Tonight, longtime paranormal radio host and talk-show giant Clyde Lewis gave his fans an update on social media after what sounds like an absolutely terrifying week. Clyde revealed that he developed kidney failure, and he’s been going through a whole lineup of medical procedures and treatments — including dialysis — just to stabilize things.
He said that today was the first day he actually felt well, at least compared to the previous ones. And honestly, watching him talk, you could see it in his face. He looked shaken. Scared. Vulnerable. But really… wouldn’t any of us be?
Anyone who has ever gone through a kidney crisis, or liver or kidney failure of any form, knows exactly what Clyde meant when he described it as a “dark feeling.” It’s not just physical. It hits emotionally, mentally, spiritually — all at once. It takes a toll most people can’t understand unless they’ve lived it.
Despite everything, Clyde is still Clyde. He even managed to sneak in a joke that his ex-wife called him, and that he’s been getting visited and checked on by a number of people. That humor — that spark — is what fans love about him.
And speaking of fans, people everywhere are just grateful that he’s finally on the other side of whatever the worst part of this ordeal was. We miss him. We want him back behind the mic. But his health comes first — it’s the most important thing.
So until he’s strong enough to return, all we can do is keep him in our thoughts, send good energy, and keep him in our prayers.
Get well soon, Clyde. The airwaves aren’t the same without you.
So here’s the thing: I’ve been a “Stranger Things” fan since 2016, and let’s face it, that first season dropped us right into a perfect little 1983 time capsule. Back then, it looked and felt like the ’80s through and through.. like you could almost smell the mall food court and hear the rustle of a D&D manual. But as the show went on, the production got glossier, and it lost a bit of that old-school aura that made it feel like a true time warp.
Enter Season 5 and this little gem called “The Squawk” radio station.
I stumbled on it through the TuneIn app, and it’s like stepping into a bubble of 1988 all over again. They’ve actually built out a full-on 1980s-style broadcast, right down to the DJs and the vintage audio processing. Listening to it while out for a walk or driving around is great background noise but it goes further than that for me and others… it’s a whole mood. I can practically see my eight-year-old self heading to the mall for a He-Man figure or riding the school bus with this playing in the background. It’s pure, immersive nostalgia in a way I didn’t even realize I missed.
Let’s be honest, the show’s early seasons really leaned into that gritty ’83 vibe, and some of that faded as the CGI and polish ramped up. But “The Squawk” is like a little gift to us fans who miss that pure, old-school feeling. It’s our chance to time travel again, even if it’s just for a little while, before Hawkins and all its quirky corners fade away.
And fade away it may.. Word is this station will vanish on January 1, 2026. Maybe when Hawkins itself does?
Either way.. there are countless fans already being made to feel good enough vibes that they do not want it to be gone. And neither do we..
So let’s set out a mission to SAVE THE SQUAWK.. Keep this station.. we will even allow for bid name product placements.. calling all ad people, find your famous ads from the late 80s and play them here. Generate some revenue.. This station is so amazing, a step back in time, that it can become a part of your life in mere minutes.. It will be sad when *if??* it goes..
So if you haven’t checked it out yet, definitely tune in and take that nostalgia ride. It’s like a love letter to the ’80s that we didn’t even know we needed again.. beyond even Stranger Things, it is tapping into a simpler time that we also did not know we needed–and that we forgot existed.
The FAA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) for certain Airbus 319 and A320/A321 airplanes due to potential failures of on-board control systems due to problems created by geomagnetic storms. The EAD requires replacing or modifying the software that controls the airplanes’ elevator ailerons, a critical part of the plane that controls an aircraft’s roll or banking. According to the EAD, operators must perform the work before the airplane flies again by midnight tonight. The EAD also prohibits installing the affected software on any aircraft
I just want to take a quick moment to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.
I’m thankful for the folks who read, the folks who reach out, and even the quiet ones who never say a word but still stop by. If you fall into that last group, don’t be a stranger—look me up, say hello.
Life is tough. We’re all in this together. Life is short, too, so let’s soak up the sun where we can, eat a little more than we should, and grab every bit of life that’s offered while we’re here.
Give thanks for what you have, and try not to envy what someone else has—you never know, they might not even like it themselves.
Stranger Things 5: From “Uh Oh…” to “Okay, I’m All In Again”
Stranger Things season 5 (at least the first part of it) is officially here. The first four episodes dropped Thanksgiving Eve, 8 p.m. Eastern, and the internet did what the internet does best: tried to watch all at once and briefly broke Netflix. We’re told the service crashed under the weight of Hawkins hype, though to be fair it seemed like it was back up and running pretty quickly.
What struck me more than the outage, though, was how Netflix released it. That 8 p.m. drop made it feel almost like a live event. For once, instead of silently dropping a season at 3 a.m. and letting everyone binge at random times, Netflix basically said: “Okay, everybody sit down, we’re pressing play together.” Volume 1 on Thanksgiving Eve, Volume 2 on Christmas, the finale on New Year’s Eve — it’s like they rebuilt appointment TV inside the streaming world.
And honestly? That part felt kind of magical.
For a few hours, it really did feel like all of us, scattered around the world, were sitting down at the same time, in the same virtual living room, watching Stranger Things together. That’s something TV used to do really well before streaming turned everything into “watch whenever you get around to it.”
The Rough Start
Now, let me be completely honest: the first couple of episodes had me nervous.
I found myself wincing at some clunky lines, a few goofy setups, and character beats that just felt… off. There are moments in episodes 1 and 2 where it almost feels like we missed a memo on who certain people are now. Motivations didn’t always line up, and some of the humor landed like it was beamed in from a completely different show.
Episode 2 throws in a new disappearance and, yes, I’ll give you one spoiler: the Wheeler family house gets absolutely wrecked. It’s chaotic and big and loud, but at the same time I caught myself thinking, “Wait, are we doing this just to do it, or does this really serve the story?”
Then comes episode 3 and suddenly I’m wondering if I accidentally switched over to Narnia for a bit. There’s a tonal shift in places that made me feel like I was watching an entirely different fantasy universe — not necessarily bad, but disorienting when you’ve lived in Hawkins this long.
So at that point, my mental scorecard looked like this:
Excitement for being back in this world: high.
Faith in the writing: slipping.
Confusion about certain characters: very present.
Episode 4 Brings It Home
And then we hit episode 4, and things suddenly snap back into focus.
The pacing tightens. The emotional beats start landing again. Threads that felt random in episodes 1–3 begin to weave together into something that resembles the Stranger Things we signed up for years ago.
Vecna returns with a kind of brutality that honestly surprised me. The show has always had its fair share of horror, but this round feels more graphic and gratuitous than I remember from prior seasons. Not unwatchable, but definitely more intense. It’s like the Duffer Brothers decided, “If this is the end, we’re not pulling any punches.”
The shaky, try-hard humor that kept popping up earlier? Pretty much gone by the end of episode 4. The stakes feel high, the danger feels real, and the tone finally matches the enormity of what’s supposed to be happening in Hawkins and beyond.
By the time the credits rolled on that fourth episode, I went from: “Uh oh, did they lose it?” to “Okay. There it is. That’s Stranger Things.”
Streaming, But Make It Old School
What really sticks with me isn’t just the plot, though — it’s the way Netflix engineered this to be part binge, part throwback.
Releasing four episodes at night, attached to a holiday, at a time when most people are home and able to watch together? That’s smart. Releasing the next chunk on Christmas and saving the finale for New Year’s Eve only doubles down on that “shared event” feeling. This isn’t just something you catch up on whenever; it’s being built into the calendar of your life.
And we leaned into it. We watched all four episodes in one shot. We complained about the weak spots. We rolled our eyes at the odd character choices. But we also yelled at the screen, pointed at clues, and sat in shocked silence when Vecna reminded us what kind of monster he really is.
Where I’m At Now
I don’t think “BYLER” is going to be a thing.. And I really hope that they give Joyce more character development beyond just screaming her child’s name randomly.. And Hopper? That goes back to that weird character development with the exception of Derek Turnbow.. that they are doing VERY REALLY with Derek..
The first four episodes done, waiting for the next batch around Christmas — and of course we’ll be watching.
Yes, some of the early writing felt rushed. Yes, a few characters are being shoved into weird corners that don’t fully make sense yet. And yes, there were moments in those first three episodes where it felt like we were watching a very expensive fan fiction version of Stranger Things.
But episode 4 changed the trajectory. It took what was shaping up to be a long, boring baseball game and turned it into a seventh-inning shot into the upper deck.
If the rest of the season follows the path that episode 4 set up, then this might still be the ending Stranger Things deserves.
We’re not in the Upside Down yet. But after that fourth episode, I’m at least convinced we’re heading in the right direction.
Well, it’s here. After all this waiting and all this preparation, Stranger Things is finally about to start unveiling itself for the last time. Season 5 is set to begin on Friendsgiving — the night before Turkey Day. It all begins just hours from when I’m writing this.
We’re not getting the entire season tomorrow. It’s coming in waves. So I want to go on record, officially, with my top three predictions for what we might be left with when the dust finally settles at the end of Season 5.
Fast-forward to 2026, as the new year begins and we’re watching that last episode: here are the three outcomes I think we could be confronted with.
1. It was all a Dungeons & Dragons campaign
I still give a little bit of credence to the idea that the entire show has really just been the kids playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Listen — this is the theory everyone loves to hate, but I kind of think it’d be pretty cool.
At first, I might dislike it because it feels a little predictable. But it does make a certain kind of sense. The notion that the kids have been role-playing this giant campaign the whole time… and that maybe, just maybe, the Duffer Brothers have been cutting in real footage of the kids at the table… and the final episode ends with them wrapping up the campaign — dice, maps, junk food, and all.
Maybe there’s “secret” footage tucked away, and that’s what we see as Season 5 closes.
Would people get mad? Oh yeah. Absolutely. And it wouldn’t exactly leave much room for spin-offs. So I still rank this as a low-probability ending… but not impossible.
2. Will Byers has been dead the entire time
The second possibility, I actually think, is much more plausible:
Will Byers never really made it back.
When he was taken into the Upside Down in Season 1, he died. Instead, Vecna — using whatever dark, twisted powers only Vecna can use — implanted himself into Will. That let him spy on the kids in the real world, learn their weaknesses, and work out how to take everything over.
This would be a brutally dark ending.
I think a lot of the kids may not survive this season. This is definitely Will’s season… but I’m not convinced it’s Will’s season to make it.
On my personal scale of probability, I put this one pretty high.
3. Hopper finally gets his date at Enzo’s
Now here’s the one I’m really rooting for — my highest-hope ending.
Back in 1985, Hopper went to Enzo’s restaurant by himself, waiting for a date. Joyce never showed up. She still owes him that dinner.
It’s been hinted at, teased, dangled… and I think it would be a perfect emotional bow, no matter how chaotic the rest of the story gets. My dream ending is this:
The final battle is done. The dust has literally and figuratively settled. Maybe we’ve lost people. Maybe Hawkins will never be the same. The music swells… the camera pulls away…
And then we cut to Hopper, sitting at Enzo’s.
Joyce walks in. They’re finally both there, at the same time, at the same table. He smiles. She sits. Maybe they say a few words, maybe they don’t have to.
And as they start that long-overdue dinner, the credits roll.
So there you have it — my big three predictions for how this whole thing might wrap up when Season 5 finally ends.
Until then, let’s enjoy the ride in waves:
the first wave hitting on Friendsgiving,
the next wave rolling in around Christmas,
and the final wave crashing into 2026.
Stranger Things has given us one hell of a ride. Let’s enjoy these last few moments in Hawkins while we still can. 👾🧇
The Madison Police Department announced Geyser’s escape in a social media post on Sunday.
“Morgan Geyser was last seen in the area of Kroncke Dr. around 8 p.m. with an adult acquaintance. Her whereabouts are unknown as of Sunday morning,” the department wrote. “The Madison Police Department was notified of her disappearance Sunday morning.
“A recent image of Geyser, captured on security video from this past month, is attached below. If you see her, please call 911,” police added.
In March, state health officials argued that Geyser was in no condition to walk free from the institution after evidence emerged of an unsettling correspondence she was having with an ‘older man’ called Jeffrey, who sold murder memorabilia… Geyser had sent him her own sketch of a decapitated body and a postcard saying she wanted to be intimate with him..
Just in time for groggy eyes to wake up from what may be a full night of streaming the first few episodes of Stranger Things 5, people are pretty excited about a show-themed float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade…
Brendan Kennedy, director of creative production at Macy’s studio, has dried out from last year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade after the festivities were dampened by persistent rain.
Come rain or shine, Kennedy, now on his second parade, is ready to “show off the floats and balloons that we’ve been working on for over a year.”
Aside from the traditional balloons and floats, Kennedy revealed Buzz Lightyear, Mario, Shrek and Pac-Man are among the new balloons. The phenomena that are KPop Demon Hunters and Labubu will also be represented during the parade.
“The Duffer brothers have been on it the whole time,” Kennedy says. “This is such a cool departure from saying, ‘Hey, 3D print me something from a film.’ What we’re doing here is creating a world. This is fully experiential.”
The float will feature the Hawkins National Laboratory. “There’s a containment device meant to contain an eight and a half foot tall Demogorgon puppet,” he adds. “That size is really in the wheelhouse of parade and continuing the legacy of Tony Sarg’s puppetry in the parade.”
The float itself will feature practical effects, including lighting and smoke effects. “It’s the laboratory come to life.” Kennedy teases that there are easter eggs within the design of the float. In addition to that, Foreigner, whose music featured prominently in the show, will be performing on 34th Street.
So we are all really weirded out by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo making their rounds promoting WICKED FOR GOOD..but hey, maybe weird worked!
The box office has been thankful for the oddity..
Universal Pictures‘ musical sequel “For Good” swept up a spectacular $68.6 million across Friday and preview screenings from 4,115 locations in North America. That puts it on pace for a $151.5 million opening weekend through Sunday.
It’d be the biggest release ever for a Broadway adaptation and the second-biggest ever for a Universal release, only behind “Jurassic World.”
It’s also well ahead of the $112 million haul that the first “Wicked” debuted to in the same pre-Thanksgiving frame last year. If the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande film hits its current projections, it’ll rank among the biggest domestic openings of the year, currently led by “A Minecraft Movie” ($162 million) and the “Lilo & Stitch” remake ($146 million).
A pristine copy of “Superman” No. 1 sold for $9.12 million at Heritage Auctions on Thursday, making it the most expensive comic book ever sold at auction.
The closing price smashed the record previously set by another Superman-related comic, a copy of “Action Comics” No. 1, which sold for $6 million through Heritage Auctions in 2024.
The first issue of “Superman” was among a small trove of comic books found by three brothers in Northern California who were sorting through their late mother’s belongings.
The collection had been tucked under a pile of old newspapers and cobwebs in the attic of their family home, according to a press release from Heritage Auctions.
Even more interesting, the comic was found in a box in an attic by three brothers in northern California, as they cleared out the house of their mother after her death. The trio have said their mom spoke of having original copies of comic books from the 1930s but couldn’t remember where and it was dismissed as a family legend.
A legend no more!!
The family has opted not to have their name revealed.. but we can only say if this family had someone smart enough to preserve a copy of SUPERMAN 1 what other amazing things exist in that amazing attic!
