Eddington

If you hesitated, like I did, to watch this because you weren't up for a COVID movie, don't worry, it breezes right through that in the first 30 minutes or so.
The last hour is a fever dream. The SolidGoldMagikarp AI company is an amazing inside baseball reference that shows Ari's thinking about this more deeply than most of us. Can't wait to rewatch.

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Marvel managed to make their Superman – very old IP, kind of boring characters – into a heartfelt, human story that I enjoyed.
Also, more importantly, my boys enjoyed it. For some reason we've forgotten these movies are for kids.

Mountainhead

Laughed out loud at times. But it supposedly took Jesse Armstrong just 60 days to write and you can kind of tell.
BUT "I’m worried about him… I heard he’s circling the jet just to fall asleep" is one of the funniest and depressing and of our times things I've ever heard.

And much like Succession, there are several lines like this one intermixed with lots of circling dialogue in various rooms. But, also just like Succession, I've watched it twice now and I'll probably watch it at least a third.

Daily Rituals

Drugs, drinking, staying up all night, and sleeping in. Y’know, the arts.
One of my favorites. I return to it often. Sometimes a chapter is just a paragraph, but even then it gives a great, humanizing look into the artist’s life. Highly recommended.

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

“The washing machine didn’t save much time, and the ready meal did, because we were willing to stink but we weren’t willing to starve.”
From the plow to the lightbulb, this book goes through 50 inventions and the social-economic impact that they had on the world around them. I'm a sucker for an easy to read popular economics book and this was just that.

Sinners

One of my red flags is that I'm a jerk about actors' southern accents.
I think I came in thinking it'd be something completely new and different, and was a little disappointed when it wasn't.

Good music. Okay action. Questionable southern accents.

Personal site as a content repository

Lately, I’ve caught myself wishing I had a Letterboxd or Goodreads or similar account—just so I could easily check what I’ve recently watched or read and actually remember it when I’m talking to someone.

But, I've never gotten into those services, and now it's too late, because I think I'm done having new online services in my life.

In fact, In the present day of Claude Code, I am ready to just start making my own services. And, so, long story short that's what I'm doing here.

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My personal memory dump of books, music, movies, and more. Sorry this is mainly just for me.

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Eddington

movies October 08, 2025

Fantastic Four: First Steps

movies August 14, 2025

Mountainhead

movies June 16, 2025

Daily Rituals

books June 10, 2025
image June 09, 2025

Sinners

movies June 09, 2025