Tag: opinion
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Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe – A Movie Review
Maybe you’re like me and you intended to watch Always Be My Maybe with your significant other but you just never got around to it. I’m guessing that–also like me–you’ve found yourself with some extra time and are in search of viewing pleasure. My wife and I watched Always Be My Maybe the other night…
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Netflix’s Unorthodox – A Few Thoughts
Have you heard of Netflix’s Unorthodox? I hand’t, either. One of my wife’s friends recommended it to her. Even though it didn’t look like my thing at all, I decided to give it a try with her. Let me tell you, this show is captivating. At just four episodes averaging about fifty minutes apiece, Unorthodox…
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Netflix’s Extraction – A Movie Review
If you’re thinking of watching Netflix’s new movie, Extraction, get ready for a wild, entertaining, and ultimately meaningless ride. Extraction stars Chris Hemsworth as an Australian mercenary hired to retrieve the son of a powerful drug lord who was kidnapped by another powerful drug lord. Much of the story takes place throughout southern Asia and…
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We Love Brave Kids Art Club
My friend, Jude Landry, recently made me aware of a YouTube channel called Brave Kids Art Club. We tried it out today, and as you can see from the pictures above, it was a huge hit! Brad Woodard is a professional illustrator, and in these 15 to 20 minute videos he walks kids through a…
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Working Hard, Or Hardly Working? My Answer Is … Yes?
The other day someone asked me if I’m working more or less than I did before the COVID-19 outbreak. I thought about it for a few moments, and I found that I could only logically answer “less.” As a teacher, I spent about eight and a half hours at work every day before the pandemic.…
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Code 8 – A Movie Review
Have you noticed a movie on your Netflix Top Ten list called Code 8? Know anything about it? No? I didn’t either. In fact, it wasn’t until I read an article over at Wired that I even became aware of Code 8. This movie has a fascinating history, one that prompted me to see the…
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One Month Later …
I took this picture of my classroom on March 16th, which was a Monday. I didn’t have any students that day–they had already been told to stay home due to the COVID-19 outbreak. I spent the day in an empty classroom. It became obvious that we would not be back for a while, so as…
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Picard – A Few Thoughts
While I admit that I am first and foremost a Star Wars guy, I would be lying if I said I didn’t love Star Trek: The Next Generation. I remember watching quite a bit of TNG while in high school late at night when there was nothing else on. All of the characters were great,…
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The Mandalorian – A Few Thoughts
This is probably my favorite show of all time, so there is no excuse for just now writing about it months after it debuted. By the way, yes, I’m a Star Wars fanatic. And, no, I’m not capable of being objective when it comes to Star Wars. However, even with that being said, this is…
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Amazon’s The Boys – A Few Thoughts
I’ve been meaning to write about this crazy show for a long, long time because I actually watched it last summer. However, it says something that even after all of these months, it still stands out as one of the best series I’ve seen in quite a while. Based on a comic book, The Boys…
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