Megan Leavey (2017) [/] Biographical drama. Megan Leavey (Kate Mara), a 20-something who can't keep a job, decides she needs a change and enlists in the US Marine Corps. During training she's not that good a Marine but falls in love with the K9 unit and transfers there where she is partnered with Rex. They ship out to Iraq where after seven months of duty they're injured by an IED. Megan returns stateside and eventually leaves the Corps but Rex remains and when it's time for Rex to be "retired" Megan works tirelessly to become his guardian and eventually manages to do so... It's a nice family movie.

Echo (2024) [-] After the events in Hawkeye (2022), Maya "Echo" Lopez (Alaqua Cox) flees New York for her hometown of Tamaha, Oklahoma where she has to face her family and friends that she abandoned. Meanwhile Wilson "The Kingpin" Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) is not dead and follows Maya in order to bring her back into the fold, or exact revenge... This is not the superhero power level I really like so this street level story was often subpar to me. It is great that it has both a lot of Choctaw (American Indian) characters and that our heroine (and actress) is deaf. Lots of sign language used in the film and lots of dialogue scenes that are almost silent.

Frenzic: Overtime (2021) [/] Apple Arcade and removed May 16 2024. This was a speed matching game. There are pie wheels that take six pieces (sort of like completing a Trivial Pursuit pie). A piece appears and you can flip it. Move the piece to one of the pie wheels and place it. Complete pie wheels with bonus points if all the pieces are the same color. Each level has three goals and you have to complete at least one to advance. It is frenetic action that plays well with controller or touch.

Oceanic Restaurant, San Mateo [/] We had delivery from here: beef and broccoli, sweet and sour pork, west lake beef soup, garlic eggplant, complimentary fried spring rolls. They messed up CSr's beef chow fun and we got a different beef dish (maybe kung pao beef). It's perfectly fine Chinese-American food and they have a pretty big menu.

Trader Joe's Mushroom & Black Truffle Flatbread with Mozzarella Cheese [-] It's just what the title says. 720 calories for two small servings, maybe the whole thing for a one-person lunch. $5.50 and about 20 minutes to prepare. Taste is ok but not as good as other flatbread-type dishes I've gotten at TJ's so I wouldn't recommend based on price + taste.