But first, maybe  President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza Peace Plan is showing some progress .   No one expects the Hamas to accept all of them, but they did agree to release all captives and the act of handing over administration to Palestinian technocrats. So far, in the Gaza Strip, 66,288 have been killed and 169,165 wounded.   On 7October2023, almost two years ago, 1139 were killed in the initial Hamas-led attack. About my topic of the day, I've long been lamenting the overflow of watchable films and series available on Netflix and Prime.  Why expand into the plethora of other streaming options when I can't keep up with what I have, which costs me around $30/month.  And, of course, why venture out to a movie theater to end up watching a film that will cost me around that amount of money, when you add the popcorn, drink, gasoline cost, time it takes to get there and back, and the risk of a car accident or worse.  Oh, also getting infected with ...

Ah, it's Saturday, and a lot of good NCAA football games, plus 4 Major League Baseball playoff games.  I don't cover the NHL, soccer matches, etc., but here is a  site that provides details on how to watch sports this weekend on your television .  The Nevada at Hawaii football game must have been so inconsequential that it was not even mentioned.  But it's playing at 6PM in the 15 Craigside theater, and for free.  I remember paying $500/year when I was not living here. There was a time when I went to movie theaters.  Have not since the pandemic began, and am still not ready.  But if you do,  here are all the films opening this weekend .  And I count 29 of them.  Four of them seem most prominent ( with Rotten Tomatoes rating for reviewers/audiences ). Clerks III  ( 64/93) :  when you see this kind of discrepancy, I almost always side with the audience. Halloween Ends  ( 39/56 ):  with Jamie Lee Curtis, said a reviewer,...