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24 Withdrawal

My favorite (free) TV show ended this spring, but fortunately I did not start watching 24 until Season 6. This leaves a lot of old episodes I can watch. I received Seasons 1 & 2 as a Father’s Day present so that will tide me over for awhile.
Also, there is a 24 movie [...]

Movies on Free TV

I’m a big proponent of canceling cable and watching free over-the-air tv. The only real hardship involved is giving up movie channels. When I was younger, there used to be a bunch of good old movies on tv. Whereas nowadays, some of my local affiliates appear to be showing more infomercials. [...]

Falling Slowly

Music Mondays
I often don’t care for much pop music out these days, but Falling Slowly is a good song. The original is acoustic with just guitar, piano, and voice.
Once
The song was featured in a movie called Once. Once was good, although a bit different than most movies in that not a lot happens [...]

The Wrecker

Train Tuesdays
One of my guilty pleasures is reading Clive Cussler novels. I’ve been working my way through the Dirk Pitt series with my favorite so far being Deep Six.
I’ve also been reading the new Isaac Bell series of books Cussler co-writes with Justin Scott. I like this series in part because I’m a [...]

Idiocracy

Most movies about the future depict amazing technological advances and an evolved society. I enjoyed a Mike Judge comedy called Idiocracy starring Luke Wilson with a very different view of the future.
Low-Tech Times Rating = 3 stars
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