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SGA and the Fantastic Four
Finally watching the last three series of Stargate Atlantis, and at the end of season three John compares himself and his team with the Fantastic Four...with Rodney as The Human Torch, and John as Mr Fantastic. I think in this case John may be deluding himself; he so clearly should have those two swapped round! -
Driving
I drove very nearly five hundred miles over the Easter weekend. It is entirely possible that this is more than I've driven in the whole of the ten-fifteen years before that ( Read more... ) -
So
I'm watching a documentary on Peter Gabriel's album 'So'. It's fascinating, especially the fact that Sledgehammer was the song that brought him into the mainstream. I remember that song very clearly; it was all over the place when I was about 15, with endless people wittering on about what an amazing video it was. And to be fair, it was - is - ( Read more... ) -
Sherlock
What is the point ( Sherlock spoilers ) -
Books in 2011
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch wrote one of my all-time favourite books, "The Also People", so when I saw "Rivers of London" in the bookshop I snapped it up, and would have read it sooner if it weren't for my ongoing efforts to reduce the backlog of unfinished books (trying to finish a part-read book in between each 'want to ( Read more... ) -
Books in 2011
The Misogynist by Piers Paul Read
Bought this sometime in the early summer, as part of a 3 for 2 offer. Read a bit, got distracted, read some more in the late summer and ground to a halt about halfway through the book. It's not bad, but it's a rather depressing view of men and relationships, which I think was part of why I kept stopping. Finally ( Read more... ) -
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - the book this time
Fascinating book. I bought it after watching the film - if I love a book and then see the film I almost always dislike or am disappointed by the film, but if I love a film and then read the book I often enjoy the book more than I perhaps might have done otherwise. Granted, that's a hard one to test, since I can't be sure how much I'd have liked ( Read more... ) -
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Having heard good things about it, I went to see the film and loved it so much I promptly ordered the book from Amazon when I got home. The film is excellent - quite slow in places, and terribly, terribly sad, but nonetheless excellent - both intelligent and gripping. If what you want is car chases or huge fights (both of which bore me) It's not ( Read more... ) -
The Brigadier
Veteran Doctor Who actor Nicholas Courtney, best known for playing Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart, has died in London at the age of 81 ( Read more... ) -
US Senate lifts 'don't ask, don't tell' gay soldier ban
Halle-fucking-lujah! It not only made it past the House, it made it past the Senate as well! It looked so promising, when the judge ruled it out, then not, then it made it through the House of Representives, and I couldn't quite believe it would make it through Senate. But it has!!! No more DADT, and a damn good thing too.
It has nothing to do ( Read more... )