Happy food hangover, movie weekend!  This a short and sweet newsletter for those who don’t want to get off the couch and those racing to stay in PJs all day.  One movie review is a documentary, so maybe you will learn something 😉 Have a wonderful day!

A story about a robot that was expected to transmit over 90 days and lived for 14 years leads our Inspiration series today.  NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit launched in June and July 2003, making the journey to Mars to send back on-planet images of the red planet.  The Mars Rover project was intended to keep the two rovers “roving” for up to ninety days, and part of the reason two rovers were sent up instead of one was for redundancy, in case one of the rovers malfunctioned.  To everyone’s astonishment, the rovers continued plugging along for fourteen years.  A new documentary about the rovers and the project recently came out and will be available on Amazon in November. The movie is called “Good Night Oppy.”

The only thing more surprising about the rovers’ longevity was the tears at the end of the documentary, with Opportunity transmitting its last message in 2018; "My battery is low, and it's getting dark."  We have not watched the documentary yet, but it’s on the list before the end of the year.  Our thoughts about the emotions that have hit some after watching it are the hero's journey.  A simple being that does its job for as long as it can and collapses at the end of a day, a life, or an end-of-life has a sentimental place in all our hearts.  Like Iron Man in Endgame, we are sure Pepper Potts would tell Oppy, ”You can rest now.”

The National Retail Federation has estimated that the 2022 shopping season will be the largest in four years.  The potential 166.3M shoppers could pass through doors over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Legos, Hot Wheels, and cars/trucks for boys and Barbie and dolls for girls. Even in the digital world, the top toys in 2022 look much like those from 50 years ago. 

Another new movie coming out this holiday season is the second installment of the Knives Out franchise.  Round two is called Glass Onion and stars Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc.  NYT has a review by A.O. Scott that calls the new flick a good mystery, and part of the fun is the twists and surprises you think you see coming that you don’t.  The jokes in this installment are funny enough; if watched in a theater or with a group, the laughter can sometimes be contagious. 

If you enjoyed the first, the second installment of Knives Out should not disappoint.  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is available in theaters and will be on Netflix in December.

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