Maybe you're always on the lookout for book, TV, movie, and/or comedy recommendations, or maybe you're in need of some extra diversions these days while engaging in "social distancing".
Here are a few books I've read lately and enjoyed (enough to suggest to others, anyway):
- The Fifth Risk, by Michael Lewis
- The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization, by Vince Beiser
- Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky
- Into Thin Air, by Jon Karkauer
- The Attention Merchants, by Tim Wu
I'm a fan of stand-up comedy. Here are a couple of new specials on Netflix worth watching:
- Marc Maron's End Times Fun
- Tom Papa's Everything is Great
With TV, if you haven't watched The Expanse yet, now would be a good time. Staying home to avoid the coronavirus still seems much preferable to hanging out in a spaceship while "on the float". Better Call Saul is back for its fifth season and it's good. Also, if you enjoy Marc Maron (and I do) he's fun to watch on GLOW and Maron.
Finally, I'll throw in a curve ball of a movie rec: if you've never seen it, check out the cult classic Repo Man. This 1984 sci-fi comedy stars Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez, plus it has a great soundtrack featuring 80's punk music. I'm warning you now that Repo Man is a strange movie; however, if you like at all you'll probably like it a lot.
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