Category: Television
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Recommended: The Bear
I promise not to work “yes, Chef” into my daily vernacular. This is my favorite season of television in a while, at least since Station Eleven and maybe I like it more than that. What works here? (SPOILERS ABOUND) Episode Ranking
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Weekly Reflections #9
In which we return from a break. A few notes from our 3-year delayed honeymoon in New Zealand: Speaking of which, I finished 4 books on the trip/in the last day or so. I think my favorite was Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (now a show on Amazon Prime). It’s a…
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Weekly Reflections #7
I had a nightmare this week that I became a lawyer again. On a related note, I got a sleep aid from my doctor (pretty lightweight antihistamine that also controls anxiety) for the first time in my life. It’s great. When I need to take it (once or twice a month, usually), I fall asleep…
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Weekly Reflections #6
Reading: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin; Holacracy by Brian J. Robertson; Buddhism, Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen Watching: Still watching The Last of Us and Poker Face as they come out. The big headline is that our good friend Andrew Helms helped produce Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,…
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Favorite Television of 2022
A quick list of my favorite things I watched in 2022 (not necessarily released this year): Television1. Station Eleven: I wrote about this here. I think the top 3 here stand alone in a sort of all-time tier, and this was so good that it’s still my top choice.2. Andor (Season 1): As a Star…
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Mythic Quest and the Responsibility of Television
SPOILERS follow for: Ted Lasso, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Mythic Quest The last month was some of the best TV-watching my wife and I have had in a while, a string of Station 11 (which I think is my favorite show I’ve seen since season 1 of True Detective), The Sex Lives…
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Friday Wrap-up
A friend sent me this email: Subject: reflection for travis “3 weeks off and student loan forgiveness[1] has you feeling pretty pretty pretty good.” Why yes, Jim, it does…kind of. There’s other good stuff too! We didn’t lose power last weekend, and I just received my executive coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation. And yet,…
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Recommended: Station Eleven
If you had asked me what it would take to get me to watch a post-apocalyptic television show following a global pandemic, I don’t know what I would have said two weeks ago. Now, the answer is clear: a show as good as Station Eleven. Station Eleven is an HBO show adapted from Emily St.…
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Favorite Television Shows of 2021
A quick list of my favorite things I watched in 2021 (not necessarily released this year): Letterkenny (seasons 1-10): I got to watch ten seasons of the strangest and most clever comedy I’ve seen in a long time. In the same way that a sitcom like The Office was a revelation, I think this is…
The Minimum Blues 