Walt's Corner

TLDR: This is some good shit! Smells just like Aqua Velva, but even more potent. Gives it that Emeril’s BAM!

Aqua Velva. Disinfecting, soothing, and toning skin since 1917. It was the identifying scent of my maternal grandfather from my youngest memories of him from the early 70s.TLDR: This is some good shit! Smells just like Aqua Velva, but even more potent. Gives it that Emeril’s BAM!

My first career (U.S. Army) required daily shaving so it was only natural that I chose to wet shave and follow that with a splash of good ol’ Aqua Velva. I watched the bottle change over the years. From that traditional bumply textured matte glass finish to a new shaped smooth glass finish, to the plastic bottle that was the same as the glass new shape.

In my second career I continue to maintain a shaving regiment because I want to. And up until last year, Aqua Velva was still my daily splash, bringing grandpa forefront to my thoughts. Every. Day.

What happened last year was that I found Phoenix Shaving which opened a whole new world and level of enjoyment to shaving. All the wonderful, strong scents to choose from as well as hardware – razors, brushes, etc.

Phoenix also comes out with homages to other scents, some long forgotten and produced no more.

That’s not the case with Aqua Velva. I still have 3 bottles left that I bought last year. But Phoenix does make an homage to Aqua Velva and so I had to try it. On principle.

This scent is spot on, but even more. Phoenix gives it that Emeril BAM! that takes both the scent and menthol to the next level. The shaving soap utilizes their CK6 blend and doesn’t skip on the scent. The foam is what I’ve come to expect from Phoenix soaps – super luxurious lather that lets any blade just glide over your face without nicks or burns. The aftershave gives you the traditional bite and a menthol that lasts quite a while after application.

Not sure how I missed out on The Menu back in 2022, but we watched it Sunday evening. Chock full of well known actors from John Leguizamo to Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult while including a host of other actors that you will swear that you’ve seen before, but can’t place where. They appear on an episode or 16 of just about everything you can watch.

Clientele of a snobby chef who puts Gordon Ramsay to shame takes his kitchen staff to the next level. Things start out creepy as the ritzy group enters the island’s dining facility and only get worse from there. There are some repeat customers sprinkled in with the mostly first timers. The gruesome reason of this particular hosting makes itself evident as the evening unfolds, proving to be their final meal.

If you like dark comedy/horror/satire, then this is up your alley. If like me, you haven’t seen it yet, it is well worth your time.

Say it ain’t so! As far as I can tell, originating from across the pond on a sketchy at best, but usually containing some grain of truth, Daily Mail UK reports (NSFW) that ICE Barbie’s husband, Bryon Noem has been caught red-handed with his proverbial hand in the cookie jar, and they’ve got the pics to prove it. Click at your own risk!

Which takes us to an equally suspect news organization on our side of the pond, the New York Post, reporting that Noem’s representative’s response is that they are both devastated and blindsided. They toss around some heavy hitting words. Like fetish. And bimbofication. And adult performers. To quote a certain George, “OH MY!”

If true, could shed some light on recent allegations against the former Department of Homeland Security Chief of flying bedroom palaces and shared hotel rooms with a favorite boy-toy of hers.

If you want to read it from our very own national trash site, TMZ offers the scoop here.

And this awful picture for this post? It is my slop. Not AI or Microscope.

A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder. Unlike “Florida Man,”  here is a headline you don’t get to see everyday. Admit it, you had to read that headline twice, didn’t you?

At the age of 10 he contracted some bacterial infection resulting in amputation of all limbs to makeing sure to remove the infection. He later became very good at cornhole to the point of championship titles. 

According to the news story he was invovled in a disagreement with friends he was driving around. Shot one of them, then asked the others to help him slide the body out of his car. They refused and fled the scene in what I’m sure was some shit they were still trying to process. 

Out of all the questions running through your mind, first and foremost is probably, “How can he fire a weapon?” I present to you, Exhibit A: His YouTube Video.

Mid-world. Stephen King fans will recognize this place immediately.

King’s website announced the release of Other Worlds Than These, part 3 of the Talisman trilogy.

Late 1980s is when I read The Talisman and mid 2000s for Black House (you can google that shit yourself). It wouldn’t be until the 2nd novel that we realized the Territories is just another name for Mid-World, the main location for King’s magnum opus, though I suppose we should have known. Of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Peter Straub has an equal part in this story. He passed a few years ago.

Pretty stoked about this. Release date is set for October 6. TAKE MY MONEY!