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Friday, 25 November 2016

Killing time

Patrick is marveling that Microsoft’s Solitaire is now available for iOS and Android. He thinks there’s a weekend hour to be spent in this throwback of a game before the resident nine-year-old awakes. But mostly, he’s looking forward this weekend to being a husband and dad — and catching up on some reading. On the list: A fourth time through Doug Tatum’s No Man’s Land: Where Growing Companies Fail. And a first read for All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis (by the wonderful due of Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera) and the latest from Michael Connelly, the former journalist turned creator of the Harry Bosch series. Oh, and maybe an episode of The Americans. Set just after Ronald Reagan was elected, it’s a show about marriage and kids and family — when the parents just happen to be Soviet KGB illegals living deep undercover in the suburbs of Washington, DC. The New Yorker quite rightly called it “the whiskey sour of television shows.” Whether you’re someone’s spouse or parent — or simply suffering a massive case of 1980s nostalgia — this is the show for you. There are four seasons for you to enjoy right now, with two more to follow (in 2017 and 2018) before the series draws to a close. (We’re watching via iTunes; it hasn’t yet come to Egyptian Netflix.)

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