Saturday potpourri

Older son is home and we just spend about an hour this morning watching a YouTube video about comically bad AI depictions of Jesus. This is the type of content I'd never see if he wasn't home.

This post will just be a potpourri of different subjects.

On a whim, I checked out of the library Alex Van Halen's new memoir Brothers, which is primarily about his relationship with his kid brother Eddie Van Halen. Perhaps you've heard of him. I am only about 1/4 of the way through the book, but am enjoying it so far. Alex, along with bassist Michael Anthony, always seemed like the quiet guys in Van Halen (the band), so I didn't know what to expect from this book (though I had heard Alex Van Halen interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air and I found him pretty engaging. He comes across as thoughtful and conversational in the book, and clearly loved his little brother.

Expect a "1984 albums in review" about Van Halen's appropriately titled 1984. I will try to get that out in the next few days.

Changing subjects, I heard the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" today and I had this sudden revelation that this song might exist in the same universe as "Santa Baby." In "Santa Baby," the mother wants some sexy time with Santa (it might be her husband/lover dressed as Santa or maybe it's the real Santa). In "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," the child wakes up and sneaks downstairs only to see Mommy and Santa engaged in sexy time. We can only hope it's only kissing at this point and nothing more graphic, otherwise this poor kid might spend years in therapy.

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