Category: review
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My 2024 in Viewing
AKA how much TV/Movies did I watch? Although I’ve had an account for a few years, I really leaned into using Trakt.tv as much as possible this year. I wasn’t consistent with adding episodes after watching them – i.e. I have a massive spike in August when I marked almost all of The Office as…
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The Customer Service Survival Kit
…What to Say to Defuse Even the Worst Customer Situations We’re starting a book club in my team and going through this book, “What to Say to Defuse Even the Worst Customer Situations” by Richard S. Gallaghe. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, it’s one of those books which is recommended for…
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Workin Moms
Started watching a new show, Workin Moms, on Netflix. The titleis the premise, it’s four moms who adjust to life after maternity leave to varying levels of success. Created by, produced by, directed by, and staring Catherine Reitman, it is the style of sitcom I find enjoyable. Reminds me a bit of Life In Pieces…
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El Chapo
Finally finished the last Episode of El Chapo on Netflix. Not exactly true to the Wikipedia pages about himand his story but great television nonetheless
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Finally watched the Bohemian Rhapsody film via Virgin Media Store. That itself was fairly painless. I’ve seen a bunch of reactions to the movie, mainly positive on the content and some negative on the editing aspect. I didn’t have any problem with the editing but that’s just me. As for the story line, I really…
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One Day At A Time S03
If you’ve not watched the most recent series, or even any, of One Day At A Time…GO! I really enjoyed this season, possibly more so than the first two. It felt like the writers this season really got in their groove, they had a story to tell, and really went for it. It’s streaming now…
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Crazy Rich Asians – a brief review
I’ve finished Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. Book two of 2019. I became aware of it when the film was announced, it was all over Twitter and I initially thought it was a new series rather than a film. The first half or so of the book I tore through, but the second half…
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Read the ‘structions!
My papa had a great phrase while we were growing up “Read the ‘structions!”, mainly about LEGO, to read the details to get everything in order and built. Overall, it is a very versatile phrase and even now I wish people would read documentation more. Tonight I built the Playmobil Ghostbusters House with a little…
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Music of 2018
As the years go on, my list of “albums of the year” has become worse. But this year I have noted some great music that I’ve kept going back to. There are probably more but I don’t focus on release date anymore (as the final entry will testify) MxPx came out with their self-titled: …
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This Is Going To Hurt
I’ve known about this book from when it was published but mainly due to the fact that I rarely (if ever) read books, it took me until getting it for Christmas this year to read it. No idea how it took me this long to read it but I've just finished it. Now I understand…
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