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Gulf Coast culture, Horror Fillums, Saints football. ⚜️⚜️⚜️
Kook. 🤙🏄‍♂️
Tiki. 🌺🗿🍹
Haint. 👻💀🎃

4th Generation Union Organizer and Railroad Man. ✊️
Have you ever seen Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)?

It is wild.

I realized a few years ago that my mental picture of the North Pole comes from this movie.

Also, The Big Lebowski stars as Santa.

And some laughable amounts of product placement.
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Last year, I bought the Smurfs Christmas special dvd for like $3.

There's 2 of them on here, and this second one must have been after I quit watching as a kid.

There's like a hillbilly one, and a Tarzan one. And oh shit, a really old one.

The ridiculousness of it is cracking me up.
a group of smurfs are walking around a christmas tree
Alt: a group of smurfs are walking around a christmas tree
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December 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Yall know what time it is.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A little late, but this is my first off day since Thanksgiving.

Better late than never, right?
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This isn't too bad, at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
2 years ago today, the best songwriter since Hank Sr. passed away.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Saints fall to 2-10. I try to stay optimistic, but it's been quite awhile since they had such a bad record.

One day, they'll be good again, but I am getting old. Us greybeards don't have forever.

⚜️
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Did you know you can set youtube videos on repeat?

I didn't. But once I found out, I've been putting the Muppet Family Christmas w/ Commercials on repeat just before I fall asleep.

I am blaming my nominal Thanksgiving weight gain on this commercial, specifically.

youtu.be/U1yAbkX_Jxs?...
M & M's - "Another Chocolate Season" (Commercial, 1984)
YouTube video by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yall know I'm Who Dat Nation for life, but I ain't gonna lie, that Bears locker room video is lit af.

Got me pumped up to go do something other than the railroad, anyway.

Hope they go all the way this year. 🐻

⚜️ I still get hype watching the Brees pregame huddles:
youtu.be/WRUVESHmmjY?...
Best of Drew Brees Pregame Huddles
YouTube video by New Orleans Saints
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November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Damn yall. Two blustery, insistent hangovers in one week. My liver is mad af.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Welp, Santa by on Macy's, so it's officially Christmas season.

I made this gif for yall.
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The art for this rice didn't need to go this hard, but I'm so glad it did.

I've been buying this rice for years, based purely on this.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I used to ask this during the Holidays over on the twitter, but here it is again:

What booze do you put in egg nog?
a man is drinking from a cup in a restaurant .
Alt: Clark Griswold is guzzling some nog
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November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Does Barber's egg nog still exist? The mid century vibes of this carton are off the charts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My electric knife, knowing its one day a year to shine is almost here:
snoopy is dancing on a red background while holding a bone .
Alt: snoopy is dancing on a red background while holding a bone .
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November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh hell yeh, Mark Hamill is on this bitch. And killing it, apparently!
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by Bayou Babylon
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.

#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oowee. Hungover as a mug now. I am an idiot.
Wea m are ready ti trim a tree
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Gumbo season
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Wea m are ready ti trim a tree
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
iykyk

Gettin ready bebe
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff.

I know we all know the Harder They Come soundtrack, and it is a wondrous and insanely influential record, but if you've never really looked into his earlier stuff, today might be a good day to reflect.

One of my favorites:

youtu.be/NWvhX1tuxZo?...
Hurricane Hattie - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by Emiliano Espinoza Espinosa
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November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Saints Gameday, Who Dat Nation. ⚜️
Our hated rivals, the Falcons, who represent the landlocked giant Atlanta, whose greatest cultural export is Outkast (whom I still listen to occasionally). 😂

It's been a fairly miserable season, but there's been a few glimmers of hope for a better future. ⚜️
a logo for the new orleans saints that says whoo oat
Alt: a logo for the new orleans saints that says whoo oat
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November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Garfield Thanksgiving time.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our 3 year old niece, who lives 8 hours away in North Bama, is super into Mardi Gras. I think her mom has shown her pics and youtube videos.

So my wife, a saint, purchased this vintage 1987 Mardi Gras Barbie for her for Christmas.
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM