I've recently watched a lot of Netflix.  Haven't been to a movie theater since the opening of  Barbenheimer  weekend almost two years ago.  Saved a lot of money. I pay Netflix $17.99/month, the standard rate without ads.  I also am a member of Amazon Prime, which costs me $15.70 with ads.  But I buy a lot from Amazon, providing for free shipping, so Prime is almost free to me. To compare, consider that when you go to a movie theater, you need to drive there, then back home.  There is a tendency to make this an outing, so you have lunch or dinner.  If not, you buy popcorn and a drink.  Skipping a restaurant, just the theater cost will set you back $25/person.  That's already more than a month of Netflix. With Netflix/Prime, you pick what you want and when.  You sit in a more comfortable environment.  You don't need to wear a mask.  Of course you don't need to wear them anymore in theaters, but you are in a cold/flu/COVID en...

So what am I doing for entertainment now that I'm back from my trip and the summer is here? I have stopped going to movie theaters.  My last experience was a back to back  Barbenheimer,  but that was nearly two years ago.  I am, though, pondering over Tom Cruise's  Mission: Impossible, The Final Reckoning , plus a lunch.   Rotten Tomatoes  reviewers only gave it a 79 rating, so maybe not. Vulture  has a list of 10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend.  Click on that, or instead go to: The 30 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now The 25 Best Movies on Hulu Right Now The 30 Best Movies on HBO and Max Right Now Me?  We get all kinds of activities at 15 Craigside.   ( That smaller building to the extreme left is 15 Craigside, where I've now been for 11 years.  That tallest structure next door is 2001 Craigside, where I lived for 32 years .)  For example, just today: Yoga in the Solarium.  Nope, not me. Stre...