Well it has come that time. I promised back in 2020 after the last price changes I wouldn't just keep doing it time and again like internet providers and streaming services do. I wanted you all to have consistency and I meant it. I held out through Covid, a market drop, a market rise, and massive worldwide inflation. Five years and come and gone. I'll just get to it and present the new table of prices below effective Jan 1, 2025.

As you can tell, these prices aren't too bad considering it's been five years. That's about 80 cent per year and less than 7 cent per month over the past 5 years for most plans so I shouldn't be breaking anyone's wallets or purse strings.

Is there anything going on of interest?

• It's Cyber Monday! A lot of good deals going on for tech stuff, entertainment, audio/video, and even sports and outdoors. Get what you can while you can because will probably be the best deals in these markets for the rest of the year.

This is another Taylor Sherdian story that focuses on the oil industry in the US. Billy Bob Thornton plays the landman that finalizes the real estate contracts for oil drilling but really is a jack of all trades and Jon Hamm plays the oil magnate that he hires Thornton to do his dirty work. It really is a compelling, funny, and informational series that basically is a shill for the oil industry and why it should be there, should not be doubted, and takes a traditional, conservative, non-energy friendly view in spite of climate change or any negative drawbacks. Any negatives are usually portrayed from the lens of outdated equipment, mistakes in labor, and corporate greed.

The third part of the sixth season is out and honestly at this point it's basically real life anime. Overly dramatic for no real reason, bad acting, tons of rah rah speeches, overdone stunts, and for some reason way too many montages. It's entertaining if you shut off and laugh at the absurdity but it's getting harder to do that much. Sadly though they're repeating a lot of similar vibes and regurgitating a lot of the same back and forth subplots, just with different individuals. And all of it is just a remix of the plots from the movies. Even nostalgia can only carry this show for so long and probably nostalgia's back after season 3. The well is dry.

The Taylor Sheridan creation is back for the second half of the 5th season. Because of the public, not so amicable split between Kevin Costner, who plays the main character John Dutton, and the show's production, the script had to be altered for this second part. A lot of complaints online are already being voiced about it and mainly in Sheridan's (the main writer of the show and executive producer) writing and the subtle/not so subtle stabs at Costner in the wake of the split. A lot of complaints about it whole season being self serving to Sheridan's other ventures and spin offs more so than the actual story arc that people came to love. The show will go on and be watched. Whether it is remembered is another story.

The show about the story of the mix of poor and well-to-do kids living on the outer banks of North Carolina that go about treasure hunting has returned. I know it sounds goofy, teenagers that search for lost treasure is only part of it. The haves and have nots fromthis slice of life is narrated in a way that it helps explain the character development, landscape, style, and emotion of the show. Honestly the first 3 seasons were good but this fourth season feels like the story starts a new chapter and its running a bit long in the tooth. I still recommend it if you want some young modern soap opera with a unique story.

The second season of the hit Korean show about people being determined to die on a certain date and time, then get pummeled to death and soul taken from them violently by monster teams has returned. This show has a supernatural feel to it as people out of the blue learn that their final days/hours are and it creates a worldwide phenomenon which starts to become apart of society which is both celebrated and dreadfully feared. Admittedly, the first season was amazing but the second season is dragging a little bit as I watch and I'll update by season's end to see if it picks up. UPDATE: I feel the first season mystery and human reaction made the first season very interesting but the second season was all over the place with the display of one possible outcome to the human reaction from season 1. I thought the second season was fine enough but the first season was the better season.