Top Reviews of 2024

Here are the experiences I gave the highest ratings to in 2024. I hope you discover something new!

Books

• Song of the Mysteries by Janny Wurts (A+)
• Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikowsky (A)
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikowsky (A-)
• The Scarab Path by Adrian Tchaikowsky (A-)
• Salute the Dark by Adrian Tchaikowsky (B+)

Television Shows

• Fallout, Season One (A) (Amazon)
• Line of Duty, Season Three (B+) (Hulu)
• Yellowjackets, Season One (B+) (Amazon)
• Cobra Kai, Season Three / Four / Five (B+) (Netflix)
• Jury Duty (B+) (Amazon)

Movies / Specials

• Thelma (B+) (Amazon)
• Miguel Wants to Fight (B+) (Hulu)
• Feast of the Seven Fishes (B+) (Amazon)
• Super Mario Brothers Movie (B+) (Netflix)
• Death to 2021 / Death to 2020 (B+) (Netflix)

Games

• Satisfactory (A) (PC)
• Dandelions (B+) (board game)
• 5-Minute Dungeon (B+) (board game)

Memory Day: Snapshots

This picture was taken on Christmas Day in 2012.

Booty was not a fan of this mask initially but became indifferent to it within 2 days of harrassment. It spent the next 9 years atop our bookshelf gathering dust and spying on our living room. We finally threw it away when we took it down to show baby Maia and realized that we were inhaling decaying bits of plastic every time we wore it.

12 12 of 12s

a recap of 12 of 12 posts from 2024

January: Maia receives boxes of books from the Smiths, which we turn into a little library where she can check out 5 at a time. She has read them all within 2 months.

February: Our old cat is more like a throw pillow than a cat.

March: Brief obsession with flying kites, on an unseasonably warm spring day.

April: Brief obsession with the game, Five Minute Dungeon.

May: A reunited family after the ladies return home from a Minneapolis wedding.

June: I actually went into the office one day.

July: Brief obsession with the Netflix Hot Wheels show.

August: Weird tacos at Taco Bamba.

September: Mario Kart time.

October: Within 100 feet of Kevin Bacon.

November: Weather mild enough to walk to preschool.

December: Another successful year in the books.

Chad Darnell's 12 of 12

12 pictures of your day on the 12th of every month

1:16 AM: 2nd place in the Advent of Code Day 12 puzzle (1st overall).

6:44 AM: Showered and ready for work.

6:53 AM: Getting ready to go to the bus stop.

7:06 AM: Bagel for breakfast.

9:42 AM: Working from home.

10:19 AM: Exercise break while watching Arcane.

2:55 PM: Comes straight home and hops on her school computer to keep reading books that are only accessible if you login before 3 PM. Tater approves.

3:04 PM: Took a nice nap today (after waking up near 5 AM this morning).

5:41 PM: Prime rib night at Miller's.

7:43 PM: Evening ritual of opening the Advent Calendar in Satisfactory.

8:37 PM: Ori's getting into presents.

11:59 PM: Ready for the Day 13 puzzle (which I ended up getting 1st place on).

Data Day: Pandora Stations

stations created over 13 years that have survived my periodic purges