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Reading rec: Kate Ross, the Julian Kestrel series
Last weekend, for some reason, I was overcome with the desire to reread the Julian Kestrel mysteries, and so I did, over the course of the next five days, and I think I like them more now than I did when I first read them, and I liked them plenty then. More on why you might like them too below the cut.
( English regency woobieness! And, they fight crime! ) -
New York update
Short form: I'm fine, everyone I know in the area is reported to be fine, and the only person I know who lives within a block or so of where the plane crashed was down at Paragon Sports in Union Square, for possibly the first time in her life, making purchases for an upcoming trip to South America ( Read more... ) -
TV thoughts, various
1. The Wire rocks. That is all. (I haven't seen this week's episode, btw, so shh!)
I was surprised and amused that I pegged last week's as a Dennis Lehane episode even before the opening credits ran -- the man has a style. (Lehane wrote the novel that Mystic River was based on, and gah, Ben Affleck is making a movie of my favorite of his ( Read more... ) -
I'm such a dork
To get from the Nova Scotia airport to beautiful downtown Halifax, we crossed the MacKay Bridge.
OK, yes, it's misspelled, and it should of course be ( teensy Return 1 spoiler ) -
there are some real fans here tonight
Going tonight to see The Mountain Goats (known to my friend M., to my speechless fangirl astonishment, as "John"). Also going tomorrow night, when they play the easier to get to Bowery Ballroom ( Read more... ) -
Studio 60 Fact Check
So, rather than post my own review of the show so far, I've been surfing other people's, and I keep seeing the complaint that Amanda Peet is too young to be playing the head of a network ( Read more... ) -
It's the lyrics meme again!
Fun for the whole family. I go through iTunes on party shuffle, pick some lyrics, you tell me what they are. Great for a wet grey Friday, because who wants to work? Only 18, because I've got a meeting at 3.
( ready? ready! go! ) -
not so instarec: "The Mind/Body Problem"
Look, people, a story by runpunkrun and iamsab, a funny action-packed SGA story by Punk and Sab, should be reason enough for clicking right then and there, but if you want my imprimatur as well, you have it. Read The Mind-Body Problem. Read it now ( Read more... ) -
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The storm currently drenching Alcapulco and the rest of the Mexican Pacific coast?
Hurricane John.
Ten quatloos to the person who writes me the story inspired by THAT piece of news! *g*