I went to Connotations! It was really fun - I love fans, I love fans SO MUCH. There was some hilarity and I also got to go for a swim followed by a sauna and plunge pool, which I thoroughly recommend. Especially since jogging is currently Right Out, it was perfect. And there was hugging, and a free copy of Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton, and did I ( Read more... )

Because I have nothing deep to say at the moment, I will give you two interesting and worthwhile links on Egypt... and then move on to my true metier, which is apparently TV.

( new Being Human )

( last NCIS )

Because otherwise this will be either gleeing over something that shouldn't be gleed over yet or me venting about the fact I can't kick either the Atlantic ocean or all the news ever in the FACE, I present:

TV. My, er, typical response to stuff like the above. But anyway.

I finished season one of The Good Wife finally!

( up to the end of the season one spoilers )

OMFG, we are nearly done with 2010. Here's a final booklist; I don't think I'll bother in 2011, to be honest, but I am definitely going to keep the habit of writing down everything I read. (When your memory is as occasionally-terrible as mine is, it's a good habit, haha.)

I read some Master and Commander this month; I always forget until I'm ( Read more... )

a.k.a. I'm listening to Christmas music on repeat while blogging some links and some blather about TV.

Delicious is probably getting sold, not just closed down. Which, let's hope, means those of us who use it regularly won't need to find a replacement just yet. Though it's a good reminder that backing up everything is always a good plan. And I ( Read more... )

I saw the new Harry Potter movie on...er... Sunday, and still haven't posted about it. So:

( HP7 part 1 spoilers for anyone who cares about that sort of thing )

I have moved to the "talking sounds both painful and gross" stage of having a cold, and the news is all about how legal aid is being destroyed and also Prince William is getting married (THIRTEEN PAGES on this in the Telegraph today! THIRTEEN. Nobody's wedding needs 13 full pages of coverage, especially WHEN IT HASN'T EVEN HAD A DATE SET YET. ( Read more... )

( Mad Men: up to the end of 4.07, I HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINALE YET so please don't spoil me. Yes, I know I'm usually a spoiler fiend. )

I just watched Sherlock episode one, and:

( sherlock: a study in pink. AND YES THAT IS THE REAL TITLE, NOT JUST ONE I MADE UP. )