Movie - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) [+] Recently rewatched this. Napoleonic-era sailing ship adventure. Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) commands British frigate HMS Surprise sailing down Brazil, around the Horn, and up to the Galapagos Islands dueling all the way with French frigate Acheron whom Aubrey is supposed to destroy. Based on two books of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series and Dr. Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany) is Jack's best friend, ship's surgeon, but not a military man so sometimes clashes with Jack. The film has some great ship to ship fight scenes.

Movie - Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) [/] The second Shazam movie where Billy Batson (Zachary Levi and Asher Angel) and his siblings are all super-powered up-and-comers who now have to face the three daughters of Atlas -- Hespera (Helen Mirren), Kalypso (Lucy Liu) and Anthea (Rachel Zegler) -- who want their powers back (which was stolen and given to the Shazam champions)... It's an ok super-hero action film and although it tries to be humorous like the first film it doesn't pull it off as well.

Restaurant - Iguanas Burritozilla [/] A small chain with three locations in San Jose area and I went to the one near DunDraCon. It's like average taqueria food with the Burritozilla (5 lbs, 18 inches, $49) being the signature item. I had a burrito and it wasn't notable -- not sure if I'll come back next DDC.

Podcast - After the Whistle (2022) [/] Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard on Ted Lasso) and NBC soccer commentator Rebecca Lowe host this podcast. It ran for about 10 episodes in 2022 to cover the World Cup then went on hiatus and is now running again to cover the Women's World Cup. It's more enthusiasm and fun than insightful commentary but it is entertaining if you're not that into soccer.