Atlantic Canada wasn't forecast to get the snowpocalypse that was supposed to hit the eastern US (I have the impression it wasn't as bad down there as expected either, at least not universally) but we were still supposed to get blizzard conditions that would make driving dangerous, so there were mass closures. My university sent out a text ( Read more... )

( In which I confess that I don't have a problem with this season of Sleepy Hollow, and actually kind of like you-know-who )

The baking is all very well, but I've been watching Masterchef this season and yeah, I can't even imagine making up some of the dishes those folks do. I've learned that I am highly suggestible, too-- the time the contestants had to make spring rolls, I craved them for days. And don't even talk to me about the stuffed pasta the following week ( Read more... )

When Breaking Bad, which I did not watch, was coming to an end some months back, I discovered that I really enjoyed reading recaps of the final few episodes, which informed my reading of the many many interesting pieces published online about the issues dealt with in the series ( Read more... )

( Behind a cut in case anyone is farther behind than I am. )

I took last Friday off as a comp day after a flood of health professions students led to my having some very long work days in October. It was a cold, rainy weekend but I got to the barn a few times, watched the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and got through some DVDs, one of which I would like to discuss with you ( Read more... )

The journalist loved it, but was a little disappointed in the "redemption" thing.Again, I have never seen the show, so I'm only interested for theoretical reasons. I do, however, find this writer's take very interesting, especially her perspective on what she feels the character has actually earned, and it might not get to be ending everything on ( Read more... )

Last week I posted that Mitzi's blankets had gone to the drycleaner and never come back. Over the weekend I replaced them, and last night I picked up a cheque from the owner of the business to reimburse me for the costs. He hoped they had not lost me as a customer. Considering the way they responded to their mistake, I'd say there's no chance of ( Read more... )

A few days ago I posted a link to a great essay about evil in Breaking Bad (which I do not watch) and lately I've been thinking about the whole evil-in-fiction thing and being attached to evil characters. With a couple of exceptions, I generally don't root for bad guys (yeah, there's the whole Loki thing, but that's complicated by how young and ( Read more... )

On Friday, amidst work-related curses, I mentioned that my DVDs of the BBC production The Hollow Crown were waiting for me. Coincidentally, that was the night they began to be aired on PBS, beginning with Richard II.

I, needing a reason to keep living, skipped right to the end of the cycle and began with Henry V, which stars Tom Hiddleston and ( Read more... )