Our favorite movies of the holiday season. A movie a day until December 25th! Dec. 1: Christmas Vacation (1989) – The Griswold family’s plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. Our rating: (9.5/10) Dec. 2: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) – An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman [...]

Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead. The Celtic peoples, who were once found all over Europe, divided the year by four major holidays. According to their calendar, the year began on a day corresponding to November 1st on our present calendar. The date marked the beginning of winter. [...]

A new video for the Halloween season.

Every year, we try to watch one horror movie a day leading up to Halloween. Each year we try to mix it up a little and watch something that we may have missed the previous year. So, since today officially kicks off our 31 days of Halloween movies, it’s time to dust off some dvd’s [...]

Fathers Day is supposed to be spent resting and relaxing. Sorry, resting and relaxing just isn’t in my blood. I did try to kick back and relax today, but that only lasted for about an hour. Instead, we took advantage of the awesome weather to do some things around the house. We cut and trimmed [...]