fatman movie

 this afternoon i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'fatman'. i recognized mel gibson in it. this was a santa claus story, although by no means a 'feel-good' story. it is about santa having to take on a military contract when his business has declined. i have seen better movies than this one. a big part of the storyline is a rich kid used to getting his way hiring an assassin to kill santa. the ending kind of saved the movie for me, although it reminded me a little too much of 'frosty the snowman'. watching this movie was moved back as i wanted to watch some other things first, on TV. first there was an iowa hawkeye basketball game on CBS, against gonzaga, at a neutral site-sioux falls, south dakota. iowa lost 99-88. then there was the big ten championship (football), ohio state beat northwestern 22-10. for the latter i switched over once the former was done, and the second half had just started. ohio state was trailing, 10-6, at the time. before the basketball game started, i checked my post office box and nothing was there, but i had picked up two items two days earlier. no e-bay orders yet, but this time of year i am told to expect delays. then it was to the holiday gas station and i got lunch that was heated up later, string cheese, corn dog, hash brown. in the evening i went to the aldi grocery store for my weekly order and had dinner after getting back. after i had finished dinner i watched one of my four christmas specials on DVD, 'frosty the snowman'. i think it had been a while since i had watched it, as i didn't recall it had a 'bonus episode', 'frosty returns'. later on i went on a walk and picked up 52 cents. i also made a list of upcoming events, or errands to run. after seeing some more college football today, it got me thinking about the bowl game schedule. some schools have opted out of a bowl game this season, and some bowl games are canceled due to the pandemic. one article said 12 bowl games have been canceled. the most notable of those is the sun bowl in el paso, as it began play in the 1930s. two others- including the rose bowl- have had a change of venue. articles found online are projecting iowa to go to the citrus or outback bowls. the bowl game matchups will likely be announced this weekend.