I guess it's about time for an incomplete mid TV season round-up, hmm? Let's see.

The greatest disappointment of the season, so far, has been Revenge. This was my unexpected favorite show of last year, but, alas, this year the show has seriously slid off - more plunged off - the rails, mostly because not enough wealthy people have been thrown ( Read more... )

The new fall TV season is upon us, and...er, I haven't been keeping up. I can say that Castle is still ridiculous and needs to avoid conspiracy theories, but, you know, Stana Katic in a bra, not a bad look; Revenge is still unexpectedly, marvelously over the top and awesome (I mean, really. This season started with Exploded Boat, Dead Floating Arm ( Read more... )

On the bright side, the new windows arrived today and are shiny and beautiful. They don't get installed until Friday -- and that will doubtless be a nightmare for many people, and in particular a nightmare for two small furry creatures who are going to be spending the installation time locked in a bathroom (mostly because one small furry creature ( Read more... )

Grumble. Just found myself typing AND THE )^)&^*(*(&(&&&^# DRILLS WON'T STOP SO THE DRAGON ATE THEM AND SQUASHED THEM! in a story that has absolutely nothing to do with dragons or drills, which I am taking as just one of many signs that this is not going to be the best of days for creative activity. So, let's chat about a television show instead ( Read more... )

I was riding along happily enough on my trike when something hit me in the face.

Something small - so small that I hadn't seen it approach. A tiny insect, I thought, or a small clod of dirt -

And then a second later, as a stinging sensation swept across the left side of my face, I changed my original thought to beeWhich kinda ended today's trike ( Read more... )

For everybody except my mother, who won't find this remotely funny:

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Sent my way via coldecho. Completely unrelated, as far as I know, to yesterday's sheep and Ben entry.