This should be the last post about my recent trip to London. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I visited Westminster Abbey. Photographs were not allowed inside and I'd previously taken some photos of the outside on another trip, so I only took one on my visit there this time. It would probably be better to post this on Monday or to have posted ( Read more... )

As I'm spending this evening in a hotel room, I thought I'd take some time to write about my trip to London, so far. I'm here to see Hamlet and Twelfth Night. On arriving Wednesday morning, my main goal was to make sure I was rested enough to enjoy the performance of Hamlet last night. Fortunately, even though I arrived at the hotel hours before ( Read more... )

Last night, I was over at my parents' house to watch Doctor Who with my Dad, since they were showing last year's Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned", on BBC America. He'd missed that episode on the Sci Fi Channel. Unfortunately, BBC America cut it down to 1 hour with commercials, so it wasn't very good. It seemed very disjointed and half ( Read more... )

After the book, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, was mentioned here in relation to the Doctor Who episodes, "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead", I knew I had to read it. So, now I have ( Read more... )

I'm really looking forward to reading Doctor Who - The Writer's Tale by Russell T. Davies and Benjamin Cook. I've been reading various articles and reviews of it that have excerpts and it seems fascinating, not just for what it reveals about Doctor Who, but for what it reveals about Davies and the writing process. Recently, I read a few excerpts ( Read more... )

Seeing Hamlet live, being performed by excellent actors, was a thrilling and enthralling experience. The only problem with it is that you can't see it over again whenever you want, like a film. It's performed, the memory fades, and then it's just...gone. But, at least I was lucky enough to have seen it, unlike countless people who couldn't get ( Read more... )

I was just surfing the web and came across this news story about the head writer/producer of the new Doctor Who, Russell T. Davies, and his idea to write a Doctor Who/Harry Potter-ish crossover story to star none other than JK Rowling. Before anyone gets excited, it never went anywhere and will not be done, but the thought of it amused me:

“I was ( Read more... )

...and requires frequent breaks to keep my brain active, I've been looking at my Friends Page intermittently all day - after every 2 dictations or so.

First, I found this in Thursday's news edition of who_daily. It's about David Tennant's fashion sense. I found the photos and the commentary accompanying the photos in the main post to be quite amusing ( Read more... )

I want to get down more of my thoughts about the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet before I forget everything…it’s already been a week! Actually, it seems even longer, since I’ve come home and gone back to work since then ( Read more... )

I made it home from Edinburgh yesterday. After getting up at 3:30 am BST, I finally made it to Detroit at 12:30 pm EDT. Unfortunately, my luggage didn't arrive with me. I got a call at 7:30 this morning that 1 of my 2 bags has made it - the other, who knows: Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Timbuktu? *sigh ( Read more... )