🍿 Rewatched Planet of the Apes (1968) ★★★★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Planet of the Apes. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great! with Great! selected. The review reads: A classic. It still holds up after 50yrs.

🍿 Watched Margin Call (2011) ★★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Margin Call. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great! with Okay selected. The review reads: The poster billed it at the time as the Best Wall Street Film Yet. I beg to differ. Most of the actors seemed to be phoning it in. The dramatic tension just didn’t build enough to be important. It’s okay but all of these actors had been in much better films at this stage of their careers.

Sat quietly in meetings today not saying things but giving a general vibe.

An enamel badge in the shape of a yellow duck with “Oh for ducks sake” around it.

📺 Finished watching Shrinking (Season 1, 2023) ★★★★½

A rectangular image with a review of the television series Shrinking (Season 1). The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Great selected. The review reads: I loved this show. The cast just mesh together so well and the laughs are constant, with enough frustration at Jimmy and his actions to keep you coming back for more to see if he redeems himself. If you need something to look forward to as a pick me up each week then space this out and watch an episode a week. Brilliant.

🍿 Watched Fate of the Furious (2017) ★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Fate of the Furious. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great! with Avoid selected. The review reads: These movies are so bad, how did they keep getting made.

🍿 Watched Furious 7 (2015) ★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Furious 7. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great! with Avoid selected. The review reads: How have they made seven of these? The acting is wooden, the dialogue is terrible. Unfortunately it was my niece’s turn to pick a movie so I was obliged to sit through it.

Public holiday to do list nearly finished:

Coffee & crumpets for breakfast ✅

Read with cat sleeping on my lap ✅

Repot the last of the balcony plants ✅

Go for a walk along the river ✅

Make pizza for dinner ✅

Have a beer - in progress

Hello, it’s me. One in eight grown-ups love extreme tartness

For most people, biting into a lemon would leave them puckered up and desperate to lose that sour flavor, but a new study revealed that roughly one in eight adults like intensely sour sensations.

I’ve always loved a tart taste; if there’s a lemon or sour flavour to choose from I’ll go no further. Citrus drinks and strong cheeses are my favourite.

My nephew goes one further and eats lemons like they are oranges. No scurvy for him.

🍿 Watched Page Eight (2011) ★★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Page Eight. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great! with Okay selected. The review reads: Was this trying to create suspense? Was it aiming for a Le Carre level of intrigue? Missed the mark on both counts if it was. Watchable but your time would be better spent on other films or maybe Slow Horses on Apple TV.

Presenting on a major project at our department forum today. Thought I’d wear something to instil confidence.

A rectangular silver badge on a blue jacket. The badge says “I have no idea what I’m doing”