Uncle Ed's Holiday Reports Part 3: Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Well it is now time for another report about a popular Holiday. I actually have a lot to say about Christmas but I suspect my young niece and nephew may read this so I am going to leave some of what I know out of this report.

Christmas is actually a compound word for Christ's Mass. Back in the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church started celebrating this holiday by having mass in honor of Christ's birth. In reality, I believe it was just an excuse to have a festival and get drunk but I am not sure about that. When  the protestant reformation occurred the areas of Europe and later America that they controlled would outlaw the celebration of Christmas because of its close ties to the Catholic Church. It wasn't until the 1800s that Christians in America at least started to celebrate the holiday despite its origins.

Which brings me to this silly debate on the attack on Christmas. Yes, there is an attack on
Christmas by mostly Atheists. But their reasons for getting rid of the holiday are not the same as the Protestants' reasons. The Protestants were outlawing it because it was a Catholic holiday and their claims about that church were that the Catholics were a cult (for lack of a better term. I don't know what their exact claim was out of the top of my head but that pretty much describes it). During this time wars were fought between these two faction of the same faith. And both the Catholic Church and the Protestants were very territorial in nature and anyone living in these areas had to be of that faith whether they wanted to or not.

The atheists have only one goal and that is to stop having Christianity in the world period. They even have claimed that the reason to celebrate this season is Winter not the birth of the savior. They want to celebrate Snow! instead of a living God. I shake my head every time I hear that because it is just silly. And if you look at what they say is the reason to celebrate the season; and what the wiccans say is the reason for the season; and if you are saved you will have to wonder what's going on here?

Well that wraps up this holiday report. I will be back somewhere around February 14 to talk about Valentine's Day.

Saved by the Bell Season 3 Review Part 2

Okay, I am back with a review of more episodes of Saved by the Bell. This time another portion of Season 3 is receiving the review. This bunch comes from the second disk of the seasons 3 and 4 box set. It contains 6 episodes. I’ll talk about each episode and then my thoughts on them as a group.

Episode 7: The Game (F):

            Zack wants a specific car. Mr. Carosi wants a winning volleyball team to beat North Beach. They make a deal. One that almost backfires when a new hire is injured and his replacement backs out (although you still see him playing a little bit later, weird). Stacy plays to keep them from having to forfeit for having few players (although they were a player short to begin with because they needed six and only had five. Lisa was a member and didn’t play). And the gang wins the game and Zack gets a car already gas.

Episode 8: Operation Zack (F):

            All I have to say is stay away from Mr. Belding and a door when in the boys’ dressing room or you may have to have an operation on your knee, too. And don’t worry Screech has an uncle who is an attorney who can help you sue for the school (which is own by the school board). This is the gist of the episode.

Episode 9: 4^th of July (F):

            Members vs. Staff games; the Miss Liberty Pageant; and a dance preceding fireworks, what could possibly go wrong? Slater loses to Lisa in the obstacle course; Mr. Carosi and his buddy cheat in the wheel barrel race; Zack votes fairly in the Miss Liberty Pageant giving Kelly the win instead of Stacy who he actually likes. But all is forgiven when Kelly straightens Stacy out on not always believing what Screech tells her.

Episodes 10 and 11: The Wicked Step-brother Parts 1 and 2 (F):

            I am doing these two together because they are a two parter and I want to condense this post as much as possible. Okay, Jessie’s mom gets married again and she gets a step-brother who is a worse schemer than Zack. But it isn’t his schemes that get Zack and Slater in trouble but their own but all ends well.”

Episode 12: Check Your Mate (F):

            Screech is the star of the team, chess team that is and Zack and Slater use this to make themselves money but it almost gets their school disqualified from the All-City Chess Finals because of a bet Zack and Slater make with the Valley team. But in the end Screech wins even without his lucky beret.

            I really love these episodes. Now in future posts I am going to explain what I would like to see in a Saved by the Bell reunion movie if they ever do one but leading up to that I am going to say I think Zack should be in advertising because he is an excellent promoter. Think about all the episodes in which he is selling or promoting something. That’s advertising. Well that is all I got to say about these episodes. I’ll be back soon with the last bunch of Season 3 episodes and the Season 4 episodes.

Saved By the Bell Season 3 Review Part 2 Update

I am watching the remaining episodes of season 3 Disk 2 right now. But I am about to pack my computer up for my trip so I will not be posting my review tonight as I originally wanted too. However, I will be typing it up in the morning and posting it as soon as I get internet again (probably be at my sister's house on Monday). So please watch for it.

December Updates

Okay, I am going to post some updates.

1. The next season of postings for Bite Me v.7 is coming in Mid-January at the earliest. I still don't know how long this story will be and when I will even go back to typing it. With constant problems occurring with my computer, there is no telling when I will go back to type again. Plus, the Christmas season is here and I am preparing for that. Plus, all the shows I am watching every night takes up my time too. Even though most of them are having their mid-season finales right now so some time will be freed up until about January but we'll see. What I have written through chapter 29, I hope will keep you readers interested for now when I do start posting. Hopefully, chapter 30 will be done by the time I put up Chapter 29 so you can have an epic mid-season finale around Easter time but we'll see.

2. Saved by the Bell Reviews- I am learning just how hard it is to do these reviews. I have to actually watch these episodes in order to do a review of them and that takes time since there are so many to watch.  But I will be putting up Season 3 parts 2 and 3 real soon and then on to seasons 4 and 5. I hope to have all of Saved by the Bell done by the end of the year so I can go back to watching Dallas beginning in January.

3. Dallas Reviews- They should return by the end of January with my thoughts on Season 4.

4. Holiday Reports- I will be doing one on Christmas. Look for it maybe next week.

5. Weekly Blog Entries- I don't think these will return anytime soon because I don't have any other ideas to talk about.

6. Other Stories- I do want to post stories other than Bite Me. And I have ideas for titles but I just need to have a computer of some sort that I can trust will work 100% before I can commit to trying to write more than one story and I have to make sure I don't confuse myself when writing these stories and get the plots mixed up.

7. Movie Reviews- I will be seeing the new Captain America Movie in May and maybe one or two others before then if a title pops out that I want to go see.

Well that is all for now. I'll have more updates for you when I think about something I want to say.