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In my end of year diary last December<\/a>, I mentioned that one of my Intentions was to work on downsizing our Stuff. Mr. Brillig and I are both at that age where contemplating a move to smaller, fewer-story living is no longer \u201cwaaaay in the future\u201d, but also looking at a hypothetical relocation if Mr. Brillig\u2019s job search (did I mention he was laid off Feb 1? No? Oops) takes us out of the Boston area. Not that it\u2019s what we WANT, but in this economic climate, and with that whole age thing, he\u2019s not limiting his search to metro Boston.<\/p>\n My decluttering workshop has been fantastic and I\u2019m so glad to be participating. Each week we focus on another area, and last week was \u201cliving spaces\u201d. Think living room, family room, etc. I chose to focus on one attainable area\u2026\u00a0the gigantic collection of DVDs we own.<\/p>\n Back before streaming, we amassed a wonderful collection of classic movies, then-current favorites, and a ton of stuff for when the kids were younger. We had many of them in a bespoke cabinet in our living room, plus three plastic containers stuffed with more. And judging from the dust on those crates, we have not opened them in years. I thought this was the perfect time to sort through them and make some decisions.<\/p>\n Before you ask, we DO have a way to watch them. While we don\u2019t own either a dedicated Blu-Ray\/DVD player attached to the TV anymore nor do any of our computers have a disc slot, we DO have an old xbox360 machine and it also plays DVDs!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n I did a cull of what I was never going to watch again. Then asked Mr. Brillig, who took film studies classes in college and loves movies, to go through. I expected he would put back some of what I picked to donate (he did, but only a couple) but I did not expect at least two dozen titles to join the Exit Our House pile.\u00a0<\/p>\n While going through, we found a bunch of movies we\u2019d love to watch again\u2026\u00a0or in some cases, watch together since we haven\u2019t both seen them. And we put that pile aside. It turned out to be at least a dozen movies.\u00a0<\/p>\n As I looked at the pile it struck me\u2026\u00a0on those evenings where we\u2019re scrolling through streaming platforms looking for \u201csomething good to watch\u201d, why not *watch one of these instead*?? Easy, free, and means we\u2019re using something we have!<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure many of you have faithfully been watching your hardcopy favorites all this time, but for us this was like finding a whole new source of entertainment. And I\u2019m really excited to settle in to watch one. When I have time though\u2026\u00a0this week has me reading and scoring panel proposals for Netroots Nation 2026 this June in Philly<\/a>, and also with a deadline for another piece of important and difficult writing.<\/p>\n Speaking of Netroots sessions\u2026\u00a0for the first time ever, they\u2019re asking for public voting on sessions!!! Click that link above and you\u2019ll be able to vote on ones you\u2019d like to see!!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s head over to the Tops then join me in the comment section to talk about times when you\u2019ve found something you already had that gets renewed use! Maybe it\u2019s clothing, or recipes, or who knows what!\u00a0<\/p>\n Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site’s best, funniest, most mojo’d & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition, please send it either to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>topcomments at gmail<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>or to the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Top Comments group mailbox<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by 9:30pm Eastern. Please<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>please\u00a0<\/span>please<\/u><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>include a few words about why you sent it in as well as your user name (even if you think we know it already :-)), so we can credit you with the find!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Brillig’s ObDisclaimer:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening’s Diarist and\/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything\u00a0<\/span>without<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. “TopCommentness” lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader – I leave the decision to you. I do\u00a0<\/span>not<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we’d all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down. Please remember that comment inclusion in Top Comments does not constitute support or endorsement by diarist, formatter, Top Comments writers or DailyKos. Questions, complaints or comments? Contact\u00a0<\/span>brillig<\/em>.<\/p>\n We had no direct nominations tonight. I did find a highlight:<\/p>\n doinaheckuvanutjob<\/strong> thought this comment<\/a> by agoldnyc<\/strong> was top comment-worthy! From Saturday\u2019s\u00a0Cartoon: Trump’s avengers assemble<\/a>\u00a0by Drew Sheneman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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