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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

DVD Review: Due South Season 2

 


The second season of Due South was the last one to be broadcast on CBS. It kept the case-of-the-week procedural format but did have callbacks to prior storylines. One of which resulted in the wonderful mid-season episode Juliet is Bleeding, which returned to the storyline between Ray and Frank Zuko, and guest-starred Carrie Ann Moss, who would of course go on to star in The Matrix in a few years. The Victoria storyline was mentioned a couple of times but never revisited, which I think was unfortunate. This season also introduced new characters that would appear multiple times throughout the series' remaining run including Camilla Scott as Fraiser's new boss, Inspector Thatcher, and bringing back the compulsive liar, Ian MacDonald, from season one. Leslie Nielsen also made his first appearance as the Mountie Sgt. Buck Frobisher. Romana Milano who played Ray's sister Franchesca also had a larger role this season.

The DVD series does not include any extras, just the episodes. The season continued to be well-written and acted. In the second season, the show was mostly still serious, with some comedic elements mixed in. It was not until after the CBS cancellation and picked up by Alliance and aired in Canada and in syndication in the US that it transitioned into a dramedy. As the show does not stream anywhere (that I am aware of) if you want it getting the DVDs is the only way to watch it these days (as I do not think it plays in syndication any longer either). It is definitely worth the pickup.

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