The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

Heretic was good! I’m game for anything with Sophie Thatcher in it, but also I want to see more of Hugh Grant playing bad guys, he’s just great in this. Lots of fun theological rants (if you’re into that), and I’m very happy to see the story of the Landlord’s Game mentioned in a movie!


Weapons was fucking great! What could have been a by-the-book [REDACTED] story turns into a great series of “WTF is happening?!!!” by careful application of a few storytelling tropes that, in less skilled hands, might have felt like cheating the audience. Also: Aunt Gladys is great!


Judging from what my phone tells me, Apple thinks I was completely slacking off during my ski week…

A picture of the Health app on my phone, showing my calorie trends over the past couple months. The ski week over Christmas shows only 1/3rd of physical activity compared to usual.

Heart Eyes was a lot of fun. An improbable slasher/romantic-comedy combo that goes heavy handed on both accounts. The story makes no sense but it’s the boyfriend/girlfriend we made along the way that counts, right?


The good fluffy boy is learning that he should in fact NOT try to catch ducks… despite everything that his DNA and breeding tells him. Notice the untouched ducks in the background. The good fluffy boy is being good.


We have a Japanese/Korean grocery store on our block and the youngest kid and I love grabbing some unfamiliar funny-looking drinks and snacks when we shop there! Here are today’s grabs!