Here’s this week’s “Life as a Lemon” newsletter #33 - should’ve hit your inboxes this morning as long as you didn’t get too much snow last night. ❄️

I’m reluctant to say I’m going to pause for the holidays becuase the last time I paused, I took 2 years off writing it. 😆

“Holy forehead dad!”

#Selfie a day for a year, day 119, Dec 15, 2025 edition.

A man with glasses and gray hair is looking directly at the camera with a slightly raised eyebrow.

I kind of dig this new Buttondown feature where I can reply to a message from a subscriber right from the Buttondwon dashboard. 💌

If you want to watch the final ShopTalk Show episode together, it starts in about 5 minutes over here on their YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch

Xmas tree edition of my selfie a day for a year, day 118, Dec 14, 2025.

(I can claim no decoration credits other than carrying it up the stairs and assembling.)

A person wearing glasses stands in front of a decorated Christmas tree.

Birthday party pickups in what feels like a balmy -25C.

Selfie a day for a year, day 117, Dec 13, 2025 edition. #canada

A person wearing glasses and a red beanie is sitting inside a car, looking up at the car's interior light panel on the ceiling.

Wake Up Dead Man, 2025 - ★★★★½

Watched on Saturday December 13, 2025.

School pickups on -30C days.

Selfie a day for a year, day 116, Dec 12, 2025 edition. #winter

A person wearing a red beanie and glasses is sitting in the driver's seat of a car, looking at the camera.

Die Hard, 1988 - ★★★½

Watched on Friday December 12, 2025.

Does nobody at Descript ever have to stop editing a project and come back to it? There doesn’t seem to ever be any “here’s where you left off” tracking in any of my projects—hence the need for a “HEY CHRIS EDIT HERE” reminder in the script that might get left in the transcript on export.