It’s funny the things that we remember from childhood, and what we don’t. I have no concrete memory of learning about the Berlin wall coming down, but granted I was six when that happened. But I somehow have a strong memory of a Monday morning at school when I was in the fifth grade, everyone […]
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Books – April 2019 Roundup
So, I have made no progress on any of the books from last time that I said I was in the middle of reading. Which is vaguely hilarious. And I seem to be in a streak of reading all these self-help type books lately, which isn’t a bad thing, and may in fact have motivated […]
Movie – Bohemian Rhapsody
Remember how I said that the baby did terribly on the plane (and every other form of transportation), and so neither the Boy nor I had a chance to get much reading done? Well, the other thing I had been hoping to do on those long, long flights was to watch a movie or two. […]
TV – Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Netflix)
At the beginning of the year, right around the time that everyone has New Year’s resolutions and makes a vow to change their life, Netflix dropped a bomb on all of this: Marie Kondo’s TV show. If you don’t know who Marie Kondo is, chances are you’ve been living under a rock (or don’t care […]
Books – March 2019 Roundup
LOL. Remember how I hoped that Baby B would sleep well during my vacation so that I could get some reading done? Yeah. That didn’t really happen at all. Instead, she cried for much of the time when she should have been asleep, and during them time she was asleep, she insisted on being held. […]
Movie – Molly’s Game
Back when I was in college, that’s when I remember poker becoming a “thing” – the kind of thing where they broadcast tournaments on television, and it seemed like everyone was learning or re-learning how to play. I was always a very very middling sort of player – I knew enough so that I was […]
TV – Russian Doll (Netflix)
One of my favorite movies of all time is Groundhog day. I think the idea that someone who is not doing well in life has a chance to re-live the same day – that one day can make a difference – and change everything for the better? It’s really appealing. Not so appealing is the […]
Movie – Ready Player One
You know how there’s that saying, “Never meet your heroes”? I feel like there should be a correlary for the movie industry “never make a movie when you don’t respect the original property”. Saying that makes it sound like I didn’t like the movie version of Ready Player One, which is not entirely correct. There’s […]
Theater – Vanity Fair
There are lots of classic books I haven’t read, and a few that I feel like I’ve read because I’ve seen a movie version or something on television. Jane Eyre is one of those books, and it turns out that one of the others is its near exact contemporary – Vanity Fair by William Makepeace […]
TV – Succession (HBO)
I’m not entirely sure how Succession got onto our TV-watching list. Part of it was probably that it was advertised/immediately followed or preceded some other show the Boy and I watched on HBO. I think we saw the first ads and thought, “Huh – this reminds us of Billions,” and having enjoyed that show so […]