I finished up the Bridge of Lions Affair today. More and more, these Man from Uncle episodes have been strangely bittersweet. Anyway.

I felt it crucial to mention that Waverly has a cigarette lighter in his umbrella.

It is no less crucial to mention that he has high-powered incendiary tools in his bow-tie.

IN HIS BOW-TIE.

HIS BOW-TIE...that ( Read more... )

My new glasses came! My new glasses came!!!!

...hmmm, I seem to be seeing less well out of these. That's...unfortunate. Maybe I just need to get used to them. They are much much bigger than the others, so I'm getting weird peripheral vision effects ( Read more... )

...the other problem is that he does it in the new costume. Usually, the Doctor only gets dressed once he's finished regenerating. The costume change signals that the New Doctor has officially arrived. Most strikingly in "The Eleventh Hour", but even in "Castrovalva", even though he's not quite done yet, the costume change at least signals that ( Read more... )

Golly I'm tired. We worked the CABS game library in the Board Room at Origins from 6-12 today. We got in a bit past noon and had time to play one or two games before earning our keep; we played a deduction game called "Mystery of the Abbey", and then I played a couple of hands of innovation with the new expansion. So that was fun ( Read more... )

Like Sam Vimes, I can read the street through the soles of my boots.

Unlike Sam Vimes, I have over 50 mosquito bites on my body.

I need new boots.

From a conversation with gwen yesterday:

Me:" so, tangentially
I'm super hot today
black pants
silver shirt
black vest
and my big ol' black coat
I look...
I look like Phil Foglio"
gwen: "*mr?*"http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/gallery/sketch.php?date=