while i was posting that, shaggy dog started on bbc1. with rdj. this could be a supreme test of the rule.

This has to be the longest day of the year. And we are only two days in! It feels like I have been at work for about a hundred years, yet the clock tells me it has only been seven hours. An hour to go then. *drums fingers on desk* I think I can remember a time when I was motivated to get on with the backlog, but it was in the very dim and ( Read more... )

Now that there's nothing much on telly on Wednesdays, we've decided to take advantage of Orange's 2 for 1 deal again. Tonight we saw Grizzly Man. Enjoyable, fueled plenty of analysis afterwards, and certainly 'different'. I know I don't really know you, parma_violets, but I thought of you after watching it, because it sounds like the sort of thing you'd be ( Read more... )

Worried that the MoD are spending all your tax money on an illegal war? You may find it reassuring to know they're spending it on watching the cricket instead: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4466394.stmRead more... )

Saw it tonight. Very good indeed, I must say. An action drama (emphasis on the drama) not afraid to have some very dark comic moments ( Read more... )

Just finished watching it. I had seen it before, earlier this year, whilst at home one afternoon. I remember thinking it was too long to hold my attention, so deliberately setting out to only half-watch it whilst doing other things. Drifted in and out a little bit, but was absolutely gripped by the end ( Read more... )