Tag: lists
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Favorite TV Shows of the 2010s
See also: my favorite books, albums, and films of the 2010s. I spent a lot more time reading and watching movies over the last 10 years than watching TV, but here are the 10 series I enjoyed the most. 10. Catastrophe. For keeping it (brutally) real. 9. House of Cards. For the pulpy thrills of…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s
See also: my favorite films, TV shows, and albums of the 2010s. This list happens to coincide perfectly with the period of time I began (1) reading for fun once I graduated college, (2) tracking my reading, and (3) reading a lot more. This means I had tons of titles to consider. I forced myself…
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Favorite Films of the 2010s
See also: my favorite books, TV shows, and albums of the 2010s. My initial list for this endeavor had 77 movies. After I barely managed to winnow it down to 50, I just couldn’t figure out how I’d get to that arbitrary yet appealing round number of 10. But once I realized most of the…
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A list of movies
A friend tagged me in one of those Facebook chain-letter things, which I usually ignore but this one was about movies so why not. (Posting here to avoid giving Facebook free content to exploit.) Movie I hate: Slumdog Millionaire Movie I love: October Sky Movie I think is overrated: The Shape of Water Movie I…
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On endeavoring through Top 100 film lists
The primary function of my logbook is to document in a Google spreadsheet what I read and watch. But that’s not all it tracks. Among sheets dedicated to typewriters I own and words I like is one that charts my progress through several Top 100 film lists (see above). I’ve been slowly endeavoring through the…
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Favorite Films of 1999
In case you haven’t heard, 1999 was a great year for movies. I don’t remember seeing any of them in the theater at the time (I was 12), but I fondly remember watching and rewatching many on VHS and DVD later on. I really tried to rank them. But the exercise of ranking felt even…
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My favorite notetaking apps
C.J. Chilvers wrote about the pros and cons of popular notetaking tools. Out of the four he features—Apple Notes, Evernote, Ulysses, and Bear—I have used two previously, and none currently. So, having already examined my favored podcasts and newsletters, here’s a look at the tools I do use and why I use them. Paper The…
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Favorite Films of 2009
For some reason I can’t explain, I didn’t make a list of my top 10 films in 2009. My filmlog did get a little sparse that year, but I’m surprised I didn’t at least throw a list together, since I’ve been making best-of lists since 2007. Regardless, once I noticed the discrepancy, I figured now,…
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Favorite Films of 2018
My theme for last year’s movies was the strength of women. This year, it’s time for some manly love. (Archer voice: “Phrasing!”) Since June, when I found out I was going to be a father, I’ve been keenly aware of how fatherhood has been portrayed in this year’s crop of movies. What strikes me now,…
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Favorite Albums of 2018
Most of the music I encountered for the first time in 2018 wasn’t actually new. But here are a few new releases I did fancy this year, in no particular order. Winterland by The Okee Dokee Brothers One of my favorite bands released a full album about my favorite season, so yeah, it’s gonna make…
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Favorite Books of 2018
Goodreads tells me I read 72 books this year. Though I didn’t read as many as last year, with a baby on the way I’ve been trying to read abundantly while I can, for both quality and quantity. Here are the books published in 2018 that I enjoyed the most. (See previous best-of book lists.)…
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2018 in review
See other year in review posts. What am I doing New Year’s Eve? Looking back at my 2018 calendar and logbook to remember the notable happenings that made up my year. In roughly chronological order: Started a paper logbook (a la Austin Kleon) in a Moleskine notebook I got for Christmas. Have actually kept it…
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Chad’s Christmastime chronicles, 2018
My season of celebrating Christmas has begun. This year I thought it would be fun to document exactly how I usually get into the spirit of the season, through music, movies, and rituals. I’ll update this post as I go. Friday, November 23 Saturday, November 24 Sunday, November 25 Monday, November 26 Tuesday, November 27…
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Bill of Reader’s Rights
I wanna put up these “Rights of the Reader” (from Daniel Pennac’s The Rights of the Reader) in my library: 1. The right not to read. 2. The right to skip pages. 3. The right to not finish. 4. The right to reread. 5. The right to read anything. 6. The right to escapism. 7.…
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Revisiting my top films of 2008
Ten years ago I ranked my top 10 films of 2008. (I also started filmlogging.) Since last year’s revisit of my top films of 2007 was so fun, I thought I’d make this an annual tradition. Here’s my original 2008 list: Lots of interesting choices here. Kinda shocked Happy-Go-Lucky was so high and that Milk…
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10 Commandments of Creative Work
Not sure where I found this Code of Ethics for Engineers on the interwebs, but I immediately fell in love with it—not for the engineering and robotics aspect, but for how it can be used for any creative work: Let’s call these the 10 Commandments of Creative Work. Just replace “robot” with your art of…
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Music of the moment, ctd
An ongoing series on music I’ve encountered recently. “Strange American Dream” by Rayland Baxter, Wide AwakeRecently I decided I wanted to find a way to regularly hear new music. If only there were a podcast, I thought, from a renowned media company that featured new music every week. Then I realized that was NPR’s All Songs…
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Top 5 films of 2018 so far
The Death of Stalin. I’m a sucker for dark and irreverent political satires. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? This documentary about Fred Rogers didn’t make me cry, but it did make me sad about the Kids These Days who don’t know of him and his anti-television TV show. First Reformed. I’m also a sucker for…