better watch out you’d better not cry, it’s Festivus!

The slogan of Festivus is “A Festivus for the rest of us!” The usual holiday tradition of a tree is manifested in an unadorned aluminum pole, which is in direct contrast to normal holiday materialism. Those attending Festivus may also participate in the “Airing of Grievances” which is an opportunity to tell others how they have disappointed you in the past year, followed by a Festivus dinner, and then completed by the “Feats of Strength” where the head of the household must be pinned.

All of these traditions are based upon the events in a Seinfeld episode. Strangely enough, our Festivus traditions also have roots that pre-date Seinfeld, as it began in the household of Dan O’Keefe, a television writer who is credited for writing the Seinfeld episode.

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