2024 Summer Olympics
\nAlready much discussed in this space.<\/p>\n
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The Americans<\/a>, season 3 A-<\/p>\n Homicide: Life On The Street<\/a>, selected episodes TV critic Alan Sepinwall put together a list of 10 episodes he thought best summarized the show<\/a>. I don\u2019t really have time to go knock out the whole series so instead ripped through his list. Some very dated production, dialogue, and fashion, but the core stories still stand up. The late Andre Braugher was such a force. As jarring as it was to see him play comedy in Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em><\/a>, it was equally jarring to go back and watch his intense portrayal of Frank Pembleton.<\/p>\n A-<\/p>\n Tourist Sauce, Return to Australia<\/a> A<\/p>\n Pearl Jam 2024\/05\/30 Seattle<\/a> A<\/p>\n Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/a> A<\/p>\n US Open, week one A<\/p>\n Two Weeks of Exploring Southern Thailand<\/a> Buying The Cheapest Cameras In Japan<\/a> Every Olympic 100m Final (1912\u20132016)<\/a> 29,000 Feet Up Mount Everest with DJI Mavic 3 Pro<\/a> I Visited Mount Everest Base Camp<\/a> Brad Leone Tries to Eat His Weight in Tacos on a California Roadtrip<\/a> Mascots Savage Moments Against Little Kids<\/a> Arrested Development moments I think about a lot<\/a> Redeeming 10,000 bottles and cans because of Seinfeld (Part 2)<\/a> Apple Computers 1995 Promotional Video \u201cThe Martinettis Bring Home A Computer\u201d<\/a> I Drive The Fantastic Polestar 3 For The First Time!<\/a>
\nThe re-watch continues. Season three was a tight, excellent set of episodes: I believe every show fell between 43 and 48 minutes. Even in 2015, that was rare in the prestige TV realm. The last four episodes, especially, were crackling with intensity as the Jennings\u2019 secret started to spill out.<\/p>\n
\nOne of the all-time great TV dramas finally arrived on a streaming platform last month. I watched a fair amount of Homicide<\/em>, at least the early years, back in the day. I read the book it was based on<\/a>. And, of course, I obsessed over its spiritual and thematic successor, The Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nThe NLU crew went back to the location of their first travel series, nearly seven years later, with a bigger budget and crew, and a lot more knowledge of what they were doing. As usual, the result was great.<\/p>\n
\nPrep for seeing them in person.<\/p>\n
\nPretty much a perfect movie.<\/p>\n
\nAn annual marker that summer is ending and fall has arrived.<\/p>\n
\nShorts, YouTubes, etc<\/h3>\n
\nBeautiful part of the world + interesting film stock + great photographer = amazing images.<\/p>\n
\nOMG!!! You don\u2019t have to know a thing about cameras, or be interested in photography, to find this piece totally hilarious.<\/p>\n
\nThis is pretty cool. It would be even cooler if it noted who won each race. Also, these are only men\u2019s races, so it\u2019s not really every 100m final.<\/p>\n
\nGorgeous.<\/p>\n
\nAn interesting undertaking: this kid doesn\u2019t try to climb the entire mountain, but rather just get to base camp. Which is way harder than I would have expected, and even this is probably beyond the abilities of 95% of people.<\/p>\n
\nI can think of way worse ways to spend your time than driving around cool places and eating tacos for every meal.<\/p>\n
\nThis might be the greatest video ever made. Each time I see it, I laugh my ass off. Also fun is finding the full-game videos from these events. The Colts\u2019 Blue is a beast in those games.<\/p>\n
\nArrested Development moments I think about a lot #2<\/a>
\nIt might be time to give AD another re-watch.<\/p>\n
\nIt took a year to get there, but finally an end to this chapter of Beau Miles Bullshit.<\/p>\n
\nHoly mackerel! Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCar Content<\/h3>\n
\nI was super intrigued by the Polestar 2 when I was car shopping, specifically used ones, which have plummeted in value. Someone not too far from us owns one, and I keep wanting to catch them at Target or wherever so I can ask questions. However, the closest current service center is in Columbus, OH, I have concerns about the long-term health of the line, and then the difficulty in calculating how much damage the previous owner did to the battery. It looks like the company is continuing to do great things. Now the trick is coming out with one in the $45K range so I can test drive one in three years when I get back into the car shopping game. Another trick will be not going out of business before more affordable models can hit production.<\/p>\n