I have a rather irrational dislike for the name Archie (Archibald, good god), but now I have two Archies in my favourite fictional character list (Archie Kennedy of Hornblower, and Archie Goodwin of Nero Wolfe - in both cases kickass sidekick characters featured in the series whose titles come from the names of the protagonists/their BFFs), which ( Read more... )

Did a marathon of Rubicon with a friend this weekend - currently on Ep 5.  If I haven't already been in love with AMC for Breaking Bad, this would've done the trick.  I can see why this show wouldn't win any popularity contest any time soon, but it definitely fills the void of intellectual thrillers on TV.  I'm a sucker for anything cryptology- ( Read more... )