Movie - Double Threat (2022) [/] Action-comedy-romantic movie. At a convenience store stop Jimmy (Matthew Lawrence) gets taken hostage by pretty cashier Natasha (Danielle C Ryan) who turns out to be wanted by her mob boss for embezzling. Turns out she has two personalities: nice girl who Jimmy is attracted to and danger girl that can take out mob hitmen. Meanwhile the pair are chased by mob boss son Ellis (Kevin Joy) and cleaner/mentor Ask (Dawn Olivieri)... Lot of interesting character bits. The action and locations are very low budget but they're trying and it has a certain charm. Overall I guess a better film than I'd have expected.

Apple Arcade - Crossy Road Castle (2020) [/] Side-view 8-bit graphics platformer. Enter on the left side of a room and make your way to the right side exit door. Platforms: some moving, some switchable, some timed switchable. Bad guys: jump on them to knock them out and others can't be killed. Collect coins and 100 heal one heart damage. Boss level every 30 or 40 levels. I did the first 50 levels and it wasn't really getting hard yet but maybe this is more of a kids' game.

Book - The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2002) [-] A big 600+ hardcover of Bear's short stories published in various magazines and anthologies. I read over half (through "Webster") and am giving up. I like short stories with a cool twist or lightbulb moment at the end and his don't do that. His stories are science fiction but not my type of science fiction (I guess I'm more of a big starships, high tech, high drama kind of fan). Although he's one of the great science fiction authors I'm probably going to avoid his works now that I've read a sampler.