“Frankly, My Dear”: An Update

It has been two and one-half years since the post entitled “Frankly, My Dear . . .” (May 3, 2020), which is a good time, I think, for an update.

For those of you who do not remember, the original post dealt with my obsession regarding the collecting of movies and television shows. At the time, I admitted that I had 3,046 video files (movies and television shows) that I had not yet viewed, and that it was unlikely that I would live long enough to see them all. In fact, my handy dandy pocket calculator told me that if I view one video per day, every day, I will have viewed them all by August of 2028.

Alas, the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-glay. We are 941 days later (as of November 30, 2022), and I have viewed 858 of the original 3,046 video files. This leaves me with 2,188 videos yet to watch.

Instead of watching one per day, I have been averaging about nine videos every ten days. This doesn’t seem like much off the pace, but it compounds over 2 ½ years. If I can get up to watching one per day, I will have viewed them all by July of 2029. So a ten per cent reduction in watching these shows has put my schedule back by 11 months.

To boost my spirits, and to get back on track, I think I will dive into the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. I have all five seasons! And each video is short!