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1. The Good Place -- last week's episode...and oh dear, I'm really not liking this season much at all. Considering I skipped over half of S1 and in some respects prefer that season to this one, is saying something. It's just not working for me, folks.
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2. Saw the flick 2 Fast 2 Furious: Hobbs & Shaw last night on "on-demand". I watched it for three reasons: 1) the stunts, 2) I had the oddest desire to see things blown up and fight sequences, 3) Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, and Idris Elba (who plays the villain).
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3. Why People Can't Write

Not what I thought. I actually sort of agree with some of it.

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4. Television Series..

I watched the relationship dramas, all of which pissed me off on some level. Sigh. Hormones. The problem with peri-menopause is the hormones. The weirdest things set me off -- I'll either cry at something or rage at it. It's very odd.

* This is Us -- most of this past week's episode was cringe inducing, except for the scenes with the two teens, and there's a lovely scene at the end between Randall's white father Jack (Randall is black) and Randall's black teacher.
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*A Million Little Things -- which I've decided to rename A Million Little White Lies -- a much more fitting title. The entire plot and character development hinges on the white lies the characters tell each other and themselves.
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* Grey's Anatomy

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If you haven't guessed, I'm frustrated with bad television plotting lately. Also they really need to work on dialogue.

5. Studied The Noah's Arc story this week in my weird Bible Study Group (it's a bible study lead by a liberal Jewish UU Minister who doesn't like the New Testament and lets us do that part on our own, while she's providing in depth theological teachings on the Old Testament.)

So, long story short, I learned a few things about it that I did not know.
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6. On Writing..

This morning, I read in a discussion I was having over a book that I was highly ambivalent about (yes, why I'd discuss a book I felt ambivalent towards I don't quite know either)...that the writer wrote the book because she wanted to read fantasy books with magic that featured characters that looked like her.
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Really Cool and Interesting Links...for your viewing/reading pleasure

Also, and this is important, that do not make my blood pressure go up or make me want to scream at people.

1. Pixar released a Short Film about a Pittbull befriending a Stray Cat -- this is why I can't most cartoons any more, Pixar and Anime have ruined me for life.

The animation in this is...beautiful and so well done.

2. We Used to Be Friends: Veronica Mars -- essay on Veronica Mars series.

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3. Indian Village plants 111 trees everytime a girl is born

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4. The Unmistakable Black Roots of the Television Series Sesame Street

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Interesting. I grew up watching Sesame Street (which started when I was a small child) and Mr. Rogers Nieghborhood. Both had a profound affect on my development as a child.

5. Uhm...this link admittedly isn't as feel good as the rest, but what the hell.

Best Streaming Services for You: A Comparison Guide -- or how to choose a streaming service.

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Quibbles? They got the pricing wrong on some of these. Netflix costs me about 11.95 a month for HD.

And Amazon was $99 a year. So they must have increased it?

6. The Day We Realized Our Parents Were Russian Spies -- for fans of the television serial "The Americans" -- apparently it was based on fact.

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Only posting this for The Americans fans out there. You know who you are.


7. The Science of Sleep Dreaming Depression and How REM Sleep Regulates Negative Emotions

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[Sigh, I need to have better dreams.]

8. What Happens After a Whale Dies

Not what I thought, at all.

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