QOD #38: What are you thankful for?

I am thankful for family and friends. For food on my table and a roof over my head. For the love and comfort of knowing that there is good in this world and that with a grateful heart and thankful spirit, those are the things that will make all the difference in my life. God Bless all during this season of Thanksgiving. 

​What are you thankful for this year?

QOD #37: What should I watch next on Neflix?

Are you one who streams their entertainment? Do you have accounts for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu? Do you prefer commercial-free entertainment? 

I do. And I'm willing to admit that I have just about abandoned broadcast for the strict pleasure of serial entertainment. Except in cases like American Idol or the occasional award show where fashion is the feast, I am officially a 'streamer.' My iPad has become my personal entertainment pad.

I see queries on Facebook all the time, "What should I watch next?" or "I just finished Breaking Bad, what else out there is good to watch?" Aside from being able to catch up on every last episode of Friends, Lost or The Office that you didn't quite catch on DVD - there is a lot of great episodic TV out there. 

According to BI Intelligence, Netflix is spending big bucks on content - unique programming designed to attract new viewers and keep current subscribers tuned in. Janney Capital Markets says Netflix spent "$2.8 billion on acquiring content rights and producing its own original programming in 2014." HBO spent about $1 billion less, but is soon to spin off it's own streaming platform beyond the cable subscription model currently in place. (source: BI Intelligence)

So, if you are looking for quality content and engaging shows, I've compiled a current list of what I have watched and liked. 

Here's my personal list of must-watch shows (in no particular order):

1. Orange is the New Black 
2. Breaking Bad
3. House of Cards
4. Lost
5. Wallander
6. The Sopranos
7. Deadwood
8. Carnivale
9. Mad Men
10. Call the Midwife
11. Copper
12. Damages
13. Scandal
14. Hell on Wheels
15. The Glades
16. Revenge
17. Sons of Anarchy
18. Lilyhammer
19. Ripper Street
20. Land Girls
21. Bomb Girls
22. The Black Donnellys
23. A Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories
24. Weeds
25. Arrow
26. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
29. Freakshow
30. The Paradise
31. Prison Break
32. Southcliffe
33. Happy Valley
34. Frisky Business
35. Californication
36. Reign
37. Peaky Blinders
38. The Tudors
39. The Blacklist
40. Monarchy
41. Borgia
42. American Horror Story
43. Marco Polo
44. The Killing
45. The Bletchley Circle
46. Magic City
47. Big Love (DVD only - are DVDs still really a thing?)
48. Entourage (DVD only)
49. Parade's End (DVD only)
50. The Flight of the Conchords (DVD only)
51. Six Feet Under (DVD only)
52. Treme (DVD only)
53. The Newsroom (DVD only)
54. Game of Thrones (DVD only)
55. Homeland (DVD only)
56. Masters of Sex (DVD only)
57. Ray Donovan (DVD only)
58. The Real L Word (DVD only)
59. Secret Diary of a Call Girl (DVD only)

There are also a few current shows on HBO/AMC/Showtime/ABC etc. that you can find via an app paired with your cable subscription. I confess that I pay for HBO and Showtime primarily so I can keep current on Got, Silicon Valley, Masters of Sex and more. These shows are great, but did not show up in Netflix. Too new? Too racy?

• Hung
  
• Rome
  
• Silicon Valley
  
• Girls
  
• Better Call Saul
  

I'll keep adding what I watch to this list. And I may take a stab at organizing into genre's (Moody Cop Thrillers, For the Ladies, Historical Smut) at a later date. 

Can you believe that I have never watched one episode of 24?

QOD #36: Can you F.L.Y?

First Love Yourself. Others will come next. I believe I can fly...

Question of the Day #35: What can we do? LOVE. The path to a new beginning starts within you