I need to update more often, I think ( Read more... )

Leaving tomorrow to go back to the US.  It seems many of my updates tend to be written the day before or the day of my return home.  I think it's because all the other stuff I have to do (like work) has wound down and there's usually a period where I've got little to do.  Also, in the teaching world, end of the semester is sort of a period closed ( Read more... )

I finished A Dance with Dragons.  I'm glad to see GRRM is back in form with this book, and of course I'm now anxiously awaiting the next one.

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I try not to torrent much here in Afghanistan just because we're already having bandwidth issues and even though the university gives us free internet both at home and work, I prefer not to use it more than necessary ( Read more... )

Having not a lot to do here, being on lockdown a lot, and having rather unstable internet has made for a lot of TV (or, more accurately, torrented TV shows) watching.  Normally, I'm not a big TV watcher, but here there really isn't much else to do ( Read more... )

This is one of my (non) literary postings about two literary'ish (or really anti-literary) events that both turned out to be immensely entertaining and well worth the time.

First is World War Z.  Now, I have to clarify that I have no interest in zombies or zombie lit whatsoever.  I also don't really like post apocalyptic lit.  So when I first heard ( Read more... )

Being here in the US, I figure it's time to try to torrent a few good TV shows, so I'm looking for recommendations.

Favorite series are:  Rome, The Tudors, Heroes, and of course Babylon 5.  I have BSG as well, but haven't watched it yet.  Anyone have any suggestions of others?

I am now finished watching all of Heroes.  So that's one more big-time show that everyone's talked about that I've finally seen.

The rest is behind a cut for the sake of spoilers.

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The big news around here (really, it's been in the papers) is that the Shatti cinema is getting a 3D movie projector.  They'd hoped to get it set up and running last week, but didn't make it.  So it's first showing was today ( Read more... )

I seem to be completely and utterly over being sick.  It came out of nowhere Thursday, hit hard, and disappeared just as suddenly by Saturday.  Despite being a complete non-hypochondriac, I couldn't help noticing that it was an absolute textbook case of early-stages malaria.  It hit a week after I spent the night in the hotel with the mosquitoes.  ( Read more... )