Hump Day & Chill

Goodbye 2021
Sarah Michelle Gellar

It's the last Hump Day & Chill of 2021, that's correct Minions 2022 is just around the corner, this Friday to be exact...Yikes!

Thus headed into the new year I truly wanted something that made me feel chill. Sarah Michelle Gellar drinking wine in the great outdoors nails that vibe for me.

Visions of a year with more tranquility dance through my head imagining that I am there with her, right here, right now.

I am definitely with her in spirit that's for sure!

So Hump Day & Chill Sarah Michelle style. Say "Yes" to wine and the great outdoors, and reset yourself...you'll thank me later!

Sarah Michelle on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/sarahmgellar/?hl=en 

Who Wears Short Shorts

A Man After My Own Heart
Kevin Hart

I stopped immediately in my snow tracks upon seeing Kevin Hart out and about in Aspen, CO bundled from the waist up, yet from the waist down wearing shorts, well, in the snow, naturally.

Kevin is a man after my own heart (pun intended) for years, and presently, I always keep it thermal from the waist up, yet prefer to wear shorts in frigid temps as well.

Yeah, I've weathered my share of comments about it (as I am sure Kevin has too) but who cares, I love it!!!

Something about the cold air on my skin exhilarates me! Not to mention shorts are simply so damned comfortable.

What's that you say? Why don't I go lighter in the covering department on my upper half? Well Minions it's because I genuinely get cold from the waist up when the temperature drops. From the waist down I can take it and am good to go.

Clear and sunny with a side of chilly temperatures really make for an awesome winter day IMO. "Yes" I left out the "H" because there is nothing humble about this opinion...

Pants on the ground!

Kevin on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/kevinhart4real/?hl=en  

Tutti Frutti

My Fruitcake Brings All The Boys To The Yard...
Pee Wee Herman

Guess what today is Minions? If you haven't figured it out already it's National Fruitcake Day! 

Have any of you out there had Fruitcake? I know it is real, but I have never seen one or had one during the Holiday Season. Fruitcake is like a Unicorn to me, mythical. 

Anyway in honor of this unique day I am serving up nostalgia Pee Wee Herman style. Remember his Christmas Special where everyone kept giving him Fruitcake as a gift and he put them to good use by having hunky construction workers build a new wing on to the Playhouse made of mass quantities of them?

Well I do and that's what the image above is for the potentially uninitiated of you Minions.

So bend it like Pee Wee and celebrate today with one, or many Fruitcakes and please send some my way while you are at it I need to get a taste of that sometime...

Fork Drop!

National Fruitcake Day on the WWW -

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/december-27-2021-national-fruitcake-day-twelve-days-of-christmas/ 

It's Puffer Time!

Getting Puffer With It!
Goldie Hawn

Twas the day after Christmas and all through the streets of Aspen, CO Goldie Hawn was strutting around in her Maroon Puffer Jacket (say that three times fast!)

Hey what else is one supposed to do in an oversized puffer, dance?! 

Well another Christmas has come and gone Minions and here we are all puffered up with nowhere to be. 

So let's join Goldie today and do a post Christmas strut shall we?

We shall, over and over again...Yes!!!

Goldie on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/goldiehawn/?hl=en  

All I Want For Christmas...

Michael Shinafelt

Merry Christmas Minions! I decided to cave to peer pressure and Mariah Carey my ass to commemorate Christmas 2021. 

Why not, this year while being somewhat better than last, has still had it's many challenges but there is always one thing that has been constant: Mariah Carey crooning All I Want For Christmas Is You!!!

Like the song, find it annoying or if you're just plain indifferent it's the one thing you can always count on in this unsure world. Honestly there's a certain amount of comfort in things you can rely on these days.

What do I want for Christmas? Honestly for everyone to have their health first and foremost, and that each and every one of you find something that makes your heart sing in 2022.

Also: "May your never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas eve"

Celebrate with Me here -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt

Film Buff Friday: My Stepmother Is An Alien

"Basinger proves here, as she did in 'Blind Date,' that she has a natural gift for slapstick... Aykroyd falls in love with her - not because she looks sexy, but because she makes him laugh. I had much the same reaction."

     —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

He married a girl from out of town... Way out of town. Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters), Kim Basinger (The Nice Guys) and Jon Lovitz (Southland Tales) star in a fish-out-of-water comedy with a sci-fi twist that questions whether a romance between two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart can ever work. When widowed astronomer Steve Mills (Aykroyd) inadvertently causes a gravitational disruption in deep space, a race of hyper-advanced alien lifeforms sends one of their own to investigate, disguised in the alluring human form of Celeste (Basinger). Tasked with seducing the lovelorn Steve in a bid to gain access to his scientific research, Celeste finds herself falling for the man she's been sent to swindle. But they've not counted on Steve's young daughter Jessie (Alyson Hannigan, TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who's none too thrilled by the prospect of a new mother - especially not one from another planet. Funny and touching in equal measure, My Stepmother is an Alien is an offbeat and at times surprisingly risqué comedy that confirms the adage that what unites us is far greater than what divides us... even if what divides us happens to be an entire galaxy.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original lossless 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by critic Bryan Reesman
• Cosmetic Encounters: Directing My Stepmother is An Alien, a brand new interview with director Richard Benjamin
• Original trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Amanda Reyes

Order Here -

https://mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV391

Michael's Musings

"When I Looked In His Eyes,
They Were Blue But Nobody Home?"
Michael Shinafelt

"Scary Monster, Super Creeps, Keep Me Running, Running Scared" Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie 

Ho, ho, ho - "Yes" I am calling all of you Ho's please don't get it twisted this is not meant in a Santa sort of way. What's that you say? Between the David Bowie lyrics and the name calling I'm not being very Christmasy? 

Well this is a matter of interpretation and I'm not going to explain myself. It's my column and I'll do what I want to! Ahhhhhhh, the magic of the season!

Note To Self: Don't argue with people who should have been swallowed, the more you know

If you're out and about shopping today be nice to retail workers. It's not their fault you waited until Mary's water broke to shop

Dramatically flaying puppets are my jam

Santa's Lot (think about it, but not too much)

Last year for Christmas I got a sweater. This Year I want a screamer or a moaner...

Take the risk, or lose the chance 

Scream just turned 25 years old on December 20th. "Yes" I remember seeing it opening weekend, I am older than you.

Giving a shout out to Commander - Woof!

Woman Crush of the Week - Sharon Tate. No explanation needed, and none will be given.

Please help me understand the gnome market

Some people have very strong opinions about tank tops

Wouldn't it be fun if the elves went on strike and Santa hired evil scab leprechauns? Asking for a friend...

FYI Polio and smallpox never reached heard immunity they were eradicated by vaccines

I'm gonna open strange doors, that we'll never close again

Go through them with me here -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt