Sentences with phrase «on a binge of»

First, he went on a binge of megalomania which, truth be told, linked some decent economic reforms to his personal indispensability.

Talking with authors is one of the best parts of working at BookPage, and my Wednesday conversation with Julia Glass was especially exciting because I've been on a binge of her work in recent weeks, ripping through my review copy of The Widower's Tale, re-reading Three Junes and picking up The Whole World Over for the first time.

I've been on a binge of Element Gaming's lower end product and at the moment and I am pleasantly surprised with them (somebody may link them here for you, if not you're just going to have to find them...

«I'll have a project where I go on binges of collecting,» the artist says.

Not exact matches

Whether my plan for the night involves going out for a casual drink with friends or staying in and binge - watching whatever show is on my brain at the moment (currently «Atlanta» and «BoJack Horseman,» if you were wondering), one of my top priorities is being in clothes that both look and feel good.

Just ignoring that annoying poltergeist of professional angst by going on a Netflix binge or cracking open a bottle of wine isn't going to make the knocking and moaning go away.

As a licensed insolvency trustee firm, our practice is on the front lines of Canada's household debt binge and the bad personal finance habits that ensnare so many people.

Whenever House of Cards launches a new season, I binge - watch every episode on Netflix.

«When I first proposed the idea of a serial show that you couldn't binge on and had to wait for every week, some people thought I was insane,» Koenig recently told New York magazine.

A survey released on Tuesday by TiVo (TIVO) finds that 9 out of 10 people are engaging in «binge viewing,» which the digital video recording company defines as watching more than three episodes of a particular TV show in one day.

With a complex plot and so many disparate characters, I find that binge - watching episodes is the only way to keep track of what's going on.

Most people said they binge - watch simply because they fall behind on watching new episodes of a certain show, while others said they simply didn't hear about a new show until several episodes had already aired and they wanted to catch up.

I'm a big fan of binge watching movies and TV on my flights, which keeps me distracted from turbulence and helps pass the time.

We're all painfully aware of the toll binge drinking takes on the body but what may be less known is the damage it inflicts on the economy.

Here's the thing: I actually agree with many of the points Sinek shared in his talk, and I actively write about them often: don't over-indulge on social media, don't binge on Netflix, don't mistake fleeting social interactions for deeply gratifying friendships and relationships, etc..

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Using this asset to debate people on social media or binge watch an entire season of some TV show doesn't help you much.

Should you be working on that new idea you thought of or binge - watching Netflix?

This combined $ 170 billion deal binge promises to have a profound impact on the future of global agriculture.

Case in point: a family that used to spend hundreds per month going out to the movies can now binge - watch all four seasons of House of Cards on Netflix in 30 days for less than the cost of a large popcorn.

Over the past year or so, Netflix (NFLX) has been on a sustained spending binge, locking up the rights to a wide range of content as part of a planned $ 6 billion purchasing plan.

He has also edited cool stuff, like photo essays from the Canadian tar sands to the streets of Cairo, a profile of Vine's hottest star, and documentaries on the binge - watching world record and hacking the grid.

After months of traveling almost nonstop and binge sleeping on the weekends to recover, I woke up one day in January and realized I couldn't — and didn't want to — do it anymore.

But constantly depriving yourself could lead to an out - of - control binge later on.

Still, Sears has been on closing binge of its namesake and Kmart stores, announcing its latest round last week with 63 stores getting the axe, just one of several such announcements this year.

In August, Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, star of original Netflix show House of Cards, told an audience at the Edinburgh Television Festival that, «if they want to binge on something like House of Cards, then we should let them binge.»

Are you spending too much of your time mindlessly surfing the internet, binge - watching television series, over-socializing with friends, and so on?

Like a surprisingly large number of millennials, it seems, Vogt in part got interested in animal welfare after binge - watching a series of Netflix documentaries on the topic.

Looking at a picture of pepperoni for a few seconds is very different from wanting to binge on a large Meat Lover's.

«Using LookBookHQ to enhance our lead nurturing campaigns, 48 % of visitors now binge on multiple assets, resulting in 71 % more time spent with our content» says Alexandre Papillaud, Marketing Director, Global Demand Center at Intel Security.

Elsewhere, bad loans are on the rise at Brazil's biggest banks, as the country grapples with the effects of an enormous credit binge.

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

Not unlike its viewers, Netflix has been going on a content binge of its own.

Ergen is also under pressure to explain his broader strategy after his binge on spectrum and the debut of Sling TV, an online TV service for $ 20 a month.

On Nov. 11, 2013, some $ 5.7 billion worth of goods were sold on Alibaba Group shopping platforms Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com, making the event the largest 24 - hour online shopping binge in the worlOn Nov. 11, 2013, some $ 5.7 billion worth of goods were sold on Alibaba Group shopping platforms Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com, making the event the largest 24 - hour online shopping binge in the worlon Alibaba Group shopping platforms Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com, making the event the largest 24 - hour online shopping binge in the world.

For years, a quirk of US law created a tax subsidy for Puerto Rican debt that encouraged middle class Americans to binge on loaning money to Puerto Rico without really realizing that's what they were doing.

However, he continued to defend unlimited video streaming feature Binge On, saying that it follows the principles of net neutrality.

He comes up with these crazy statements when he is on one of his cocaine binges.

The Hollywood Reporter speculates that the show brought in so many new viewers, because of binge - watching on Netflix and OnDemand during the show's mid-season hiatus.

FOX has the most wonderful talent for putting people on the air who act like they are on the third day of a raging meth binge.

It's easy to get stuck in a pattern of working long hours, being tied to the phone or just binge watching shows on Netflix during every minute of free time.

The Church speaks with Christ's own authority on faith and morals and evils such as abortion, casual sex, the culture (or «anti-culture») of recreational drugs, binge - drinking, and pornography.

In a chapter dedicated to the work of the Life charity, studies on the link between abortion and breast cancer are discussed, as are findings that show rates of suicide and binge drinking are higher among women who have had abortions.

But... Netflix is about to add a ton of great new shows and movies starting on July 1, so we won't judge you if you just close the curtains and choose binge - watching over the beach.

Netflix is about to add a ton of great new shows and movies starting on July 1, so we won't judge you if you just close the curtains and choose binge - watching over the beach.

In addition to hampering academic excellence, binge drinking also inhibits ethical development by focusing heavy drinkers inwards, on private self - indulgence, rather than outwards to service of others.

So, something traumatic happens to you and instead of grieving that and going through that process, you stuff all those feelings in, you hide behind the mask of emotional strength, you keep taking care of everybody else, you keep working, and then you start engaging in self - medicating behaviors: you start binge - eating, you put a lot of focus on your physical appearance, you do a lot of makeup, hair, clothing, compulsive shopping, you start picking up these other health problems associated with these behaviors.

During most of my young - adult years I did not exercise vigorously (except for foolish binges of overexertion on rare occasions such as mountain climbing, backpacking vacations).

If you're behind on some of your favorite BBC shows, you may want to block out some time for binge - watching in the next few weeks.

Lower levels of binge drinking and participation in the hookup culture may also lead to higher graduation rates and a more academic atmosphere on campus, increasing prestige, which boosts enrollment.