Movies: Watched A Quiet Place: 2. John K has a very good eye/hand for this directing thang. Story is a bit derivative (Bird Box, Jurassic Park, Deep Blue Sea) but there’s a solid hero’s journey in there. This isn’t a scare fest. It’s a character study.

Reading: Nothing new. With school out my reading time is more limited. Guess I HAVE been binging on D&D stuff every once in a while but that doesn’t count. And Frederick Douglass’ “What, to a slave, is the 4th of July?” will get re-started in a week or so.

TV: Big Sky is on hiatus. Clarice has jumped the shark. Letterkenny is winding down. So we picked up on Critical Role – over 600 hours of a group of voice actors playing D&D. Been fun.

Music: Dragging Holst back onto my list. At least The Planets.

A couple of the (better) podcasts I listen to do a “what are you consuming” bit and I’ve found it to be interesting and informative. It’s pointed me in a few right directions. May start spewing this every 3-4 weeks to see how it goes. So THIS month:

I’m working my way through the newest incarnation of Sid Myers’ Civilization VI. The one with all the weird add ons n stuff. Most of the add ons are useless but the fixes and nerfs are nice.

TV? I’ve started my appreciation of Letterkenny. NOT for everybody. Pitter patter.

Movies? After October and December’s lists things have slowed down a little and I’m rewatching some old faves. Rounders. Ocean’s Eleven (the REAL one.) To Kill a Mockingbird. And Lawrence of Arabia.

Music? Billboard’s #1’s from before 1960. Some GREAT country classics.

Food? Mom’s soup beans. Year two on Hello Fresh. And enjoying a little more wine.

Reading? The Federalist Papers. And an interesting “book club” style approach to The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism.

Podcasts: Had fallen a year behind on Russ Roberts’ Econtalk. Catching up slowly. If you haven’t listened you should. To ALL of them. There’s maybe five skipable episoded since 2006. Pushing 800 episodes. His coverage of the housing and finance crisis is PERFECT. Also catching up on Philosophize THIS! Up to episode 113 (December ’17.)