Totally Killer, 2023 - ★★★
A fun movie that doesn’t take itself seriously and works as a result.
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Champions, 2023 - ★★★½
A fun, heartwarming movie that is a good reminder that sport should be fun.
Fair Play, 2023 - ★
Molasses moves faster than the plot of this movie. Bad in so, so many ways.
End of month YNAB life. 😅
Cannonball, 1976 - ★★
I really wanted to watch Cannonball Run! but I got this instead. The 1970s were a simpler time.
Climate Change Stripes for Perth, Western Australia
Depressing; alarming. This is an emergency.
Dr Drang's Shell Script for Blank Calendars
A shell script for blank calendars - All this: I wanted a script to help me print out blank monthly calendars. Oh Dr. Drang, where have you and this script been my whole life? The steps I have gone to to get blank calendars in the past. Now I can simply run your script. Thank you!
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004 - ★★
Some nice moments but this film felt like it ran for 4 hours.
Love this end frame quote from Young Sheldon. If this doesn’t describe Trump I’m not sure what does.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023 - ★★★★
Just love the animation style. So impressive.
“Frugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly on—and then cutting costs mercilessly on the things you don’t love.”
— Ramit Sethi
The Value of Rest
This article was originally written for the September 2022 edition of Hemispheric News, delivered as part of the Hemispheric Views podcast member bonus program, One Prime Plus. Beck Tench is a person whom I follow online. Beck has produced a range of content pertinent to her areas of interest as an academic. One of the topics Beck has written about includes the power of rest and what makes a restorative environment.
Week One Done & Finished With a Flourish
Today I completed my first week at my new job. It’s been a whirlwind, but every day has been better than the previous one. It’s been so many years since I started a new job that I wasn’t match fit in the process. I’d forgotten how to ‘start over’, so that in itself has been an experience. Learning what is expected of me, and figuring out how to implement that without getting lost in the minutiae becomes the next challenge.
That feeling when you’re enjoying the job of being a basketball commentator. 🏀
Creating rice outline islands with my boys.
It’s storming outside. I’m sick and don’t have a voice. Today’s Public Holiday is wasted on me. My boy wanted me to feel better so brought me breakfast in bed. 🥰
The Whale, 2022 - ★★★★
Incredible acting supported by great lighting and the 4:3 aspect ratio.
The Redeem Team, 2022 - ★★★½
Turns out I like Carmelo Anthony, even though he carved up Australia when playing for USA.
Post-soccer hangs with The Booj.
Looking forward to commentating #NBL1 West action between Perth Redbacks and East Perth Eagles, streaming on Kayo Freebies tonight. 🏀 🎙️
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 2023 - ★★★½
I like that I don’t need to be an MCU nerd to enjoy this film. I didn’t like the music in this as much as the first two, but playing from a brown Zune makes up for it. The corridor scene is epic.
Voyager just slayed at Eurovision! 🎶
This week in NBL1 West basketball I am commentating Perth Redbacks v Willetton Tigers (women and men). These games will be broadcast on Kayo Sports Freebies. Watch the stream and enjoy my commentary!
I just became moustachioed!
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, 2023 - ★★½
Hits all the Mario tropes, and I got a few chuckles along the way. Mainly one for the kids, though.
Tomorrow I am flying to Karratha to commentate the NBL1 basketball game between Geraldton Buccaneers and Perth Redbacks. It will be streamed live at 7pm (+8GMT) if you want to watch. 🏀
Air, 2023 - ★★½
A basketball movie about business - my kind of film! Would have benefited from some tighter editing, but it’s always a pleasure to watch Damon act.
Thank You for Smoking, 2005 - ★★★★
I was excited to rewatch this movie, until I saw the opening credits where both Elon Musk and Peter Thiel were listed as Executive Producers. Urgh.