And away we go!

The purpose of this blog is to write about the movies and TV I watch, books I read, and possibly the music I listen to.  In other words, the media I consume. I decided to title the blog "Delayed Consumption" because I have a wife, two kids, three dogs, and a job with a 30 minute commute. So I'm not really on the cutting edge when it comes to the latest offerings from Hollywood.  I don't see most movies until they drop on HBO, Netflix, or Amazon Prime. Most of the time I'm a season behind for TV shows (with a few exceptions) for the same reason.  And even if a TV show is produced by a streamer, I don't have the time to binge watch anything.

Added to that is the fact that I'm not going to be running to my computer every time I finish something so I can immediately blog about it.  So for the most part, there will be no spoilers here. If you're of the same mind as me that after a certain point it's not the writer's job to warn readers about plot points in shows that is. Although there's no consensus, with the current saturation of information, I think a week or two is about the limit. Past that time, it's not my job to start a post with a huge spoiler warning.  For the record:

• Vader is Luke's father!
• Verbal is Keyser!
• Ned dies, Rob dies, everyone dies!
• Except John.  He's resurrected to marry his cousin Danerys!
• Narrator and Tyler are the same person!
• It was Earth all along!

(BTW, this list isn't a reflection of my favorite shows or movies. It's just a list of famous twists.)

After all that though, if I do happen to be posting something about a movie/show/book that came out less than two days ago, I will make sure to add a spoiler tag. But really, if I can go a year without knowing how Breaking Bad ends, then your world isn't going to end if I spill the beans about a big plot twist.

Anyway, I'll try to post somewhat regularly but I have no idea at this point what format these posts will take.  I'm not a critic though, so I'm not going to be talking technical stuff as a matter of course. (If it's particularly noteworthy I may mention it though.)  I may give it a rating though, but it's not going to be stars, or tomatoes or anything. It'll probably be just a statement about whether I liked it or not.

Lastly, I'm not going to write about everything that's produced.  I'm just going to write about what I see or read. Remember, this is not about you, the reader. This is totally for me, the writer.  So enjoy!