My Journey: December 2024

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

My 2024 Tennis Season

Tennis is still a THING for me.

My 2024 tennis season started in February due to an unexpected warm winter.

The past 3 weeks have been brutal - I thought it'd mark the end of the season! But today, an unexpected "heatwave" came. Under 40F at 12:30pm, I went to play again.

For the 2024 season, I've played 173 times. I play every morning except when it's raining or below 32F or above 75F or when I'm out on vacation. And, I only play tennis OUTDOOR!

On Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 08:00:34 PM CST, Pei Tang <tang_pei@yahoo.com> wrote:

Last year, 2022, I played tennis outdoor from 6/7/22 to 11/26/22 for a total of 77 times. I considered it as my "tennis season."

This year, the season started early on 4/8/23, and it lasted all the way through 12/15/23, for a total of 158 times. I'm not sure if this is the END of my "tennis season". If it goes into 2024, how would I define the "season?"

Nonetheless, tennis is a THING for me now. Looking forward to the next season -- or the continuation of this season into 2024.

Monday, December 16, 2024

The Good Doctor

Have you watched the TV show "The Good Doctor" debuted on 9/25/2017?

It was on ABC every Monday night. Since I couldn't watch it regularly during week days, I have been waiting to watch it on Netflix or Amazon Prime. Well, it never happened until 10/22/2024 when we got to Slovenia. By a random chance, I saw it on Netflix. Watched many episodes while traveling in Europe.

Upon arriving home from vacation, the first thing I did was trying to watch The Good Doctor. To my surprise, I couldn't find it. After several calls into Netflix and patiently waiting for 4 weeks, I finally learned that Netflix doesn't have a licensing agreement for The Good Doctor in North America. Yes, it's available in Europe, Japan and maybe the entire Asia. It's just not available here in Netflix's home country.

The show maybe controversial. I love it and believe that the world could be a much better place if there were more Shaun Murphy -- more people with simplicity, purity, and honesty.

For the sake of my fellow Americans, I sent an email to Netflix in hope it will become available here in the US soon.

Hello!

Please consider adding The Good Doctor to the US licensing agreement. We Americans deserve to watch this show. I've had Netflix for a long time, and I have to say the quality of the shows in the US is declining fast, which is very unfortunate. Please make The Good Doctor available to the US customers.

Please forward this message to those in the highest management who have the authority to make licensing decisions.

Thank you!!