Each Christmas I’m reminded how lousy I am at gift wrapping, despite having worked in retail in my younger days. Embarrassed and infuriating, though I suppose the customers had bigger reason to complain.

Finally installed in the new house. This kids have been antsy for a few days, but are finding their feet. Today they didn’t wake up before 8, and we’ve slathered every surface in Christmas lights. I feel like I can breathe easy (well, easier) again.

Based on Prometheus and Star Trek: Into Darkness, I instantly dismissed Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen sequel when I first read about it, but wow, is it ever good.

the Mountain Goats on fine form at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo tonight.

Just got back from Joker, and still unsure of how I feel about it. Initial thought: it’s to 1970’s grit what Sin City was to noir.

It’s fascinating how Twitter manages to get worse as it goes along. Now other people’s likes show up in my feed. Why?!

Høyesteretts plass, Oslo

Imagine being the person who handed Neil LaBute a bunch of money to rip off Lost.

A nice moon.

[Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: – Benjamin L. Corey](https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/)

Looks like Donald Trump is almost certainly the biblical anti-Christ. So if you’re a Christian and _love_ him, your ass ain’t getting raptured.