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Top 10 Movies

2024-09-12 movies top 10 review

My daughter asked me what my top 10 movies of all time are, and it got me primed to actually write something after a couple of years of writing almost nothing. I think this may lead to a few other top 10s over the next few months - video games, books, tv series, board games, vacations? The possibilities are endless. Movies are a good starter though so that's where we are at.

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The Stand

2022-09-01 books tv stephen king review

This article contains spoilers for both the book and the recent tv show.

On a recent vacation, I read the entirety of the unabridged version of The Stand by Stephen King, a reread of one of my favourite books. After returning home, I wanted to contrast with the new miniseries, The Stand, which I thought was good but not great.

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