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The other day I took an entire late afternoon and evening to myself to indulge in some movies just out on streaming. It was very enjoyable because they were completely different. Enola Holmes 2 To be honest, I thought this sequel on Netflix was a lot better than the first Enola Holmes movie. Not sure if this one was based on one of the books but I got the feeling they took a lot of liberties because it felt completely different from the first. For one thing, Sherlock was in this one a lot more and it balanced out the story they were telling. WhateverRead More →

binge watching

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Yes, zones. Plural. When I’m in the mood to read, romance novels are my favorite pick. I have authors and series that I’ve read so many times I could probably recite some of them. Since this entire site is devoted to that activity, I won’t go into any particulars here. When I’m in the mood to play, my favorite games bounce somewhere between building and adventure quest games. Which is honestly a weird place to be. Put it this way, I love the stories and puzzles of quest type games but can easily spend hours on good building games. Put the two together and I’mRead More →

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I don’t usually recommend a movie, or much of anything, after only watching it once. But let me just say simply that this one deserves the recommendation. It’s that good. Ron Howard (director) has outdone himself with this one. I mean the story itself of the 13 boys getting trapped in the cave in Thailand in 2018 made world news. That they were even able to rescue them was miraculous. But you don’t realize just how miraculous until you know “how” they did it. Wow. Watching Thirteen Lives on Prime the other day, I was equal parts thinking that it had to be wrong –Read More →

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It was nice taking some time off. Didn’t get a lot of reading done but did watch a few new movies. Plus I discovered a couple of new-to-me detective series. We were able to watch both Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers together as a double feature family movie night. Let me put it this way, they are both very good. But one of them is an absolutely fantastic non-stop action adventure. The other is more “what da heck did I just watch?” meta deliciousness. And yet still very good in its own weird way. Ya only get one guess asRead More →

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The next two weeks are vacation time for the family. So, naturally we’ve been making a list of the things we want to do. Which includes new to us things to watch. The list is interesting because it’s all over the place so I thought I would share it. 2022 movies we haven’t seen Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Thor: Love and Thunder Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Top Gun: Maverick (and probably the original Top Gun because it’s been so long I need a refresher) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 The Batman TV series to finally catchRead More →

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I have been fighting my allergies the last few days. I’m either stopped up and can’t breath or constantly have a tissue at my nose. Yech. As a result I haven’t done a lot of anything this week, mainly because my eyes feel blurry half the time. So, while being a couch potato the other day, I was digging around on HBOMax and realized they had The Da Vinci Code. Been so long since I’d seen it, I couldn’t remember exactly what happened in it. So I watched it. Then watched the next one, Angels and Demons. It made for a nice enjoyable evening ofRead More →

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Because I have so many things I want to do on the site right now but my life has been chaos lately. Seriously it’s gotten so bad that I finally had to sit down and go over the “in-progress” stuff I’m supposed to be working on for the site. Mainly because I couldn’t remember some of them and wanted to make sure I still wanted to work on them right now. Oye.  Which kind of turned into an idea for a post. I don’t like doing these “a little bit of everything” posts because I prefer to concentrate on one thing at a time butRead More →

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I do have a couple of longer posts in the works but they aren’t ready yet. Plus, I’ve been having some shoulder problems the last couple of days and not really feeling like doing a lot of typing. So I jumped at the chance to do a quick post even if it is about The Wheel of Time. Again. Anyway, the New York Comic Con 2021 is going on this weekend and a bunch of people related to the new WOT TV series are speaking. As a result a lot of news is dropping. Hourly. This one is of particular interest: My initial reaction? Nice! VeryRead More →

The Wheel of Time

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The Wheel of Time book series by Robert Jordan has an immense and devoted fan base. To the point that there are so very many fan sites and channels out there. To put it bluntly, It’s difficult to know where to start. Especially if one hasn’t even heard of the books before. So I thought I’d share the main sites that I – a relative newbie compared to my super-fan son – use to expand my own knowledge. WOT 101 First, if you are a complete newbie to the Wheel of Time – haven’t read the books and/or know basically zilch about them – thenRead More →

The Wheel of Time

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Yes, they finally dropped the first teaser trailer this week. And, of course, I promised my son I would post it. Oh, but it’s really good. I’ve actually gotten back to my read through of the Wheel of Time books in recent weeks. I found out my son had them on both Audible and Kindle. (Because of course he does. Heh.) The important thing, though, is that by having both they can be synced. Seriously, being able to follow along in the text as the dramatic reading plays helps me tackle these very, very, very, very long books. Immensely. As in I probably won’t finishRead More →

Masters of the Universe: Revelations (2021)

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spoilers ahead don’t read unless you’ve seen it or want to be spoiled! I think. Honestly, I’m not sure what spoiler level this very long post actually is so I’m going with the highest just to be safe. Why am I confused? Well, right after we watched the beginning episodes, I jotted down my initial thoughts and then kind of walked away from doing the post. Just let my thoughts sit there. Some people would call that ripening an idea. I call it flat-out dithering on whether to even post about this one or not. Like I said, I ended up very long winded butRead More →

Death in Paradise

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It’s been so hot here this last week (at least for us) that I’ve mostly vegetated when I’m not busy. Not in the mood to read even old favorites. Definitely not in the mood to write. Not long stuff anyway and especially if I have to think. I thought about doing some behind the scenes stuff on the site but that would mean thinking, too. Not happening right now. Seriously considered not posting but I already skipped posting last week. So, no. What to post about when I have nothing though? Well, the other night I was listlessly browsing around various channels. Absolutely nothing wasRead More →

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I do. I think of it as a to-be-read list for the digital age. But more on that in a moment. I’m not sure I’ve read a book or watched a TV series this week. I simply haven’t been in the right mood. At all. So I’ve spent most of my off time catching up on my YouTube watchlist. Which had gotten seriously out of control, let me tell ya. Other than that, I spent some time doing some mental housecleaning. What is my want-to-finish list? First of all, let me be clear that I’m not talking about stuff I’m working on for the website.Read More →