Ross Catrow

  • Lots of smart thoughts and tough questions in this piece from Erin Kissane as folks flee Twitter for Threads:

    I personally think Meta’s machinery is so implicated in genocide and a million lesser harms that it should be trapped inside a circle of salt forever, but even I recognize that there are billions of people around the world who have no other social internet available. These are the trade-offs.

    Thankfully, I don’t need to rely on social media to sustain Good Morning, RVA, but I have started experimenting with using Instagram as a way to share the content more widely. Now I’m reconsidering how I do that (and maybe looking for my salt cellar)…

  • Is there another way to talk to Siri?

    A search on AppleTV gone wrong. The text in the search box says “Hello no no no wow you were sleeping” and the caption overlaid says “Ross likes to talk to Siri like an old British ghost woman, and this is what happened when he searched for ‘While you were Sleeping.’ (She did find it, though.)”

  • Christmas in Connecticut, 1945 — ★★★.  I demand a zany kitchen scene!

  • Finished reading: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott 📚

    Ughhhhhh either the perfect book to read at the perfect time or the worst book at the worst time. I can’t decide!

  • Finished reading: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 📚

    Audio book narrator has the absolute creepiest “pigooon balooon” voice—recommend!

  • Funny Farm, 1988 — ★★★★.  Juice is on! Water’s on!

  • Is George Ford rich? I must know! 🔥

  • Renfield, 2023 — ★★★.  Why does this movie turn into an earnest action film every 10 minutes?

  • Barefoot in the Park, 1967 — ★★★★.  Pound of grapes for dinner!

  • The Fly, 1986 — ★★★★½.  Just how many Cronenberg pelvic exam scenes have you watched, would you say?

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023 — ★★★★½.  Are we finally done with Pixar’s boring smoothness??

  • The Odd Couple, 1968 — ★★★★★.  Ohhhhhh nooooooo I am the same age as Jack Lemon in this film <hurts back opening a window>.

  • This is exactly how a Stephen King novel starts.

    A package addressed to “Semitary Avenue” with a warning affixed reading “CARFULL PLEASE LIVE PLANT”

  • Escape Room, 2019 — ★★★½.  I guess I’m not the only one who constantly thinks about 1997’s Cube!

  • I want to do a messy holiday rope light situation, but can’t figure out which rope lights people use. Any suggestions?

  • About twice a year I think about how much impact that paper towel TED Talk guy had on my life.

  • Finished reading: Ninth House (Alex Stern Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo 📚

    Not for me, but maybe something good for adolescent boys to read?

  • Finished reading: The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin 📚

    <immediately checks out second book in the series>

  • Finished reading: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 📚

  • The Pale Blue Eye, 2022 — ★★½.  Two men attempt to solve the mystery of why everyone in this movie has so many different accents.

  • Currently reading: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 📚

    Unnnnghhhhh why is Kevin Wilson such an excellent writer? People who loved Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, read this next!

  • Finished reading: Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis 📚

    Confession: I am still too dumb to undestand 60% of this. The first third, though, was excellent!

  • Day of the Dead, 1985 — ★★★★.  Like watching a Halloween zombie parade (in a good way). Clown zombie! Ballerina zombie! Solider zombie! Doctor zombie!

  • Finished reading: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin 📚

    <immediately checks out second book in the series>

  • The spelling of “monotonous” is so repetitive and boring.

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