The Sane Lunatic

My first phone was a Nokia 1100. Everyone at home had Nokia phones. As time went on and smartphones became the new normal for everyone who could afford one, I stuck with the Nokia brand. Around the same time, people I knew had or were getting Samsung smartphones. One specific range comes to mind as the one with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard - the Corby. As cool as I thought the phones were, I just hated the comical font all Samsung phones had. Then I noticed that most guys who had Samsung phones were a certain TYPE. I prided myself on sticking with other brands like Sony, Blackberry and in 2019 I upgraded to a OnePlus device. FYI, I rarely buy expensive smartphones, just mid-range ones and that segment has gotten stupidly crowded in the last few years with the influx of  brands like Mi, Huawei, Poco and so on. I don't like any of them or their products or most people who buy those products. Its not a rational dislike but it is a strong one. My boycott of Samsung phones continued as w...

Any high-budget video production around the character of Sherlock Holmes seems to be a surefire success these days. We saw it with the 2010 British TV show adaptation  Sherlock  featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman and with the American film series that had Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. This time we have a Netflix original that focuses on the less famous Holmes character — the sister, Enola.   Unlike the one showcased in the Cumberbatch TV series, this is a more friendly Enola played by Stranger Things star, Millie Bobby Brown. It's her movie and it constantly breaks the fourth wall with Enola also doubling up as the narrator. Her famous brother Sherlock the detective (played by Henry Cavill) and ambitious bureaucrat Mycroft (played by Sam Claflin) left home early while Enola is raised by their widowed mother Eudoria (played by Helena Bonham Carter). Enola is homeschooled in various fields like math, science, sociology, literature, coded messages and hortic...