Finishing Up 2010

I mentioned the Motorola smart phones last week, but didn't mention that we also indulged in a new DVD player for Christmas.  We took the old, tired one upstairs to the bedroom and put the new one downstairs where we do most of our TV watching. The DVD player is equipped with Blu-Ray, which really doesn't interest me much. What I like about it is the Internet capability which allows one to stream Netflix movies to the TV. As long as it's available on the Watch Instantly section I can stream it right to the television when I'd like. I watch mostly older movies so almost everything I am interested in is available in this format. I've already taken advantage this week, watching three movies - Our Man In Havana, To Be or Not To Be, and The Man Who Never Was (all three terrific) - with another dozen or so queued up. I'm feeling a bit under the weather this morning so I'll use that excuse to spend New Year's Eve day, and perhaps night, finishing a wonderful book, Dawn Powell's The Wicked Pavilion (if you love biting wit and blistering take downs of the pretentious and snobbish, you'll do no better than reading Dawn Powell, one of America's great writers) and indulging in more movie watching.  A Happy New Year to all.