These are not allowed in my house anymore. I need rehab. - Lisa
- Lisa
Published writer, compulsive reader, Old School Whovian, Match Game enthusiast, NKOTB fan, data hoarder, and - surprisingly, given that list - married with four kids. Welcome to my take on life, fatherhood, entertainment, and whatever strikes my fancy. Enjoy!
Friday, March 27, 2020
Frank Serpico
I found this documentary pretty boring. It isn't that Serpico didn't do great and courageous things as an honest member of the NYPD -- that he did.
The problem is he did them nearly 50 years ago, and (for medical reasons) has done little else of note. Moreover the story of his actions has been retold so often you have to wonder what point the filmaker was trying to make by dragging the man back in front of a camera.
So, to summarize: big fan of the man. Not a big fan of this documentary about him.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
99 years ago the Spanish flu killed up to 100 million world-wide. 600 in ONE day in Philly. This graph shows why we stay home. I support keeping things shut down as long as the medical experts recommend! A 10- year re-build is better then 100 million deaths in a few months. Learn from Philly. Don’t be Philly. Support the medical experts. LIFE before $! - Lisa
Tiger King
Highly recommend “Tiger king” Netflix docu-series. Drama, murder mayhem and foolishness, PLUS lots of big cat footage (my fave).
Binged watched my ass off. Won’t teach you a damn thing and you won’t care. The train wreck you just can’t get enough of.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
So those people that are searching for toilet paper now... are you gonna buy a lil extra this time to avoid problems or are you gonna do what you told everybody else to do and just buy for your immediate need?
If you buy some extra this time around are you free to be ridiculed? Do for your own and stop assuming anyone’s gonna leave you SHIT. STOCK UP when you see it. I’m ALWAYS gonna provide for MINE, zero guilt 
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Sidewalk Chalk and Covid 19
A couple of days ago Ginger and Lisa, bored by the quarantine, decided to decorate our sidewalk
Monday, March 23, 2020
Covid Takeout
Yesterday I ordered needlessly expensive pizza I didn't really want or need from a local place that's lost most of its business in the quarantine - and I even tipped on the carryout . #CoronaHero
Black Christmas
In summary: a group of man hating college feminists are the victims of disproportionate and violent retaliation by those they demean and oppress.
It wasn't awful to watch, and mildly entertaining even, but no one will recall this dreck in five years.
Do better, Hollywood.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
TIGER KING
TIGER KING is a 7 part docuseries about Joe Exotic, a big cat breeder convicted of hiring someone to kill animal activist Carole Baskin - who herself may have got her start by killing her husband and feeding his body to tigers.
It's a somewhat rambling and unstructured walk through a village of idiots, but it is also a thorough and riveting tale that will keep you interested.
And, a Netflix miracle: by the end you are either rooting for Joe, or rather somewhat sympathetic to his fate, largely because you grow increasingly skeptical of Baskin's motives and history as the series unfolds.
Worth a binge watch during the quarantine.
For anyone feeling guilt, know this: We are eating and sleeping and staring at screens as much as possible through this and I’m 100% ok with it.
You don’t have to keep up with anyone. Keep peace in your households. They’ll be time to make-up whatever anyone gets behind in. Just love each other.
- Lisa
Evers and Covid
Other than in the heat of an election, I have always been able to acknowledge when a political opponent does well. In that vein, Tony Evers has done a pretty good job managing the state's Covid 19 reaction. Kudos to him.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
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