🖋️ LongForm
Ready To Choose Sides Yet?
I have always been adamant. I am English. British at best. And that is why I remain on a US Green Card - which historically raised eyebrows. It hasn’t alwayss been easy - but right now feeling good about it.
Aotearoa : 2025-03-22
11:11 am Wordland. Once more. Exploring how it might fit my workflow.
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The Final Updated Post](https://philpin.com/2025-03-22) (in case you are reading this on my main blog.)
🔵 The Final Updated Post (in case you are reading this on my main blog.)
Work Life Balance - AGAIN.
Long said that the whole work/life balance problem ‘solves the wrong problem really well’. For example - 🖇️ me, nearly six years ago
I conclude …
Does John Mayall feel fulfilled? Well, needless to say, I can’t speak for him - but I think he does. Is he the richest musician on the planet? Not by a long way. Is he the most well known? Not at all. But I’d wager he is one of the most fulfilled people out there. And not a work-life balance equation to be seen.
Just read this in Gaping Void
Aotearoa : 2025-03-20
Checking out updated Wordland.
🔵 The Final Updated Post (in case you are reading this on my main blog.)
Aotearoa : 2025-03-16
[@Dave](https://micro.blog/Dave) asked the question about Wordland as to whether I was surprised that having posted something … the screen didn’t clear. I get it and understand why the decision was made .. but it still caught me out.
[@om](https://micro.blog/om) is using Wordland to create a new kind of Daily post.
🎥 Barbie, 2023 - ★★★★
Finally got around to it and … Marvelous .. and I’m not even a fan of ‘musicals’. So good that it needs to be rereleased.
Barbie, 2023 - ★★★★
Finally got around to it and … Marvelous .. and I’m not even a fan of ‘musicals’. So good that it needs ro be rereleased.
Improving Life - One Step at a time.
I started ‘a process’ this past weekend and then Mark Manson sent ‘me’ an email this morning …
TWO THINGS FOR YOU TO ASK YOURSELF
What do you want to be great at?
What can you do today so you’re a little better tomorrow?
Recommended: Use these as journaling prompts for the week.
ONE THING FOR YOU TO TRY THIS WEEK
Get a little better at that one thing you want to excel at this week. Let me know how it goes.
Remember: Small changes lead to lasting breakthroughs.
###Trying
🎥 The Laundromat, 2019 - ★★★★
Just a great one, that I saw in the theaters when it came out and logging it now .. 5 years later. Has it stood the test of time? No idea, have a watch and you decide.
Generation Beta?
I think describing who I am, what I want and need and everything else besides based on my age is baloney and claptrap. Hell - I’d put more money on being defined by astrology. But still this bunk persists.
It’s getting weirder.
🎥 Sicario, 2015 - ★★★★
Good cast, gritty and wrestles with that eternal question that the world still faces today … even more so … how do you fix the problem of really bad guys by being good guys that don’t break the law.
Sicario, 2015 - ★★★★
Good cast, gritty and wrestles with that eternal question that the world still faces today … even more so … how do you fix the problem of really bad guys by being good guys that don’t break the law.
🎥 The Sum of All Fears, 2002 - ★★★
You don't often actually see a nuclear bomb go off in these kinds of movies - aren't they meant to be stopped with 2 seconds to go? It's a Reacher story with plenty of time during in to try to count how many different actors have played Jack over the years ... sorry not a big fan of Ben in these roles (no reason - he just always seems to fall short). They - for all of that - still 3 stars - I guess Tom is that good - and Morgan in the cast helps.
Don't not watch it - but don't go hunting for it either.
The Sum of All Fears, 2002 - ★★★
You don't often actually see a nuclear bomb go off in these kinds of movies - aren't they meant to be stopped with 2 seconds to go? It's a Reacher story with plenty of time during in to try to count how many different actors have played Jack over the years ... sorry not a big fan of Ben in these roles (no reason - he just always seems to fall short). They - for all of that - still 3 stars - I guess Tom is that good - and Morgan in the cast helps.
Don't not watch it - but don't go hunting for it either.
🎥 The Equalizer 3, 2023 - ★★★½
I know I’ve watched the first two at some point - but for the life of me - gonna have to revisit (maybe). Good story - and it’s Denzel … a solid action movie.