Friday, December 23, 2022

Hello again and happy Friday. You may be wondering whether I saw Avatar: The Way of Water. The answer is: yes, I did. It's an enormous technical achievement and a reminder that there are some cinematic experiences you can't really replicate at home. I liked it! I would have put it at #11 on last week's list. Sorry, Incendies.

In completely unrelated news, Twitter continues to be a runaway train careering towards a dumpster fire, which is pretty fun to observe from the sidelines. I feel bad for our country. But this is tremendous content.

Item 1: a link

From Microsoft Word to Google Docs, the blinking cursor is a companion that compels us throughout text documents and text messages and naughty Google searches.

When we falter in our prose, the blinking cursor is there to patiently ask “What’s next?”

The blinking cursor is not just some 1970s invention of yesteryear — it oriented millions of people in the digital world. It's why and how the words you're reading right now were created.

I'm literally staring at one of these right now.

Item 2: a list

Top 15 TV shows that aired at least one episode in 2022, ranked

1. The Rehearsal
2. Station Eleven
3. Reservation Dogs
4. Pachinko
5. Andor
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Bear
8. We Own This City
9. Severance
10. What We Do in the Shadows
11. Hacks
12. Irma Vep
13. Slow Horses
14. For All Mankind
15. Reacher

Honorable mentions: Black Bird, Beforeigners, the dragon show, MacGruber, Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen, Under the Banner of Heaven, The White Lotus, Winning Time

Item 3: a media recommendation

Item 4: word of the week

Susseration

Item 5: a photograph

See ya!

Thanks for reading, it's a pleasure and a privilege to distract you for upwards of 17 seconds every Friday. See you again next week for the Wolmania 2022 year-end extravaganza.