Watching: The Night Before (2015) 📺

On Christmas eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.

Alcohol in the Hunter – more than 3000 treatments in a year | Newcastle Herald

The latest data shows 3306 “treatment periods” were sought for an alcohol problem in the region within a year.

The alcohol problem was followed by three illegal drugs. The data showed about 2223 “treatment periods” a year for amphetamines, 1739 for cannabis and 477 for heroin. 

This so-called “treatment period” refers to contact between a client and publicly-funded health service at government and non-government agencies.

Alcohol is clearly a huge issue here in Australia, and many other countries in the World, and whilst I think there is more and more education needed, I doubt that it will ever be an issue that gets solved as the Government makes so much money from it.

The other stat I find interesting is the number of people who entered into treatment for Cannabis. I bet that the vast majority of people who entered into a treatment “contract” did so to avoid a conviction being recorded against them as there is little to no evidence that cannabis causes issues anything like alcohol does.

Watching: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) 📺

A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.

Watching: South Park: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (S1.E9) 📺

The town is forced to remove anything that either has anything to do with Christmas or is offensive in the least bit to anyone. And Kyle tries to convince everyone of the existence of “Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo.”

Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🏻

Watching: The Meg (2018) 📺

After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

Watching: Bad Santa (2003) 📺

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

A Christmas classic It’s a little more inappropriate than I recall.

Watching: The Simpsons: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (S1.E1) 📺

The family is forced to spend all of their savings to get Bart’s new tattooo removed, and with no money Christmas, Homer is forced to become a store Santa.

Destructoid’s award for Best Switch Game of 2018 goes to…

This is something you can play for minutes at a time and come away satisfied, or during the length of an entire rainy day afternoon without feeling drained.

Added to my list of games to play.

Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone – Member Feature Stories

Here’s the thing: When I stopped instantly reacting to everyone else’s priorities, I got better at making time for the projects I believed were most important—even if they weren’t urgent or nobody was asking for them.

Good read, gave me a couple of ideas on how I could tweak my iPhone’s layout to better reflect where I’d prefer my attention should be.