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Spent the afternoon relaxing and having a leisurely time of it, watching some DVD.

Rather than watching the current stuff that's sitting in the pile on my coffee table, I sat down and watched the first three episodes of I, Claudius. I've not watched the series in a few years, and am really having fun with it once more ( Read more... )

Working from home today, as I've got a couple of doctor's appointments this morning and this afternoon.

Spent a terrific evening last night watching some more of the classic I, Claudius (see the History on Film webpage here) British tv mini-series, based on the books by Robert Graves. I had re-watched the first three episodes last week, detailing ( Read more... )

I've just finished watching the final three hours of the magnificent 13-hour epic I, Claudius series on DVD. This is probably the tenth or eleventh time that I've watched the whole thing through since I first bought the DVDs ( Read more... )

Spent part of last night packing bags and making sure wardrobe for the business trip was adequate, and then watched the first two hours of I, Claudius on DVD again. Brian Blessed was simply amazing as Augustus in the series, and I really had forgotten how good he was and how commanding he was in the role ( Read more... )