Utter inability to sleep last night for some reason. In a way it's a good thing today is my night shift day -- I didn't have to be at work until 1:30 so I slept until noon. But I didn't *get* to sleep until around 5:30am so I still didn't get enough sleep. And when I did sleep there were way too many bad dreams about being trapped places with ( Read more... )

You know what's really sad ( Read more... )

( Don't click if you haven't seen 'Children of Earth' )

As I was passing by the computers earlier I noticed out of the corner of my eye that a student was looking at the Wikipedia article for "Sycorax". The first thing the popped into my head was "wonder if he's researching Doctor Who or Shakespeare?"

Yes, I am a geek.

( Spoilers for the most recent episode of House )

( Spoilers for the most recent episode of House )

So, after my whole post about patronymic naming conventions, I'm home watching West Wing on DVD. They're talking about the Icelandic ambassador. Pres. Bartlett asks for the name and Leo says "Vigdis Olafsdottir" and goes on to say "he is looking forward to meeting you". I immediately had to rewind to make sure I hadn't heard incorrectly. Nope, ( Read more... )

Just saw Kenneth Branagh in Wallander, a new detective series from BBC. He's looking really old, although how much of that is because the character's supposed to be washed out and how much is actually him I can't tell ( Read more... )

So I just watched the Cold Case episode from 10/26 and while it was a *very* good episode, my enjoyment of it was hindered throughout by one thing -- by my understanding, the Philly PD should never have been investigating the case at all!

The case involved the discovery of the remains of a US Marine murdered in 1951. Now, I also watch NCIS, and ( Read more... )

What's with the father theme last night? Just got around to watching House and NCIS and both dealt with the main characters' estranged fathers.

( spoilers )