• Have You Watched “Death and Other Details”? (My Thoughts)

    For the last few months, Hulu has been trying to get us to watch an original show called Death and Other Details. I’m glad we did, as I’m really enjoying the show through 8 out of 10 episodes.

    The show follows the mold of Knives Out, The Afterparty, and The White Lotus in that it’s a mystery showcasing really rich, alluring people in a beautiful location. It features a total of three detectives–different types of people–trying to solve several things that happen (no spoilers), and it’s full of surprises.

    I really don’t want to give anything away, but I’ll mention one tiny thing: In the first episode, a character is referenced as the “world’s greatest detective,” a common trope in this genre. When we first heard that line, I paused the show, turned to Megan, and asked if she could name even a single real-life, living detective (I can’t either). It’s fully fictional construct, right? I poked at the show a little about the trope but eventually moved past it, only to discover later that the show also pokes at the trope! I was already fully sold by that point, but it took my investment in the show from 98% to 100%.

    I highly recommend it if you enjoy this genre (especially if you’re open to a show bending the genre past its standard constraints). I eagerly await the final two episodes.

    Do you recommend any mysteries like this (books, movies, or shows)?

  • The Aftermath of the Hacking

    The Aftermath of the Hacking

    On Saturday morning I made the mistake of trying to open what I thought was a digital game on my desktop computer. Instead, it was a hacker’s software that accessed my Google account, bypassing two-factor authentication through some combination of saved cookies and my current logins, changed my recovery options to truly lock me out,…


  • Why Aren’t People Talking About Narwhals All the Time?

    Why Aren’t People Talking About Narwhals All the Time?

    Every now and then I hear someone talking about how cool it would be if unicorns were real. Sometimes I am that person. Unicorns seem pretty amazing. But then I remember: Unicorns exist! It’s just that we forget about them because they exist in water, not on land. They’re called narwhals, and they’re amazing: Can…


  • Hockey, Live Sports, and Beartown

    Hockey, Live Sports, and Beartown

    I’m currently working my way through the Beartown trilogy, a novel about a hockey-obsessed small town in Sweden. I’m gobbling up the pages, as the author constantly drops ominous hints at things to come, and I’m fully invested in the characters. For a book about a hockey town, Beartown includes very little actual hockey. That’s…



Movies

  • 5 Quick Thoughts About Recently Watch Movies

    I recently watched 5 really solid movies that I recommend, but I don’t have a full blog post of commentary about each one, so I’ll keep it short and sweet: Orion and the Dark: This is a movie about fears, both those of the rational and irrational variety. It’s an animated film aimed at a…

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Television

  • Have You Watched “Death and Other Details”? (My Thoughts)

    Have You Watched “Death and Other Details”? (My Thoughts)

    For the last few months, Hulu has been trying to get us to watch an original show called Death and Other Details. I’m glad we did, as I’m really enjoying the show through 8 out of 10 episodes. The show follows the mold of Knives Out, The Afterparty, and The White Lotus in that it’s…

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Sports

  • Hockey, Live Sports, and Beartown

    Hockey, Live Sports, and Beartown

    I’m currently working my way through the Beartown trilogy, a novel about a hockey-obsessed small town in Sweden. I’m gobbling up the pages, as the author constantly drops ominous hints at things to come, and I’m fully invested in the characters. For a book about a hockey town, Beartown includes very little actual hockey. That’s…

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Books

  • Have You Read “Beartown”? (My Thoughts)

    Have You Read “Beartown”? (My Thoughts)

    Every night for the last few weeks I’ve been eager to climb into bed so I could continue reading Beartown by Fredrik Backman. I loved the book, and now that I’ve finished, I’m eager to read the second and third books in the trilogy. I primarily read speculative fiction (fantasy and sci-fi), not literary fiction,…

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Food

  • What’s an Exception to a Food You Typically Avoid?

    I’m open to eating most things. There are a few foods that my body doesn’t react well to (mint, olives, white wine, etc), but for the most part, I’ll eat it. However, there’s a small subcategory of foods that just don’t excite me. Cabbage is one such food. As a kid, my parents served corned…

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