2023, The Year’s Movies

Here are the movies I watched this year.

Movie (Year Released – Date Watched)

Star Trek: Generations (1994 – 1/07)
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010 – 1/08)
Prometheus (2012 – 1/10)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022 – 2/10)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999 – 2/17)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993 – 2/25)
Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (1997 – 3/03)
Marlowe (2023 – 3/18)
Dragonslayer (1981 – 3/25)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022 – 3/31)
Shazam: Fury of the Gods (2023 – 4/07)
The Old Way (2023 – 4/09)
City Slickers (1991 – 4/14)
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018 – 4/14)
Stargate (1994 – 4/22)
The Pale Blue Eye (2022 – 4/24)
Secondhand Lions (2003 – 4/26)
65 (2023 – 4/28)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023 – 4/30)
Sling Blade (1996 – 4/30)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023 – 5/05)
Renfield (2023 – 5/06)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023 – 5/18)
Bullet Train (2022 – 5/19)
Men in Black (1997 – 5/20)
Peter Pan (1953 – 5/20)
Cowboys and Aliens (2011 – 5/24)
Men in Black II (2002 – 5/26)
Men in Black 3 (2012 – 5/26)
The Little Mermaid (2023 – 5/27)
Men in Black International (2019 – 5/27)
Deadwood The Movie (2019 – 5/28)
The Patriot (2000 – 5/29)
Jarhead (2005 – 5/30)
Rules of Engagement (2000 – 6/02)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022 – 6/02)
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (2023 – 6/03)
The Covenant (2023 – 6/10)
Obi-Wan Kenobi – The Patterson Cut (2023 – 6/10)
Dragnet (1954 – 6/11)
Camp X-Ray (2014 – 6/17)
The Flash (2023 – 6/17)
Lincoln (2012 – 6/23)
Nightcrawler (2014 – 6/24)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023 – 6/30)
Stir Crazy (1980 – 7/02)
National Treasure (2004 – 7/04)
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023 – 7/20)
Barbie (2023 – 7/21)
Oppenheimer (2023 – 7/22)
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989 – 7/24)
Appaloosa (2008 – 7/25)
Asteroid City (2023 – 7/28)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985 – 8/05)
Big Top Pee-wee (1988 – 8/06)
Bill Burr Live at Red Rocks (2022 – 8/07)
Star Trek First Contact (1996 – 8/08)
Cripple Creek (1952 – 8/10)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984 – 8/11)
Heart of Stone (2023 – 8/12)
Police Academy (1984 – 8/12)
The Pope’s Exorcist (2023 – 8/25)
U.S. Marshals (1998 – 8/30)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023 – 9/01)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971 – 9/03)
Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone (2001 – 9/03)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003 – 9/22)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023 – 9/30)
Sound of Freedom (2023 – 10/04)
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023 – 10/06)
The Caine Mutiny (1954 – 10/06)
The Amityville Horror (1979 – 10/07)
Fury (2014 – 10/11)
Paranormal Activity (2009 – 10/14)
Patton (1970 – 10/16)
Poltergeist (1982 – 10/20)
The Unholy (2021 – 10/21)
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016 – 10/22)
South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023 – 10/27)
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017 – 10/27)
The Omen (1976 – 10/28)
A Haunting in Venice (2023 – 11/04)
The Killer (2023 – 11/10)
Unbroken (2014 – 11/11)
Grumpy Old Men (1993 – 11/23)
Mary Poppins (1964 – 11/23)
The Creator (2023 – 11/24)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975 – 11/28)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994 – 12/01
Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023 – 12/08)
Genie (2023 – 12/09)
A Boy Called Christmas (2021 – 12/16)
Christmas with the Kranks (2004 – 12/22)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989 – 12/24)
Bad Santa (2003 – 12/24)
Home Alone (1990 – 12/24)
A Christmas Carol (1984 – 12/25)
A Christmas Story (1983 – 12/25)

Surgery and Hospital Stay

I had my first colonoscopy on November 1st and a large mass was found in the transverse colon at the splenic flexure. The biopsy identified it as invasive adenocarcinoma, a malignant cancer. On November 17th I had a laparoscopic partial colectomy to remove the diseased portion of the colon and surrounding lymph nodes. After a brief stay at the hospital, I was discharged on November 21st.

All lymph nodes tested negative and CT scans showed no metastases. It’s stage 2 colon cancer but because of the size of the tumor, listed in the colonoscopy report as a “partial obstruction”, the oncologist wants me to go through six months of chemotherapy. Because of other issues for which I have no energy to write about here, I lost all confidence or trust in this oncologist and I’m awaiting a referral to another doctor. I have no idea what happens next.

Update February 2024: I was referred to another oncologist in December. He determined that chemotherapy would do more harm than good and recommends periodic lab work and CT scans to monitor the situation. So far, so good. I hope.

An Amazon Order, a USPS Delivery

Empty Amazon box
I ordered a book from Amazon and even though it said “shipped and sold by Amazon.com”, it was actually shipped via USPS. As is to be expected from the United States Postal Service, the box broke open in transit and the book fell out somewhere along the way. For some reason, the postal carrier delivered an empty box to my porch.