Still at the old family homestead with a painfully slow Internet connection… and I’ve spent the day setting up the new computer that I bought for the family… including transferring over a ton of old files from the old machine (which is still running Vista… and I use the term “running” loosely… it’s more like a leisurely saunter). So, another short vlog today, being uploaded late, and only making it online thanks to my phone’s data plan.

Yes, technology continues to conspire against me. Yes, it’s very frustrating. Yes, I will be doing a Star Wars: The Force Awakens review vlog at some point before the end of the year… at least I plan to. (Short version: Go see it as soon as you can.)

Hope everyone’s enjoying their holiday. I’m here for another couple of days before I head south again (back to the land of decent Internet speeds).

Anyway, check out today’s vlog…

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The slow Internet connection here continues to taunt me.

Uploading this video via the DSL network here would have taken over an hour.

The infrastructure in this area leaves a bit to be desired.

But! It’s Christmas, so I got off to a late start even putting this thing together… because I was busy putting other things together. Like the computer I got for my sister and her family.

The whole day was spent with family. Brunch, watching people water skiing on a lake that’s normally frozen solid around now, putting that computer together, finally getting home again. All the normal things.

Good times, all around.

Check some of it out in today’s vlog.

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I had planned something a little fancier for the Christmas Eve post. Unfortunately, it never got any father than the planning stage.

So, instead, you get a wee photo montage of absolutely ancient Christmas pictures from an old family album.

Because that’s all I’m going to have time to do before I had to head out to the annual family Christmas Eve get-together.

Tomorrow is Christmas. There will be a vlog. I have no idea just yet if I’m going to be able to pull off what I have in mind… but we’ll see.

This slow upload speed here is killing me. Almost as much as the slow download speed. I forget sometimes how spoiled I am. (My phone connects at about ten times the wired speed here.)

Hope all of you are having a fantastic Christmas Eve (or, y’know, a great Thursday evening).

Take a minute (literally) and watch through today’s vlog.

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Final round of songs!

Go back and check out parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The final bunch are some more fun songs. Some a little edgier than others.

• All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
• Jingle Hells Bells
• Yingle Bells
• I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
• Fairytale of New York

So, that’s 25 songs that I really dig in the Christmas season. Of course there are plenty more. But these are the ones that made the list this year (and have been on the playlist I created a while back for years now).

Let me know what else you’d like to see on the list… what are your favorites? What ones can’t you stand?

Watch me go on about this batch in today’s vlog and then talk to me about your holiday songs!

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Back to the music! This time, stuff that’s just plain silly!

This is part 4, so be sure to go back and check out parts 1, 2, and 3 to get the whole list.

Today I’m on the road–making the trip north to spend Christmas with my family. I’m pretty sure one or two of these will come up in my playlist. Some are more classic than others, but I get a good laugh out of all of them.

• The Chipmunk Song
• I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
• I’m Gettin Nuttin for Christmas
• Rusty Chevrolet
• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Yeah, they’re not all to everyone’s taste… and they certainly can very quickly get overplayed… but there’s something in these songs that triggers some sort of reaction from everyone (usually a positive one… usually…).

Watch me go on a big about why I love them in today’s vlog.

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