I finally got around to updating my GPS, after, oh, about a year and a half, at least. As if my GPS finally knowing where my new office is wasn't benefit enough, I also got a new voice. Although "Ben: The Voice of New Zealand" and I had a good multi-year run, selecting "90 Year Old Hungarian Grandmother" as my navigational voice was pretty much ( Read more... )

+ From the first hour of the The Oscars, I can gather that Hugo is technically flawless, and I need to see it already.

Instead of seeing Hugo or any of the other nominees I hadn't caught yet, when I went to the movies last I saw The Artist again as rickenbacker hadn't seen it yet - my first repeat viewing of the year. I think it holds up, for the most part, ( Read more... )

There's a new Torchwood series starting up on Starz? Did I know this? (just got an email from a DC theatre doing a screening next week)

I'm fairly certain people who are live-streaming the Who mid-season finale this afternoon for non-UK fans deserve to lifted to the Heavens, come the real rapture.

Just made a cup of PG Tips tea out of pre-work routine/habit, only now I will have to drink the acrid stuff because my beloved is still in MO.

(Also, Greg Amsinger just went "Details!" on Quick Pitch in a way that instantly brought to mind the way River Song says "Spoilers!" And I....need to go cold turkey on the Who stuff, clearly. It's ( Read more... )

There's an Eleven-era Dr. Who marathon happening on BBCA right now.

FYI Quantum Leap fans: Circuit City has the first three seasons of QL on sale starting tomorrow for $18.99 each. I've never seen them on sale anywhere for cheaper than $30, so you may want to jump on that while you can.

Watched Doctor Who last night. Three eps in and I confess - I'm not really feeling this show. Can't figure what it is that ( Read more... )

+ No matter how many times I saw the trailer yesterday, I could not comprehend this Snakes on a Plane thing. And then scornedsaint informs me that Samuel L. Jackson never even read the script for it, he just jumped on the title. Which makes as much sense as anything else about this movie. And how is it that I never heard word one about this movie until ( Read more... )