Connected & Entertained during COVID-19

[Alfuzzy]

With all of the isolation, I've found that several ways to keep myself engaged and entertained:

• The Morning Brew

• The New York Times
• The Food Network

What are some other sources of entertainment that aren't over the top with negativity?

 

[AirBear]

Catching up on my TV and watching numerous YouTube videos about WW2. I took advantage of a sale and subscribed to the Washington Post, mostly for the comics LOL. Reading "Iron Coffin" by U-Boat Captain Herbert Werner. Published in 1968 so 1st hard copy book I've read in a long time. Have to buy it from used books online. I thought I knew a lot about the U-Boat war but I did not. It's amazing what he went thru. The last 12-18 months of the war the Allies got so good at anti-sub warfare only 2 out of 10 U-boats would return from a tour.

Refurbed my wife's old Mac Mini that hadn't been turned on in years. That's what got me to mac-forums. Liked the Mac Mini so much I bought a new iMac. I'm an old Windows guy so Google and I have been talking a lot about Mac stuff.

 

[RadioFlyer]

Our yard and vehicles have never looked as good.

I don't watch much TV but do play video games and do read novels. I can DL books from our library but the selection is sparse these days.

Today I'm going to wash the windows ... Next week, wash the car again.

 

[IWT]

Rod said:

Today I'm going to wash the windows ... Next week, wash the car again.

And I hope you wash your hands more often than that.

Ian

 

[toMACsh]

Last night, finally started watching an old movie recorded on the DVD maybe two years ago. It got interrupted in the middle... something more important came up" Skype with grandkids and their parents.

 

[dufchick]

Is no one binge watching anything good? Amazon: Marvelous Mrs. Mazel. Netflix: Grace & Frankie, Kominsky Method. (all done watching these but they are fabulous). Next I think I will watch Tiger King on Netflix. I still have to work every day, I am considered an essential worker (criminal justice division of my county). But on weekends I am on lockdown. I sewed a bunch of face masks for my family and employees. I cleaned out my closet and boxed up stuff I don't wear anymore, boxes labeled in the corner of my dining room. I vacuumed out my car, dog hair still from last trip to the vet. I have smoked a brisket and ribs and cooked something fabulous every weekend. I do my own mani's and pedi's and cut my own hair. Thank goodness I do not get botox!

 

[AirBear]

I just finished Season 1 of "Another Life" on Netflix. Stars Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica). 10 episodes and leaves you on a cliffhanger but at least it's been renewed for season 2. Excellent Space Drama, kind of a mix of "Lost in Space", "Alien" and a few other movies.

"The Expanse" on Amazon Prime is excellent, that's the show Jeff Bezos rescued. On Hulu there's "Emergence" about a strange 9yr old, & "Devs" about a very powerful Quantum computer.

On Apple TV there's "For All Mankind" which is an alternate history where the Russians beat the USA to the moon which starts a huge space race.