Does anyone remember this vintage blog about family xmas drinking?
September 3, 2020 9:34 AM Subscribe
I remember but cannot find a link to an old and entertaining weblog -- and I'm just interested in his yearly holiday photo albums.
Random details I remember:
- I think he posted these once a year for a few years in a row.
- Heavy holiday drinking, and photos to back it up.
- Family shenanigans included the father digging out some old Halloween costumes and making people wear them.
- Mother made jello shots once.
- Stepbrother went fishing stoned and maybe in a yellow raincoat.
- I may have mentioned lots of family drinking together.
- Southern?
- One year he posted a series of photos of weird little holiday knickknacks his mom had around the house, portraying them in an unflattering light. (This is the thing I want to laugh about again. He called one of them a homunculus. I have recently Googled "christmas homunculus" and cannot recommend it.)
It was really funny, I swear.
Random details I remember:
- I think he posted these once a year for a few years in a row.
- Heavy holiday drinking, and photos to back it up.
- Family shenanigans included the father digging out some old Halloween costumes and making people wear them.
- Mother made jello shots once.
- Stepbrother went fishing stoned and maybe in a yellow raincoat.
- I may have mentioned lots of family drinking together.
- Southern?
- One year he posted a series of photos of weird little holiday knickknacks his mom had around the house, portraying them in an unflattering light. (This is the thing I want to laugh about again. He called one of them a homunculus. I have recently Googled "christmas homunculus" and cannot recommend it.)
It was really funny, I swear.
Best answer: I think the blog is no more, but there's a book: https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Indignities-Patrick-Hughes/dp/B005M4TBPE
posted by Don Pepino at 10:03 AM on September 3, 2020
posted by Don Pepino at 10:03 AM on September 3, 2020
Response by poster: YES! I knew someone would remember this insanity. Thank you so much!
posted by theredpen at 10:20 AM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by theredpen at 10:20 AM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The web doesn't forget - the Wayback machine has copies
posted by zenon at 11:26 AM on September 3, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by zenon at 11:26 AM on September 3, 2020 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Wayback machine URL for Christmas 2008
posted by Homer42 at 1:53 PM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Homer42 at 1:53 PM on September 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
The Wayback machine has has another blog by the same person "In which Bad News Hughes transforms himself from a grotty, slimy caterpillar into a creepy, dusty moth."
posted by Homer42 at 1:57 PM on September 3, 2020
posted by Homer42 at 1:57 PM on September 3, 2020
Response by poster: Dear Patrick, on the extremely off chance that you see this here, I am very sorry for focusing only on your holiday albums -- I forgot that you had a lot of other great stuff as well. Thanks for many laughs. Wish I could find you on Twitter.
posted by theredpen at 10:28 AM on September 4, 2020
posted by theredpen at 10:28 AM on September 4, 2020
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posted by Don Pepino at 9:58 AM on September 3, 2020 [2 favorites]