My favorite part of @patrickrhone‘s Reading Plan for 2019 is;
Reading is reading. Magazines, newspapers, Instapaper, etc. all count towards the goal of reading more.
This is something I get wrong. The last few years I’ve only counted the number of actual books I’ve read, which totally discounts the value of the various essays, comics, online articles, that I’ve read.
Watching: Shaun of the Dead (2004) 📺
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.
🧟♂️
Watching: Paul (2011) 📺
Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
👽
Watching: The Night Before (2015) 📺
On Christmas eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Alcohol in the Hunter – more than 3000 treatments in a year | Newcastle Herald
The latest data shows 3306 “treatment periods” were sought for an alcohol problem in the region within a year.
The alcohol problem was followed by three illegal drugs. The data showed about 2223 “treatment periods” a year for amphetamines, 1739 for cannabis and 477 for heroin.
This so-called “treatment period” refers to contact between a client and publicly-funded health service at government and non-government agencies.
Alcohol is clearly a huge issue here in Australia, and many other countries in the World, and whilst I think there is more and more education needed, I doubt that it will ever be an issue that gets solved as the Government makes so much money from it.
The other stat I find interesting is the number of people who entered into treatment for Cannabis. I bet that the vast majority of people who entered into a treatment “contract” did so to avoid a conviction being recorded against them as there is little to no evidence that cannabis causes issues anything like alcohol does.
Watching: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) 📺
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Watching: South Park: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (S1.E9) 📺
The town is forced to remove anything that either has anything to do with Christmas or is offensive in the least bit to anyone. And Kyle tries to convince everyone of the existence of “Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo.”
Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🏻
Watching: The Meg (2018) 📺
After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
Watching: Bad Santa (2003) 📺
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
A Christmas classic It’s a little more inappropriate than I recall.