Tag: movies
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Best of 2020
awkward cough Well, it’s been a year. I did somehow manage to enjoy various media things, which is fairly impressive with the small children at play. Here are my favorites. TV The Mandolorian. Wrapped up the first season at the start of the year, and watched season two mostly inline with its release. It’s fun,…
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Best of 2018
A list of my top media things from 2018, or at least things I enjoyed in 2018. Books Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I read this late in the year, but easily the best story I read this year. The summary on the back doesn’t really do it justice. And the end is just 👌🏼.…
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Media Diet, April 2018
Books The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisim: finished the trilogy. What a great world, and the ending is just fantastic. A rare book written in the 2nd person.👌🏼 Movies The Incredibles: rewatched recently. What a great film. Very excited for the sequel. Ella Enchanted: needed a light movie to end a day. This did that, but…
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Media Diet, February and March 2018
Music I’ll Be Your Girl (iTunes): The Decemberists’ latest album is fantastic. They’ve clearly made a shift with their previous album, and this one continues that with a bit more synth. It’s been on heavy rotation since it came out two days ago. Video Games Horizon: Zero Dawn: a very interesting combination of gameplay. You…
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Media Diet, End of 2017
A quick review of media since the last installment. It was a quieter second half of the year for media consumption. Books Oathbringer: Brandon Sanderson’s latest. Third in his Stormlight Archive series. As always a very enjoyable read. I felt that he did a good job really expanding the world and characters on this one.…
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Tim Carmody on Kottke
Recently Tim Carmody had a run as a guest editor on kottke.org. I get a sense Tim and I are at least similar in age, and I found myself with multiple posts just nodding my head in agreement. It is worth linking to a few of these: The hidden heart of Howl’s Moving Castle Howl’s…
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Media Diet, First Half of 2017
A quick review of the various media I’ve enjoyed the first half of the year. Not an exhaustive list, just hitting the high points and where I’ve spent the most time. Video Games Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: I checked the Switch’s play time: 140 hours. I regret nothing. Takes everything great about…
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