I just read the news (via a TV Guide Facebook post, so take that with the pillar of salt it deserves) that this year will be House's final season. The finale in May will serve as the end of the series. The decision to end the show doesn't really come as a surprise; with Hugh Laurie focusing more and more on his musical career, it was impossible to ( Read more... )

I'm about to head out of the office in order to get the jump on the weekend's events -- including going to Indianapolis for Winter Beer Fest 2012, and a tour of the Vonnegut Memorial Library -- but realize that there is not too much to report otherwise. I'm at the front end of another busy semester and finally feel like I'm settling into the role ( Read more... )

Sherlock to return for third series

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2011 Scrapbook results:

Total Books Read: 14
Total New Movies Seen: 65
Total TV Shows Watched: 15

A more detailed run-down of the things I liked/loved/loathed in 2011 will probably follow after the first of the year. Have a wonderful (and safe) New Year's Eve, everyone!

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I got my first taste of the Christmas retail season this afternoon. I am taking the day off of work tomorrow to join Tim in Muncie, where David Letterman and Rachel Maddow will participate in a discussion at my alma mater. Tim and I are going to do a bunch of Christmas stuff after the event (we're going on a "tree tour" at the dean's mansion, then ( Read more... )

So, the Titanic 3D trailer should not have made me as emotional as it did. But, gah, I can't help it. When it first came out, I saw it in theaters something like seven times. Do you know long that movie is? It's more than three hours. Three hours times seven: that's over twenty-one hours. Every day in the world, 490,000 babies are born. The amount ( Read more... )

I was feeling nostalgic for high school earlier today, for no reason in particular. I just sent off an e-mail to my former concert orchestra teacher, thanking him for the positive impact he had on my life. I told him that I, too, am now a teacher and while I don't teach music, I do carry some of his lessons with me "on stage" every day. Again, I ( Read more... )