Due to a disruption in my usual suppliers, and having Fridays free, I have been baking challah. Last week was nutella challah. The recipe (or rather, my execution of it -- it needed more nutella) needs work, but I would definitely make that again ( Read more... )

I have given myself permission not to watch the new XF season; I've read enough reviews from all of you who have. I was half-tempted, because it looked like it was going to call back to a lot of the mytharc stuff that I really liked, like the virus and vaccine stuff. Were there bees? I never did understand what was going on with the bees. But it ( Read more... )

Hello internet! I kind of avoided you between December 15 and last Monday, when I finally got to see the Star Wars movie. I guess it was sort of strange to be so spoiler-phobic, but I saw all of the first trilogy completely blind (because I was something like 7, 10 and 13 when they came out; I remember walking out of Empire and complaining loudly ( Read more... )

::leaping back in::

Doctor Who is back! Yay! ( spoilers, sweetie, below the cut )

...and am procrastinating about mowing the lawn.

I am still going back-and-forth on the idea of signing up for
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...Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell continues to be very good indeed! And I cannot wait for Strange's adventures in Portugal and Spain, which were one of my favorite parts of the book ( Read more... )

...in short form.

I have seen the first part of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and it is good. ( not very spoilery under the cut, mostly about casting )

I know, I know, real fans watch the US broadcast. I'm just limping along here on the UK schedule.

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The second series of The 100 started here last night; I watched the first two episodes of the first series before giving it up because I couldn't tell any of the young male actors apart. But it has a good buzz from all you people, so I gave it another shot. It seems interesting but I STILL can't tell any of the younger male characters apart. They ( Read more... )

...but maybe I will try posting a bit more this year. I could hardly post lessWhat I am watching: Musketeers is back! Huzzah! I admit that I'm sure I can only enjoy this show because my memory of the actual novel is so vague as to be non-existent, so the fact that the characters here have almost no relationship to the originals doesn't bother me ( Read more... )