I've been trying to get Moriarty into the spirit of the season over at Dear Multiverse, but his situation raises some interesting questions. Namely, what would he celebrate? There is Christianity in his world, but it is frowned upon, if not outright illegal (consider the scene at the theater where the priest character is beaten to death with his ( Read more... )

1. Bad Moon Rising  (Rasputina cover)
Hope you have got your things together...
Hope you are quite prepared to die...

The heavy cello melodies and general steampunk feel of this band just scream "alternate Victorian universe" to me. The challenge of the lyrics and sense of foreboding also seem to fit Moran's worries about future conflicts between ( Read more... )

I was ushered into the Diogenes Club on a blustery afternoon by a particularly stuffy-looking doorman. No sooner had I showed him my card, and I was led into the Stranger's Room.

Nothing could have prepared me for the sight that awaited me.
( Meeting Mycroft Holmes... )

Armed with a notebook and a few copies of Who's Who, I estimated we could learn something about Sherry Vernet.

Lestrade, of course, thought the whole idea was a waste of time.

"It won't be a gentleman," he said, "At least, not one from a titled family and all that. Powerful people do not rise up against the government that made them powerful."

"But ( Read more... )

A Brief Summary of My Life Thus Far... (Based on the Baring-Gould Holmes Chronology, Michael Kurland's novels, and "A Study in Emerald.")

1845....Born (in the "west of Albion")
1859...Accepted to the University of Aberdeen.
1866...Publishes "A Treatise on the Principles of the Binomial Theorem," and accepts Chair of Mathematics at "one of our smaller ( Read more... )

My friend and flat-mate has recently informed me that he would like to write up some of our little cases for his own amusement. Although I have warned him of the danger inherent in this practice, I understand the attractiveness of the idea. Thus, I have begun a similar notebook, in which I will record some observations and memories that must not be