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1. The Case Against Checking Bags. Sigh.

Okay not a good article to read if you've had a difficult work week and are somewhat irritable. Also, stressing about up-coming travel plans to see family members.

I'm procrastinating buying plane tickets to see the aging parents at Christmas.
I need to buy them this coming week.

Also, I have to go up and see my brother and niece (aka love of my life) on Friday by train.

Anyhow I didn't make it through the article, since by the mid-way point, I felt an overwhelming urge to smack the writer in the nose. A bloody nose would do her some good, I think. Teach her humility. Or better yet, a broken wrist, then she can't write for a bit.

So all I'm giving you is the link. You can read or not, at your own risk.


2. Got stuff done today. ( Read more... )

All told a productive Saturday.

3. Television Shows..

Eh, I went to sleep during Prodigal Son -- I'd just gotten back from getting groceries and called my mother. I was tired. Didn't sleep well last night either.
And...a side-effect of CBD is feeling a bit sleepy or fatigued, apparently.

It wasn't bad this week. ( Read more... )

Bob Hearts Abishola -- is admittedly hit or miss like all sitcoms. But it is among the few that I actually adore the lead characters and can relate to them. I particularly love Abishola and her two friends at the hospital.

The Connors -- it didn't make me laugh this week either, mildly chuckle perhaps, but I enjoyed it. ( Read more... )

This is Us -- Well, Jennifer Morrison works better as a potential love interest for Kevin than Zoe did. Less contrived. Also she's not into him or his world. I also like Griffin Dunn as the uncle. Phyllicia Rashad as Beth's Mom is another welcome addition. The only storyline that is starting to grate is well, Kate and Toby. Also, Beth's dancing...uhm.

Grey's Anatomy -- the Pacific Northwest Hospital subplot is the best thing in the series at the moment. ( Read more... )

A Million Little Things -- seems to be deliberately highlighting the self-absorbed nature of the characters, and how this is destroying their relationships with others. It's when they look past themselves that things get better.

9-1-1 -- made me want to smack Buck upside the head again. After the first two episodes, where he was so likable and actually attractive, he goes back to being a self-absorbed macho jerk. However, the new addition to the cast -- Bosch, is a relief.

And I have so many more. I still want to catch a few things on Netflix -- Political (Ryan Murphy series show-casing, Gwenyth Paltrow, Bette Milder, Jessica Lange..), Steven Sonderberg's controversial Laundramat - the satire about the Panama Papers, show-casing Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, among others, The Irishman by Martin Scorsese -- with Joe Pesci, Robert Deniro, and Al Pacino, and The King (adapted from Shakespeare's Henry V histories).

There's also Watchman on HBO. Far From Home - via On Demand.

Ugh. Yes, I know, it's a sad sad thing to complain about too many television shows.

4. Books..

Eh. I'm not reading anything that interesting at the moment. Just mindless stuff that makes me happy at the moment and I can forget quickly thereafter. And not think that hard about. That's what I want right now, because work is kicking me, and I have information overload.

But I enjoy reading mindless romantic stuff for pleasure. Also comic books. Romance novels and comic books are my twin guilty pleasures. That and General Hospital. Let's face it, I have a lot of guilty pleasures.

Will state that Nora Roberts Contemporary Romance novels are a bit of a breath of fresh air. Who knew? Well, Nora Roberts fans, apparently. ( Read more... )

On the comics front? I think I already wrote about it. Just finished X-men #1 and I'm on the fence. It's too...bland. Hickman needs to stop focusing so much on the world and bit more on the characters.