Monthly Archives: November 2009

A happy Thanksgiving to my compatriots; a happy Thursday to all.

Our smallest and craziest cat (Cleo, a.k.a. Antisonja) is helping me write by smashing her face against mine repeatedly and drooling on my shirt. It’s not improving my word count, but it does have a certain entertainment value.

The headline for a TPM article today is “Things Get Messier Still at the Wash Times”. I wasted a few moments wondering what the metaphor meant–how things could “get Messier“–by being dimly luminous, fuzzy, distant? Then I realized: oh, yeah … Continue reading →

Re the new Prisoner: It’s a thankless task to recreate a role originated by one of television’s greatest, oddest actors in one of the greatest series of all time. So: no thanks to Jim Caviezel tonight. Ian McKellan was pleasantly … Continue reading →

The bottom line is that when you’ve got a show with a lead who can’t act and is consistently shown up by her supporting cast and occasional guest stars, you have a problem. When you’ve got a show with a … Continue reading →

Re tonight’s Glee: I was a little shocked by the glimpse into Sue’s backstory. It wouldn’t be surprising for any other character on TV, but then she isn’t. Some more somber narrative tones this episode, but a couple of great … Continue reading →

ARMISTICE DAY, 1918by Robert Graves What’s all this hubbub and yelling,       Commotion and scamper of feet,With ear-splitting clatter of kettles and cans,       Wild laughter down Mafeking Street? O, those are the kids whom we fought for       (You … Continue reading →