Year Briefing – Chapter Prelude

 Self-Challenge: Continuity of Progress

Song/Music/Spotify List: Peaceful Piano List – Triplett Twins:  Pretty Please – Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah –  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Artist/Musician:  Dire Straits – Lady Gaga – Kenny Rogers – Bach

Stand up Comedian:  Dylan Moran – Doug Stanhope – Brian Regan – Chris Rock

Comedy Special/Sketch: Mike Vecchione: The Attractives – Chris Rock: Selective Outrage – Theo Von: No Offense – Dov Davidoff: Filthy Operation – Andrew Schulz: The Crowd Work – Shane Gillis: Live In Austin – Tim Dillon Rants About the Future of America – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson – The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show – Impractical Jokers – Bert Kreischer: Razzle Dazzle

TV  Series current Watching & Waiting List: The Playlist – Yellowstone prequel series 

TV Series recommendation & watched: The Sopranos – Black Mirror – Yellowstone  – Workaholics – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Ted Lasso – The Big Bang Theory – Young Sheldon – Lucky Hank – The Rookie – Cleopatra – Breaking Bad – The Crown – The Knick – Cheers – Becker – House M.D. – Mad Men  – Marco Polo –  High Maintenance – Loudermilk 

TV Mini-Series: The Pacific – Generation Kill – Rome – Band of Brothers – Chernobyl

TV Program مفضلة:  Grand Designs – Tiny House Nation

Documentary Film: 📝 Audrey –  The Alpinist – American Factory – Saving Capitalism  – When Stand Up Stood Out – Nuclear Now – Big Mäck

Documentary Series:  Chimp Empire – King of Collectibles – Working – We Stand Alone Together – Nothing Lasts Forever – Running for my Truth – American Manhunt – The Vietnam War

Films & Films Recommendation:  The Hangover – The Godfather – Ocean’s – Batman – The Lord of the Rings – The Hobbit – My Left Foot – Liar Lair – Toy Story – Up – Wall-E – The Mask – Good Will Hunting – Air – The Gambler – Amadeus – Copying Beethoven – A Man Called Otto – Monster’s Ball – Finding Neverland – The Kite Runner – Whiplash – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  –  A Man Called Ove  – Babylon – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – The People vs. Larry Flynt – Dead Poets Society – Patch Adams – Click – Watchmen – Good Morning, Vietnam – Brazil – The Gentlemen – The Fisher King – Man of the Year – August Rush – Gangs of New York – Blue Streak –   Rain Man – Wag the Dog – Once Upon a Time in America – Raging Bull – Kuulsuse Narrid  – Moneyball – The Deer Hunter – Buddy Games – Sophie’s Choice – Mixed by Erry – Coming to America – The Departed – Dolemite Is My Name – Bad Boys -Big Momma – This Boy’s Life – The Big Lebowski – Crazy Heart – All the President’s Men – To Kill a Mockingbird – Russian Ark  – Mongol –   The Last of the Mohicans – A Star Is Born – There Will Be Blood – System Crasher – Johnny  – The Bucket List – About Schmidt – Anger Management – As Good as It Gets – In the Name of the Father –  The Age of Innocence – Out of Africa – Uncut Gems – Chinatown  -A Few Good Men  – Adaptation. – Julie & Julia – When Harry Met Sally – Oppenheimer – Fantastic Mr. Fox – Black Hawk Down –  Scent of a Woman – Pulp Fiction – The Green Miles – The Last Emperor – Gladiator – The Big Short – Lawrence of Arabia – Agora – Hunger The Bridge on the River Kwai – The Figo Affair – Pele – Maradona by Kusturica – Diego Maradona – Looking for Eric  – Never Give In  – The Hand of God – The United Way – Darkest Hour – The King’s Speech –  Invictus – The Iron Lady 

Actor/Actress: Meryl Streep –  Daniel Day-Lewis – Jeff Bridges – Robert De Niro – Christian Bale – Brad Pitt – Leonardo DiCaprio

Director: Terry Gilliam – Milos Forman – Guy Ritchie – Steve McQueen

Games

Chees  شطرنج  – Texas Hold’em Poker بوكر – Sudoku سودوكو –  Solitaire سوليتير – Wordle ووردل

Podcast/Subject

– Eric Cantona  Sweetest Moment Ever 

– Why the Middle East Has the Lowest Cancer Rates in the World: Dr. Berg’s Insights

– Jeremi Suri: History of American Power | Lex Fridman Podcast

– Jeremi Suri: Civil War, Slavery, Freedom, and Democracy | Lex Fridman Podcast

– Albert Einstein – Greatest Brain of the 20th Century Documentary

Books

Atomic Habits عادات ذرية: An Easy & Proven Way To Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 

Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy

Quiets

– If you build it, they will come

– Always Be Professional

– I’ll Have What She’s Having  :d 

– .. in a magical city they say it’s doomed to sink back into the sea.. from which by Venus it rose

– Buck up..  Smile.. Charm.. Off We Go.. We’ll be ok

– Comparison is the thief of joy

– It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball. This kind of thing, it’s fun for the fans. It sells tickets and hot dogs. Doesn’t mean anything

– Home Where We’re Together..

Glossary

Atomic: An extremely small amount of a thing; the single irreducible unit of a larger system. – The source of immense energy or power.

Habits: A routine or practice performed regularly; an automatic response to a specific situation

The term Ides derives from the Latin word idus which means to divide.

Culture, art and Economies

AI Artificial intelligence system: poe.com – bard.google.com Bard: a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition.

Bench – A Catch-all Phrase – Workaholics –  Groats جريش – Balance – معجزة على نهر الهان – Paramount – Hulu – HBO Max – just watch app – Attention Whore – Logo – Log – Speed Hub – Shifting – Snow – Hail – Ark – Fear of missing out – Khoisan languages – Mongol Derby – Single Take – Full Moon – Crescent  – New Moon –  Habits – Hiccups – Wikipedia App – Cherry-  الدنيوية و الدنيوية جداً –  Storyline – Tune – Melody – Famous line  – Discipline – Inner Peace – Peace of Mind – What’s in a Name