Sometimes fluffy, but builds to a powerful climax. I had especial appreciation for the emotional performance of the actors. That’s been a recent focus for me and to see these guys faking it so well was humbling. I was left feeling pity for Nixon and wanted him to find some salvation. Maybe I’ll be able to muster that same goodwill for GW in the fullness of time. W had its moments, but never felt like a serious portrayal. Even more tangentially, the theaters are extremely crowded on Christmas day. This aspect of the tradition is new to me.

A compendium of excellent advice and thorough explanations for same. You can hardly write ten lines of Java code without doing something that would benefit from the advice in this book. Many of the patterns are applicable beyond Java as well.

Last night I dreamt about GIT and implementing complex revision control policies atop its basic tools. In my dream I danced around the room as changes were fetched and pushed.