We watched the first episode of Westworld last night. Interesting and appealing. I've been an Ed Harris fan since, oh, Knightriders. Loved what they did with the music during the big shoot-out ( Read more... )

We finished watching Person of Interest over the long weekend. I was holding out for a while because I just didn't want the story to end. However, I'll be on a panel at Arisia discussing the show, so I had to bite the bullet and find out what happened. I'm planning to look at the show from the perspective of long-form storytelling. We'll see how ( Read more... )

"...make this election about smart, and not... Make it about engaged, and not. Qualified, and not."

new_man and I have been watching Person of Interest on Netflix. We're almost at the end of season 2. Holy hell, this show is good! The storytelling is fantastic and the creator is clearly in it for the long game. We figured out early on that *everything* is important and not to ignore any detail.
( maybe spoilers )

Thanksgiving dinner with the Foundling is all planned, except for dessert. Still stumped there ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to write this for a while about a couple of shows I'm watching that are adaptations of stuff I read. And I'm surprisingly pleased.

( Constantine )

We're continuing to watch American Horror Story, albeit late. We just finished the Halloween two-parter. Paul's story nearly brought me to tears. I'm sure it doesn't help that I know the actor ( Read more... )

I love spring. The cherry tree is in full bloom. There are even some violets despite the landscaper's eradication of them in the fall (I was not pleased). Years ago I planted a heraldic display of tulips (red, black, and white, for Yevsha's arms) which lasted all of 1 year. A couple of the white ones seem to have survived. My neighbor across the ( Read more... )

I attended an SCA event! I honestly think the last one might have been 40th anniversary. It was fun, but there was too much food (not meaning that I had too much food, but that there was much more than necessary for the number of people who came to the event). Got to hear some fine stories and see some good dancing ( Read more... )

new_man made dinner last night while I was sewing away: roast beef leftover from the feast, mashed potatoes with dill (and I suspect a lot of sour cream), and roasted broccoli with scallions and maybe the last of the garlic scapes. Dessert was sambuccade from the feast topped with my Greek sour cherry preserves. Completely decadent ( Read more... )