As we count down the days toward Christmas, I wanted each day to share a tidbit of my own best Christmas memories. Today’s entry is my hero from The Year Without a Santa Claus: Snow Miser. He won my heart as a child, and I infinitely preferred him to Heat Miser. To this day, I’m far more inclined to cold than heat.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Two Movies I MUST See
When I was a kid, I saw Star Wars for the first time in 1977, and I kept going back to the theatre to watch it again. I don’t remember how many times I saw it (and each visit was a big deal, because my parents had to get me to the theatre, and we had to pay for a ticket every time) but I think it was something like 18 times.
Tuesday’s Christmas Carol
As we count down the days toward Christmas, I wanted each day to share a tidbit of my own best Christmas memories. Today’s entry is the Christmas character with whom I can most closely identify: the Grinch. Here is one of the greatest holiday songs ever made:
Monday’s Christmas Carol
As we count down the days toward Christmas, I wanted each day to share a tidbit of my own best Christmas memories.
Today’s entry is the start of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Back when I was a kid (pre-Roku, pre-DVD, pre-VHS) it was a big deal when this came on. My mom would cut out from the newspaper the announcement as to what time and on what station it would play and tape it to the television so I was sure not to miss it.
This clip features a favorite line of mine: “Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you’re the Charlie Brown-iest.”
Give Me More Boring
Back on October 16th, Dennis “the menace” Gartman – – who inexplicably is on CNBC constantly – – declared that the rest of 2015 would be “boring” for crude oil. Let’s check out the snooze-fest:
