Man, that's annoying to type, with all of the periods ( Read more... )

I have been seriously ear-wormed with this song ALL WEEK.

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(And I'm not quite done with Orange is the New Black--episode 10 is next for me--so no spoilers, please!)

...mainly because he had no idea how college really "works". Examples of this:

On the show: On the day she graduated from high school, Felicity decided, because of what Ben wrote in her yearbook, to scrap her plan to go to Stanford and instead go to the University of New York. And she makes it happen.

In real life: Impossible. She hadn't even ( Read more... )

Years ago, when Felicity was first on TV, I watched it. Then, sometime in the third season, I stopped watching it. I don't recall if there was a particular reason. I just didn't continue, and I didn't bother to tape it (the days before TiVO) and didn't have the means to stream it or anything (dial-up speeds being glacial, and networks not offering ( Read more... )

Rachel has become hooked on Orphan Black, a new BBC American show, and has shown me the first three episodes. It's very good and I can highly recommend it--but there is one niggling little Science Thing that they didn't properly research that is bothering me ( Read more... )

So I just realized that this weekend is Daylight Savings. That means that we lose an hour on Saturday night, which doesn't bother most people, I assume, but if you're a church-goer, especially a church musician (which means you have to arrive before everyone else) it means you're having to make extra-certain not to be late ( Read more... )

Julian Fellowes clearly wants to be the next Joss Whedon.

Not dreadfully impressed by the ads I've seen. Amused by my husband's cousin rooting for the Ravens, despite liking the font on the Niners' uniforms better (I was starting to wonder if she was channeling my friend Jim, a graphic designer who can go on and on about the evils of Comic Sans). Actually what I was most amused by during the game was ( Read more... )

Working backwards on what I saw tonight (no planned spoilers, just lots of vaguery ( Read more... )

Anyone catch the really subtle :snort: product placement in last night's episode of Elementary? Chris and I were really cracking up, too, when they ran an ad for it just a few minutes before the end of the show. WE GET IT, NBC CBS ( Read more... )