Winter just keeps on coming. If you’ve given up on going outside unless you have to, as I have, there’s no better time to find some comfort watchin’ on Netflix.
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Hunker Down with Netflix Hidden Treasures
Tag: netflix instant
Hello, Persephoneers! I hope the holidays were good to you and that you had a wonderful New Year. For me and for a lot of other people, it has brought nothing but snow. Here are some good suspenseful TV shows, all available on Netflix Instant, that you can watch while snowed in.
Good afternoon! It’s chilly out; let’s all stay in with some cocoa and a Netflix marathon. I’ll bring the marshmallows and the peppermint bark.
I know, I know, friends. We started out loving True Blood together, embracing its blend of soap opera, cheese, and some truly impressive shirtless actors. We liked vampires! We liked the gore! We liked the barely-clothed allegories to the struggle for gay and civil rights! We really liked Pam and Eric!
A while ago, I wrote a post comparing Netflix Instant to Hulu Plus. Netflix was the clear winner for my personal viewing habits; let’s see how it holds up against Amazon’s streaming service.
How I ended up being really interested in a more high-brow variety of crime television, I’m not entirely sure, but both the English-speaking and original Swedish versions of Wallander satisfyingly scratch that itch.
Yes, indeed, I am talking about Doctor Who again. You love it, I love it, and we are all better for it.
Sometimes, I decide to write for this section so that I have an official reason to stray from my compulsive viewing habits. I’ve already talked about Doctor Who twice, I’ve finished Luther and Bleak House, and now I’ve started obsessively watching Battlestar Galactica. Since BSG is already recapped around these parts (and done so nicely, […]
What I watched last night is what I’ve been watching nearly every night for the past month, Friday Night Lights on Netflix.
During the last six months I’ve felt like I’ve been standing in front of a tennis ball launcher without a freaking racket, or a good place to hide. In trying to avoid a meltdown, I was spending way too much of my precious post-major-breakup time on the couch with my cat, cursing the fact that […]
For those of us who think The Biggest Loser doesn’t qualify as “health motivation and education,” here are five great films to get you thinking about and participating in your greater health.
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Things That Make Me Happy
I am suffering from a serious case of writer’s block this week, y’all. The heat has given me a raging headache all week, which makes me much less than my usually delightful self, so to cheer up, I’m going to share with you all the things that make me happy in the hopes that, should […]
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Lunchtime Poll – 6/15
It’s a beautiful Wednesday in June, I have the day off from my day job, and of course I’m laid up with a nasty cold. But before I slip back out of consciousness, today’s LTP is sick-day related. What is your favorite sick-in-bed movie? Preferably one that’s on Netflix Instant… not that I’m doing this […]
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Monday: Open Thread Time
Greetings, Persephoneers! I hope this week is off to a good start and that you showed Monday who’s boss. Let’s talk about something relaxing like TV, shall we?
We love our Netflix around here, as evidenced by Cartoons of the ’90s, Even More Compulsively Watchable Documentaries on Netflix!, Netflix and Nyquil: Streaming Through a Sick Day, Killing Time with Family: Netflix Instant Saves the Day and Netflix Instant: Badass Leading Ladies. We’re going to go further in the Badass Leading Ladies milieu today, […]