Watching Elementary's second episode ( Read more... )

I’ve apparently managed to buy the Parade’s End tetralogy in kindle format before our American pals woke up to the airing of it in the UK (you’re an online retailer, you should be more savy to the fact that the internet has no borders).

I bought this exact product (Cumberbatch cover included!), which is being sold for $13.79, for $3.44 about 3 weeks ( Read more... )

I've seen the Elementary pilot.

It is a cross between House and the Mentalist, and my reaction to it is, appropriately, a cross between my reactions to both shows.

I remember watching the first couple of episodes of House and thinking "what an ass! who doesn't even know what he's doing! It takes them 10 tries to diagnose the patient... is this the ( Read more... )

Someone tells you with a gleeful smile:

"Only one week left [for your PhD defense]!"


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I while back I had a sort of wake up call at MAC. A brand and shop I had always associated with professional products and professional makeup artists is in fact a money making machine with a handful of assistants who couldn't find their own arses in the light of day.

Turns up the I had the wrong foundation AND concealer. I bought a new foundation ( ( Read more... )

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Obama being funny. As usual. :)

Finished The Hunger Games book last night.

Uh... meh?!

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Called my bank tonight asking why my VISA had been refused on Friday (it wasn't a big deal, I just paid with my debit card instead ( Read more... )

That moment when you realize it's 3 months for your PhD thesis' defense.


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